> I am in the Illinois National Guard, and have been ordered to duty and
will
> deploy the first week of July.  Happy to do my part, but in a dilemma as
to
> what to do with the hives.  There is a strong possiblity that I will be
home
> in 4 months...

Another possibility is to split all the hives up into, say, four hives
each, and leave them with enough room to go until fall.

allen
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