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Offline towson joe

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Two Hives=20 Gallons of Honey
« on: August 02, 2006, 12:50:51 pm »
Very lucky I think to get so much from just two hives and still left three pretty full supers on for the bees

I know to enjoy now because next year could be lean like the past.

I have a total of five hives. Three of the hives I don't take honey from till the second year so they can build up. Even then I won't take unless they have at least two full supers.

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Offline Ruben

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« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2006, 10:38:53 pm »
Sounds great! Are these from a second year hive or what?

Offline towson joe

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« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2006, 11:29:50 pm »
3rd year
Never re-queened by me
Never treated with chemicals
One is a wooden hive an the other a Styrofoam hive
Fed all winter
Watched all the time

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« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2006, 12:01:52 pm »
Just learning myself..  

Why wouldn't you take all the full supers off now.. feed through the July, August(okay.. July's done & gone) dearth to build comb & more bees..  then see what honey they make for the fall flow..  then replace any honey that is needed for overwintering?  

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Offline towson joe

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« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2006, 12:10:08 pm »
I never get a second flow of honey. I'm done for the year regarding taking honey. You might be better off in the mountains.

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« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2006, 04:43:48 pm »
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I never get a second flow of honey. I'm done for the year regarding taking honey. You might be better off in the mountains.


Interesting...I saw a similar post from someone earlier from either VA or MD (maybe it was you) regarding preping for winter in Mid-August.  I found that odd because I am north of both areas and it's just getting good around that time.  I can't pack up until after the Goldenrod is done around September.  I suppose it's location related, perhaps city area vs country hee-haw area.
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Offline towson joe

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« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2006, 07:23:57 pm »
I wll check my supers after the fall but I don't think I will get anymore

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« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2006, 02:05:33 am »
I find it hard to believe that there is a region of the USA that is void of any type of honey flow after August 1.  As far as I know there is goldenrod and aster in almost every state and that won't start until September.
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Offline BEE C

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« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2006, 05:31:30 am »
Good on ya.  Nice to hear about good harvests this year.  I haven't extracted all of the honey yet, I think I had a slowdown recently but they seem to bee kicking it up a notch lately.  Fireweed seems to be mostly gone, but they sure are busy somewhere...

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« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2006, 10:17:00 am »
"find it hard to believe that there is a region of the USA that is void of any type of honey flow after August 1. As far as I know there is goldenrod and aster in almost every state and that won't start until September."

You could be right but the bee's here seem to prove you wrong.
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« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2006, 10:55:48 pm »
A temporary dearth is not  a sessation of the years honey flow just a momentary interruption.  I'll lay odds that they will pick up on something in your area soon.
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