Hi All,

I've had a great year here in South Eastern Ontario Canada.  I run my hives with screen bottom boards.  I tried 1 hive with a large entrance above the nest but below the honey supers.  The bees seem to like it.  Anyway, I extracted on average 143lbs/hive this year.  I'm assuming that it mostly came from trees.  There is nothing around me to my knowledge that would account for such a tremendous flow i.e. a field of sweet clover or alfalfa.  I have a fair sized forest around me mostly maples and ash but there is some basswood.  The honey is fairly light in taste and color.  All of the supers are off and the Apistan has been in now for a while.  I'll be pulling it soon as well.  I run with 2 deeps.  I hope everyone else has had a good season.  Time to think of next year and start to repair the frames :)

Kent Stienburg