M' Wife's bees.....

[Snaveba]

So I pulled honey frames this morning. I ended up with 69 medium frames of honey, leaving about a full 8-frame super of honey on each hive. I think I should get about 16-18 gal. We’ll see. I’m next in line for the extractor. 

[peejman]

20 minutes ago, Snaveba said:

So I pulled honey frames this morning. I ended up with 69 medium frames of honey, leaving about a full 8-frame super of honey on each hive. I think I should get about 16-18 gal. We’ll see. I’m next in line for the extractor. 

Wow, that's a lot of bees!

[Snaveba]

[Snaveba]

14.25 gallons bottled. Between 5-6 more to bottle. 

[Snaveba]

Pulled honey today. From the three hives, I pulled 95 frames of honey. Looks to be about 27-28 gallons of honey. Best year yet!!

i haven’t bottled it yet, but I am asking $12/lb. So that is either $12 for a 1lb squeeze bottle or $30 for a 2.5lb quart jar. 
 

I will put a listing up in the classified section. 

[Handsome Rob]

On 6/24/2023 at 4:23 PM, Snaveba said:

Pulled honey today. From the three hives, I pulled 95 frames of honey. Looks to be about 27-28 gallons of honey. Best year yet!!

i haven’t bottled it yet, but I am asking $12/lb. So that is either $12 for a 1lb squeeze bottle or $30 for a 2.5lb quart jar. 
 

I will put a listing up in the classified section. 

Oddly, around Franklin County, folks are having a terrible bee year. We lost 5 hives this spring. They over-wintered just fine, but 3 out of 7 got wax moths, the other 2 just abandoned around April/May.

The guys at Duck River are all saying the same. Between wax moths, late freezes etc, everyone's honey flow is down to drops this year. 

[Snaveba]

Wow. all three of my hives came through the winter fine. Two were very strong, one moderate (my oldest hive).  I have had very low mite counts, almost ZERO hive beetles, no real issue with wax moths in the hives. They tried to get into my extra frames, but I was out of Paramoth.  
 

Maybe my bees took all their nectar.

I do live in a part of Nashville that is covered up with Tulip Poplar, Red Maple and other good tree nectars.