I keep hearing how bad the drought "was" blah blah blah and I know it 
"was"  west of here. 

In the lower 2/3rds of Mn and part of Wisco many keepers had their 
best season since 1988 with 150 pound averages. We were just east 
of the big drought and had just enough moisture to keep nectar 
flowing into August.

While we don't make up a real large percentage of hives and migratory 
keepers, I don't see or hear the doom and gloom that the "experts" are 
claiming in the Midwest. . 

Speaking of the Midwest around here south of Des Moines, Iowa is 
called the "South" were people talk a bit different then us northern folk.. 

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