On 3-Aug-10, at 1:54 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> Bob, if you don't mind saying, what kind of honey yields do you get  
> per hive with this hive configuration?  And is swarming due to  
> broodnest congestion an issue for you?  I would think your spring  
> build-up should fairly rapid in the relative coziness of a single  
> deep - is that right?
>
>

Hi Waldemar and all

7 hives made it to spring in great shape.  By the time we left for a  
visit to Ireland in late April they had grown to 3 deeps each.   
Before we left I had to split 3 because they would have swarmed by  
the time we returned 2 weeks later.  I gave each a deep box of  
foundation to replace the box of bees and brood I took away for the  
"walk away splits". Later in May I used queen cells to make 8 nucs  
and 3 full box splits out of 6 of the 7 hives leaving 4 as singles  
and 3 doubles with their original queens.  At the end of the basswood/ 
sweet clover flow 2 weeks ago the 7 original hives had 43 medium  
supers on(several with 7 each).  I extracted 20 this past weekend  
producing 235kg (518#) of liquid and 12 kg (26#) of cut comb. If the  
autumn is as good as the spring and summer have been, this year looks  
to be a great year for honey production here.  Except the last 2  
rainy years my annual average is 150# per producing hive with one or  
more hives each year topping 300# mostly singles

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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