In our area of California, the drought is so bad that bees only put away
honey in places that have large amounts of irrigated plants. I'm fortunate
in that my biggest apiary is on a very large irrigated farm. Occasionally I
lose hives to pecticides, but that yard produces lots of honey.

My best hive is right in my back yard in town. With most of the feral bees
dead, my bees pretty much have all the big trees to themselves, huge
magnolias, climbing roses, bottle brush, various old hedges. And everyone
here waters every couple days or so, so the plants have lots of nectar. I'm
using this hive for comb production, and currently have two suppers of the
Hogg square comb sections on it. I checked last week and they are filling
the sections up nicely.