Thanks, Dave.

I read a study that said honey production is 50-100 pounds per acre over
the several month blooming period of cultivated varietes, with different
kinds blooming from now till the end of summer. So what you wrote is
disapointing. I did charge a small fee, but with the worse drought anyone
can remember looking more and more likely I've already got areas that are
almost done for the year. The raspberry location is next to other
cultivated crops that produce nectar and a small river with lots of
flowers, so I'm confident I'll get honey, as it's similar to some of my
avocado locations where I get honey all year. I've started moving hives
from those areas without irrigated crops to this new area, and even though
you've dashed my dreams of hundreds of pounds of creamed raspberry honey,
the grower and I will still probably both benefit.

Regards from a dry Central Coast of California

Tim

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