Sally's GF3 thread

[drstratton]

Sigh. No honey. We found two frames FULL of honey. The rest of the frames were about 1/3-1/2 capped. When we looked a couple weeks ago, we thought two weeks, and we'll be pulling frames. Since set up/clean up is quite a bit of work, we decided not to do it for just two frames. We run 8 frame boxes, to keep the weight more manageable.

The goldenrod is juuuuust starting to bloom. I still think we'll be getting another honey harvest before the end of the season.

But there was good news. We saw a lot of bees bringing in a lot of pollen. And the other hive had frame after frame of gorgeous brood pattern, with an arch of honey/pollen at the top. Any honey they make they will get to keep, as it's their first year.

I'm not sure if I've mentioned that we have two hives. Hubby named the queen of the first hive "Charlotte," so those are the Charlatans. (Feel free to roll your eyes.) And the second hive is The Newbees.

We think two hives is enough for us to manage, and if they both give us honey, we will have plenty. We don't plan to sell much, if any, so it's just for us to use and give away.

I'm sorry you didn't get any this time. Will be interesting to see what the goldenrod produces! I wish we had that here.

 

[Sally PB]

I used to dislike goldenrod. Now I love it. I still don't let it get started in the garden, however. It will happily take over.

We have acres of it here.