Bad News and Good News

As you may already know, we lost 75% of our bee hives over the winter. Seems like most bee keepers had significant losses. We aren't even sure why. It may have been mites, but it may have been the bees warmed up during a warming period and then subsequently froze to death when the temps dropped again. Regardless of the reason,we'll be harvesting less honey this summer. The good news is, we've got 6 new 'nucs' (starter hives) from a local honey bee supplier and we're starting again. The other silver lining, is the bees that died left behind the honey they didn't eat so we were able to harvest that honey and resupply our inventory, which had dropped to zero. It's a little darker than the honey we harvested in August, most likely because the honey from August was wildflower/clover honey, and the honey we took from the winter stash was from goldenrodOur dead bees.The new hives You can see the difference in color in the picture. The honey on the right is clover, and the one on the left is goldenrod....or so I guess. Both are delicious and it's hard to tell much, if any, difference in the flavor.