In central, upstate New York (north of Albany, south of Saratoga) it's been a honey flow beekeepers dream of! The entire summer has been sunny and warm with rains coming often enough that I have not had to water my garden even once. There was an abundant and extended clover flow, basswoods bloomed nicely but were cut short by rains, wildflowers are abundant and everywhere, and the blue loofstrife(sp?) continues to invade the area wetlands. This invasion is a real disaster for the local flora and fauna, as the loofstrife is taking over the areas where cattails grow and the animals that rely on the cattails for food are suffering. However, from a beekeepers point of view, the loofstrife has filled in a period where there was a dearth in the flow, and provides a bridge from the summer flow to the fall flow. The fall flow shows promise for copious amounts of goldenrod and asters and I anticipate harvesting an average of at least 150 lbs per hive! For an area that is less rural all the time (developement marches on) this season has been as good as it gets! Apologies for no Latin names for the above plants, but I don't do Latin. ;) Aaron Morris - I think, therefore I bee!