Our four hives are doing well. The three new colonies have taken off with good productive queens and have been bringing in pollen and honey to support each colony. I’m thinking this year the honey harvest is going to be small. Starting over with three new hives along with the unusual wet and cold spring
For anyone interested in beekeeping – be aware that it has a steep learning curve and until you get it right, it can be expensive. As we enter our third year, we once again only had one colony survive the winter. After doing some research and speaking with another local beekeeper – we think that
Our three hives are all thriving and we decided it was time to pull some honey frames. Our White hive is in its second year had a full super of 10 frames ready to go and about 50% of the second super has honey (but not quite ready). The Carniolans (Red Hive) had five good
