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Flanders, 6 years in. Every summer the same story: linden finishes early July and then there's a hungry gap until the ivy in September, right when colonies are raising th…
Blackberry and clover both opened up here in Kent this week and my two production colonies are suddenly whitening comb like mad. Both have one super each that's maybe 60%…
Fourth year, ten hives in central Texas, tallow flow going strong. I keep seeing checkerboarding recommended in the same breath as supering and I think people are mixing …
Devon, fourth year, five hives. The farm hedges around my out-apiary are absolutely humming with privet bloom right now, and the bees are working it hard in the mornings …
The black locust (robinia) flow ended maybe five days ago and it was a good one this year — my six colonies each packed a super and a half. Problem: nights here have been…
First year doing serious heather. The thixotropic honey is unreal — won't spin out of frames at all. What are people actually doing? Pricker + spin? Pressing? Selling cut…
First extraction ever. The honey looks cloudy rather than clear gold. Is it spoiled or is this a crystallization / air bubble thing? Extracted through a double sieve, fil…
Pulled a rosemary monofloral in April, jarred and stored cool. By June it had crystallised into solid white blocks. Buyers are asking if it's gone bad. Is this normal for…
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