The flow which usually starts in March and continues well into April, for most people in this area, has dried up for the time being. It seems that the high winds, cool temperatures and weeks and weeks of rain has ended it early. Many of us with red clover had noticed that it was gone much earlier than it should have been. I stop feeding on March 21st and begin feeding again May 4th. I know my DS are feeding on the guest room, but I don't know what else there foraging on. When I went into the house yesterday they had almost no stores.
When I started, I thought,"This will be a year in my life, with bees." I would chronicle all the steps and stages, all the trials and tribulation. It would bee my journal and outlet as well as my record of beekeeping. That was February. Now, on the other side of summer, it's October. One of the hives has been slimed by small hive beetles. The ladies have absconded. Perhaps, by keeping a closer journal, I -- and perhaps you, dear reader -- will learn more about beekeeping in North Florida.
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