2026 harvest totals — how did your crop compare to last year? Regional roundup

Extractor's clean, jars are filling, so it's time for the annual damage report. Post your region, rough average per production hive, versus last year, and what the flow did. I'll start: Cork, Ireland — 18 kg per hive average across nine production colonies, down from about 24 kg last year. The spring was actually decent and the clover came good, but the blackberry flow — normally our banker — got cut short by that relentlessly wet July. Two solid weeks of flying weather less than last year, and it shows in the supers. On the bright side, quality is lovely and moisture came in at 17% despite the damp, which frankly surprised me. Curious especially whether the wet July hit everyone in the maritime northwest or just us, and how the continental crowd's heat played out. Southern hemisphere folks — feel free to lodge last season's numbers, or just lurk smugly with your winter tea.