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kace069

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Sounds like you had a hell of a 1st year David. Don't give up!
This is the first year I didn't lose my queen in my backyard colony and I'm not sure why I was losing them. But that colony, the one in the photos produced 101# and are still bringing it in.
As for my splits one has a nearly full super and the other hasn't really progressed on the foundation like I had hoped but with a freshly extracted super on them now, hopefully they will be inspired.I think they are going to over winter and that is more important to me than getting any honey. I think I will requeen in the spring. I am hoping to bring in another 1003 before the end of the season. My goal for this year was 3003 but I can live with 200.
 
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David Baldwin

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beeboy,

That's exactly what I did with the swarm I caught. I think that the queen probably was injured or killed when I shook the swarm off the branch into the box I used to move them to the hive.


It's been a great year learning what to do and what to NOT do.

I'm having a hard time keeping out of the honey this year. The bits I've been able to sample were wonderful. The flavor is warm, floral, and spicy. It would make a fabulous mead.


David
 
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Hey David Baldwin,
A public *Thank You*? I'm flattered! I'm honored that you listen to me. I've enjoyed every email and phone call and hope to someday sit down with you and enjoy a glass or a bottle of mead and some good bee stories.

Bee cool, Dennis
 
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Dahole

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Hey guys,

Sorry to hear of all the troubles some of you have had. I have to say that I have been there in the past while I was learning. This year is my best year ever. The second week of July I pulled off 450lbs of capped honey. I put the boxes back on to have them cleaned up and failed to get back to them for about 6 days due to a small time/work issue. When I went back they had already started to fill them back up. I expect to pull off about 300 - 550lbs more in about two weeks.

If I can help answer a question let me know.

PS. Have 6 hives that are making honey for me this year.
 
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kace069

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6 colonies.. Hopefully that will be me next year. %%)lb I really hope that will be me next year. My splits are not doing great but my colony in my backyard is doing great. I have already pulled 101# off of it and I would guess that there may be another 60# waiting for me. Haven't seen my splits in a few weeks but last time I was there I would guess about 40 more. My goal was 300# this year but if I hit 200 I will be happy. Last year was my first harvest, I got 35#. So I am already a lot happier.
Just a couple of more weeks and I think it will be safe for mead production. My basement is still holding at about 76 degrees.
 
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Just finished my second extraction from my hives and only got 60 lbs of honey which gives a total of 130 lbs this year. Guess that is not that bad since the hives are newly set up this spring. There is more honey on the hives but I want to leave some for the winter. Been dealing with two queen failures so the hives didn't build up as fast as they should. Still not a bad year so far, need to deal with the small hive beetle next couple of weeks and shrink the hives down for fall.
 
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