[Mad Dawg]

My happiest year, 1983, was when I got over half a ton of honey! Tulip Poplar and white clover mostly.

[AnAmericanMother]

Wow! That was the original Bumper Crop.

(Where on earth did you put it all?)

Did you do any fancy comb, or just extract it all? I have some old-fashioned fancy comb frames stashed away somewhere, but I only used them once. Too fiddly and too much trouble, and I prefer the liquid honey anyhow.

The mites are quite a problem now, I think they reduce the hive yields. But we're using a Russian queen (boy was she pricey!) as well as the special bottom boards and the miticide in the off season. Seems to be working pretty well.

[Renfield]

“...My happiest year, 1983, was when I got over half a ton of honey! Tulip Poplar and white clover mostly....”

Lucky man! I’d love to have half-a-ton of honey. (I’d be in mead city....)