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gythagirl
Joined: 18 Feb 2010 Posts: 1467 Location: Somerset
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 17 10:04 am Post subject: Where's the honey gone! |
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The Beekeeper has been away for 3 weeks, checking the 4 hives before he went, finding all well and flourishing, good honey flow and anticipating, even allowing for leaving plenty of stores for the winter, at least 40lbs + to extract on his return; and I certainly saw plenty of activity whilst he was away.
However, he's back and went down to the hives yesterday and was most perplexed to discover the colonies in apparent good health, busy as usual...but virtually no honey Much less than there'd been 3 weeks earlier, and prob not even enough to keep the bees going through the winter. I know our weather's been very er, changeable, during August but there's been no shortage of bees on the flowers, and I've barely seen a wasp all summer.
He's never had this happen before - any of you Beeks out there experienced this? Comments welcomed please! |
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Slim
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gythagirl
Joined: 18 Feb 2010 Posts: 1467 Location: Somerset
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Mistress Rose
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gythagirl
Joined: 18 Feb 2010 Posts: 1467 Location: Somerset
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sgt.colon
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