The hives were opened yesterday for the first time in awhile. It's always fascinating to see what has changed and how things are, and the longer you wait to open the hive the greater the change!
Apparently the bees were not finding enough nectar to fill the supers. The two supers on each hive were empty. Perhaps the bees didn't favor the foundation. It's unclear and we can only suppose the reason to date.
The lower three boxes were full of honey, normal hive activity, and all was well. The varroa mite test revealed only a few, which is entirely normal.
So, no honey harvest this year. The bees keep their honey, and we must wait until next July to harvest, pray for them to winter without ill, and long for that unique experience of enjoying our own honey!
Well, it isn't as if we didn't have enough to keep us busy these days! Happy to report that our son had a fantastic time at his ROTC Field Training Exercise last weekend. He dropped Chemistry but added Sociology, so he's got 21 credits, and that is a real load for a freshman in college! He needs your prayer!
Our other son is chugging along at the community college, waiting for test results, and hoping he gets his own college admission and ROTC scholarship for next year.
I'm done with the pillowcases for the wedding this weekend; we're all preparing for the event in different ways.
I'll do a society column type of blog next week, all right?
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