>>>   When beekeepers focus more on pollination (Almond pollination) and less on honey production as income..... There are still a large number of hives that do not make that trip,  I wonder if its possible to tease out that data?

<><><>   Alabama has a law that prohibits the importation of bees on comb into Alabama from out-of-state.  To by-pass that law requires a lot of jumping through hoops and is very time consuming. Or, a case of breaking the law.  That being said, very few, if any, hives migrate out of Alabama. 

Mike in LA
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