After a very disheartening spring and wet early summer, I all but wrote off any chances of getting honey this year. Well, color me surprised today when I opened the hive for the first time since June and discovered fully drawn, filled, and capped comb! The honey super has all nine frames drawn and most [...]
Well, this isn’t a full blown inspection, I simply popped the top and had a quick look as I was removing the feeding pail. There is plenty of capped brood and a little bit of comb drawn in the honey super, but it doesn’t look promising.
Next year I’m going to start feeding [...]
No honey for me this year. The bees have not drawn out any comb, the ants have made a mess of the brood numbers, and now I have hive beetles. I’m waiting for a bear to show up now and eat what’s left.
I was hoping to get some honey this season, but [...]
