10%

[For want of a better word]

well to quote BBKA glossy magazine.....8 to 10% of last years honey harvest...

Were you the one who is having to eat humble pie with a brand new 9 frame motorised extractor sitting in the garage unused.???

 

[YorkshireBees]

Not me.

Used mine 3 times this year and increased honey production by 200%.
Then again you have to factor in that I had nearly doubled my production hive numbers and then say that per hive I took roughly the same as last year!

 

[BeeNice]

You did well YorkshireBees, I went from over 100lb last year with 4 hives to 20lb with 10 hives. I think my forage came when the weather was bad, also I didn't take the hives to the heather or have OSR near by. So, change of plan next year.
regards
Steven

 

[YorkshireBees]

You did well YorkshireBees, I went from over 100lb last year with 4 hives to 20lb with 10 hives. I think my forage came when the weather was bad, also I didn't take the hives to the heather or have OSR near by. So, change of plan next year.
regards
Steven

Yes I feel that I was probably lucky. Most of the honey crop, both last year and this year, was from OSR with a little produced both years during the rest of Summer.

I was thankful that I didn't have to feed any colonies during the Spring / Summer as I have read a lot of beekeepers did!

Originally I had planned to try and leave honey for the winter so that I didn't need to Autumn feed but the weather and or local forage just did not produce enough nectar!

 

[Ely]

30lbs from 1 hive here

 

[countryman]

0lb from 29 but left every thing on for the bees as a thankyou for previous years as they have had such a hard time this year but still bought 100 kg of sugar for syrup for them (18 pound a 25 kilo bag)

 

[enrico]

0lb from 29 but left every thing on for the bees as a thankyou for previous years as they have had such a hard time this year but still bought 100 kg of sugar for syrup for them (18 pound a 25 kilo bag)

That was rough......I would have had one supers worth just to let them know I appreciated all their hard work!!

 

[bee ginnner]

i have worked up to 12 hives and got 13.5 lbs back

on the up side it CAN ONLY get better

 

[justme]

I have 11, could've taken 1-3 frames out of 6 after that 1 week (beginning of August was it???) But thought I'd better wait see. Good job I did, most have needed feeding after that but prior to winter feeds. Since then 7 have needed little for winter stores, 2x AMMish, 2 x Carnish, 3 x local mongrel. Others, result of late splits have needed more obviously. So, 0%

 

[Nic Rhodes]

8 to 10% sounds about right here, many took nothing. I took enough for the family only.

 

[REDWOOD]

I have 3 hives took over 120lb this year extracted 3 times, nothing wrong this year

 

[peteinwilts]

Only 120lb out of 32 hives. Many of my 2011 queens failed, and many 2012 queens didn't get mated for weeks.

I bet there is an lot of sugar in some peoples honey due to excessive feeding during the summer months...
I heard of one beekeeper getting over 120 pounds of honey from his one hive.... but had to feed a lot of syrup to keep them producing.

 

[Hawklord]

Expanded from 4 to 6 colonies, raised some queens but unsure how good they are so bought some in as well. Fed 24lb sugar per colony and extracted 8lbs honey.

 

[Adie]

390 lb from three colonies this year down by 20lb on last year. Very difficult to get queens to mate successfully though.

 

[Into the lions den]

Not me.

Used mine 3 times this year and increased honey production by 200%.
Then again you have to factor in that I had nearly doubled my production hive numbers and then say that per hive I took roughly the same as last year!

Well done, many Yorks people are reporting it to be awful, including some serious professionals.

However............cannot resist (and this is with a smile on my face) questioning the maths.

An increase by 200% is a tripling of crop, yet you nearly doubled your numbers but productivity stayed about the same per colony? Would be an increase of nearly 100%


Kind regards,

PedantsRUs

 

[MuswellMetro]

20 to 30% of expected yields on urban hives....10% on a hive on OSR...rained all through the OSR flowering period

My cousin in berkshire got 90lb per hive normally 100-120lb per hive, mainly from OSR

 

[BeeNice]

I have 3 hives took over 120lb this year extracted 3 times, nothing wrong this year

How can you say 'nothing wrong this year' when everyone else has had an awful year. I'm a bit concerned with how many people fed so much sugar and took so much 'honey'! Not good for English Honey quality if it gets out that some supply Tate and Lyle best honey!

 

[Tom Bick]

You did well YorkshireBees, I went from over 100lb last year with 4 hives to 20lb with 10 hives. I think my forage came when the weather was bad, also I didn't take the hives to the heather or have OSR near by. So, change of plan next year.
regards
Steven

How did you increase your 4 hives to 10?

If this is from AS and splits then given the year you have not done to bad. If your 9+ colonies are fit and strong going into the winter they should all been well give you buckets of honey next year providing that is you don’t expand to 20+ hives next year

Good luck for next year.

 

[jackbee]

Are you legally allowed to call 'honey' from sugar syrup actually honey??

 

[tonybloke]

took over 250 lb from 3 hives this yr, same average as last year. not needed to feed bees apart from 1/2 a gallon of syrup when I first applied apiguard ( same as last year)