How Much honey did you get this year?

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233lbs from OSR
and just about 20lbs from summer crop!

Still some of my hives have stocked the 2nd brood box enough not to need feeding!

Spun out another 10-12lbs of un-ripened honey from some frames that weren't finished so I will just feed that back to the hives that need it.
 
Been a nightmare year at times for me. Started the spring with only one surviving colony and bought two new nucs. My boar knocked some of the hives over when he escaped from his pen and battled varroa. Also lost one swarm.

Despite this I managed about 80lbs of summer honey (none in the spring unfortunately) and made splits so going into winter with 4 colonies and 3 strong nucs, all of which are being fed and treated atm.
 
Sum total for this year 60 odd pounds from three hives most off one. Amazing to think that early this year during that strangely hot spring One hive had a second super half full and I was considering a third, within a fortnight nada! i was feeding again. So all in all, can't complain
 
27lb extracted honey and 18 cut comb containers from 1 hive, no spring honey. All in last 5 weeks, very strange as I thought I wasn't getting any as they had eaten it all. There's always next year ....

Taking 1 hive and 2 nucs into winter, here's hoping for a warm spring
 
actually about the same as last 3 years (200 lb from 3 hives)
 
Just finish last extraction with total of 392lb off 13 hives considering the year we have had I am very pleased.
This is only my third year of bee keeping and from what I read this was a very bad year but I think I have learned a lot just need a good year to put it all into practise.

Jeff
 

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