I started beekeeping last spring - April - 3 hives, 2 nuc's and 1 swarm catch. I had no idea what I was supposed to do but I had friends with beehives and I had YouTube. In the last few days we hit a streak of 70 degree F weather.
All 3 beehives survived. Is it weird to be glad bugs lived through the winter? When I examined the hives, I had roughly 100 pounds of honey in each. Once the spring blooms start happening, I should be able to harvest about 1/2 of the honey - or about 150 pounds. Stoked!
I am going to try and catch 2 more swarms this spring and get my hive count up to 5. 5 hives don't take much more work than 3 - and the bee's do the heavy lifting.
I see a LOT of honey in my sauces going forward


All 3 beehives survived. Is it weird to be glad bugs lived through the winter? When I examined the hives, I had roughly 100 pounds of honey in each. Once the spring blooms start happening, I should be able to harvest about 1/2 of the honey - or about 150 pounds. Stoked!
I am going to try and catch 2 more swarms this spring and get my hive count up to 5. 5 hives don't take much more work than 3 - and the bee's do the heavy lifting.
I see a LOT of honey in my sauces going forward



