It seems our very wet April this year may have helped the beekeepers out in
one way. The wasps and yellowjackets are not in abundance. I think their queens
may  have drowned. I had 6 hives last year and all 6 came through with one
being without a queen and dwindling numbers. Of the 5 good hives I have taken
200 pounds of honey. I have all the swarms that I caught (18) which I am feeding
so that they draw comb for next year. I expect to harvest at least another
100 pounds the way things look. But, if all of them make it to the spring, I'll
have a lot of honey makers!!!


Kathy Cox, Northern California, Italian, 19 hives

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