Bill wrote>>>Make it formal and good luck getting past Jacksonville, much less any other Southern State. You would have the Feds move in and border controls to keep AHB in check in Florida.<<<<< Just how would you check the million hives that move to almonds? How many move to blueberries, 60,000? To think that federal or any other troops could check this many colonies doesn't seem to be in reality. It seems to me that all this talk about migratory beekeeping is a waste. It's here to stay and we need to figure out how to live with it, not blame it for all the ills it no doubt moves around. Dick Marron ****************************************************** * Full guidelines for BEE-L posting are at: * * http://www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm * ******************************************************