Will there be a honey harvest this fall?

I promised an answer to this question as soon as the hives were opened.  The quick answer is….No.

The longer answer is this.   In the winter, bees cuddle down into their hives in sort of a hibernating fashion.  However, they have to move and eat or they will freeze and die.  Because of this, beekeepers leave honey in the hives.

In addition, David and Meg will make “bee candy,” which consists of several pounds of sugar liquefied with water and allowed to harden into big white blocks.  These are set in the top of each hive for the bees to feast upon all winter long.

The honey, the bee candy, and insulation wrapped around each hive box will hopefully keep the bees warm enough to survive the winter.

Because our hives are fairly new, our flying friends haven’t had enough time to create enough honey to share with us….yet.

Disappointing?  Maybe so but David says that we have four “very active hives.”  If the bees survive the winter, we should be able to harvest in the spring when the bees will need the space to create more honey.

So there you have it.  There may be no honey this fall but we have every reason to hope for some in the spring.

Thank you for your patience.  For us, honesty and transparency are core values.  Good news or bad, we will continue to share our whole story with you, our friends of Love Led Farm.

Warmly,