I would like to thank everyone for all the helpful advice that has been passed on these past few months on the list. I just rented all 32 of my hives to pollinate cucumbers and am looking foward to getting deeper into beekeeping. It is refreshing to get some return ($$$) from all the time & money I have spent since April. I also learned of one of Murphy's Laws on beekeeping: "The largest ant pile of the 40 acre field will always be foound where the farmer wants you to put your bees." What do you kill the little critters with, or do you leave them alone? God Bless, Kelley Rosenlund Gainesville, Fla. U.S.A., 32 hives