This is my first post. Hope I'm getting this right.
Are any of you in Denver experiencing a honey flow yet?
I have 3 hives, only one of which is now producing honey. I'm a bit concerned about the other two.
I think the way the weather has been lately the bees are moving a little slower than normal. Mine on the southeast side are moving slower than what I expected. Started both from packages and have been dealing with bad weather since day one. On the other hand I captured a swarm and set the hive up in Colorado Springs. They are doing the best compared to the one and a half month old packages.
We just started about a week ago in the SE corner.
I live in wheatridge and have hived 3 swarms in my backyard and have other cutout bees and and about 6 more swarms around town and they are up to 2 boxes and one of my hives is on her first med.!!! I agree about the weather after all this rain ends in a few days I bet we have a massive flow but that is just a guess. Where in Denver are you could I come look at your bees you could see mine too I just love to see other peoples setups. And if your intrested in cutouts I have 2 of them in the next day or so ............
Dave
I'm in Elizabeth (southeast Denver). My hives are at elev. 6450' (2 pkgs. from TX and 1 re homed cutout from Parker) and are Warre style TBH.
All three colonies must have read the same books that I have because they know just what they should be doing and are doing it.
For the last two to three weeks it seems like 80% of the bees returning have been heavily laden with pollen. For the last few days only a small percentage are carrying pollen and the activity at the hive entrance has been increasing daily. I'm thinking they are concentrating on nectar but since this is my first year I don't know for sure.