Hollybees, and others, sorry to hear of this, there will be years where one must feed the bees, other years that bounty. I had two swarms from our new home area move in when I brought up empty bee boxes. One of the swams produced an entire deep of honey for us, the other swarm only enough for the winter for them. I can only presume that the honey flow was good in this climate this year. There will be another year where you will have that beautiful golden beauty from the honeybees. Keep the chins up, have that wonderful day, with health, love and peace, Cindi