Every year for the last 5 years I have started several new 3lb package
bees.  This year I started 5 new
hives from packages. However, this year seems totally different.  One
package has already swarmed
All the hives are full of bees, even though Ive added hive bodies and
supers, with only foundation.  My
honey flow was severe and much longer than usual, plus Im still feeding the
new bees.  The rule that I
learned on this list was feed sugar syrup until the bees stop taking it.
The bees take about a qt a day
per hive.  The last years, the bees stopped taking syrup by early to mid
May. This year They still want
more and more.  Is anyone else having a seemingly very different
year?????Walt in SC