Brian,
Why aren?t you going to bring your bees?
Over 1400 miles and the days of driving 24 hours straight are long gone. I could be wrong but I believe transplanting bees from Upstate to West Palm Beach is too far for them to survive. Not acclimated. No different than buying bees form GA and expecting them to make it up here. And finally there is the place we bought. No way in heck the HOA is going to allow bees.
Once we get down there the wife wants a permanent home with more land and no restrictions.
I was thinking if a gallon or so of mead fell off the truck near Jacksonville on our way down you would be up to selling me some bees to get started again.
After I do my splits I will put out the word to sell them all off. The less we have to bring the better.
FYI My wife has run the largest storage facility in Upstate NY for about 30 years. She has seen hundreds and hundreds of people store their house hold and move 1500 miles away. Then in a couple three years they realize the cost of moving their stuff is more then what their stuff is worth. And they already paid more in rent then what their stuff is worth. So we are selling everything. 40 years of collecting vintage, antiques, do dads and furniture. I have got the problem of figuring out what tools to bring.
