> Does anyone have experience with field testing nectar availability

I use a low-tech, indirect method. I have a hummingbird feeder that I fill with heavy syrup and hang by the hives if I am unsure whether we are fully in a dearth. If there is a flow on, it is ignored by the bees (although wasps will visit). If we are in a dearth, it will be honeybee central.

You can also walk the area in question around midday and see if they're working it.

S

Skillman, NJ

Where my hives now smell like a mixture of butterscotch and feet, because the goldenrod is coming in.

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