"Michael Palmer" wrote:
> I find warmth and moistness to be perfect for honey...

Moistness and monsoon may start with the same letter, but there the
similarity ends!

Here in the Midlands we had a good spring crop, despite incredibly heavy
swarming, but since beginning of July it has been either wet, windy or
cold - we had the coldest July day ever recorded.  Rainfall for August is
2.5 times the average.

Except in a few locations, notably where there was borage, colonies have
gone backwards since the end of June.  Now we have an absolute plague of
wasps - I have never seen so many - destroying numerous colonies.

Peter Edwards
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Peter Edwards
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