
05/27/2025
Hey everyone! We are about 4-6 weeks from our first honey harest of 2025! We are a solid 6 weeks behind where we were this time last year and im not totally sure why!
This year has been a bit weird for the bees. They are doing great, the population is strong but overall slower. We have had LOTS of storms and it seems to have affected their ability to get out and have productive flying days / many of the flowers have been getting blown off trees earlier this year. We normally have an extremely strong black locust flow with a dedicated harvest in Mid May but this year we had violent storms and rainy days during that time.
While I have 2 honey boxes on each hive for a total of 4 boxes, the bees are just finishing off filling the bottom two from what they ate over winter and recovering from splits. I really hope they begin filling the next two in the coming weeks!
P.s. I will post a honey wait list signup later this week!