I don't know how many of you have seen Mr. Deeds but it reminds me of this:
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We ventured out into the great farmland of West Layton once again to get more of the golden goodness. They have been doing quite well bless their little bee hearts! I am surprised how much time it takes to get a super off. I planned for about an hour to get at least two or three supers off and we only were able to pull about 14 frames or so.
Here is a before picutre that I took back in the spring. This is just after the nucs were installed into the hives. My assistant has her hand on her hive.
And here is an after photo. This photo really shows how well the hives did this season. For those of you with less than a green thumb. That is wheat in the backgound. It starts off a lush green and then when it is ready to harvest it is tall and yellow. It has already been harvested in the After Photo. I think I would purchase nucs again. They seem to do really well for their first season. Installing them with 5 frames of drawn comb really gave them a jumpstart. We could have done slightly better with two really strong nucs but I think we did quite well. The nucs had to work slightly harder than the family hive because they had to comb most of their frames being that they were all new. Next year will be crazy becuase we will have many frames all combed out and ready to go. It takes quite a bit of nectar to make wax. I will keep you posted on how much honey we get when we harvest it.
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