At least the bees will have some honey.

[cklspencer]

Thought I would check and see what has been happening in the hives today.
Looks like some of the flow has slowed down a little since the weather has been so hot the last few day. They have drawn a good amount out in the super and are still working hard. There is still some honey being put in them but not like a few weeks ago. After pulling the super of I dug out the first outside frame and it looked great. It was fully capped on one side and just about capped on the other.



It did look like I should have put the suppers on a few days earlier then I did. It looked like they back filled in to the brood areas a bit.



Did a bit of clean up of some burr and bridge comb.





Every thing is looking great. I hope that there is enough of a flow still going for the next month that I will be able to harvest some honey. So far I don't think I'm doing to bad for my first year.

[AllenF]

Good looking frames for going into winter.  How many boxes are you running on that hive?

[cklspencer]

3 boxes, two deeps hive bodies and one med. super. The flow as slowed down but we have about another month left to see if they can finish filling the super. For the most part once the first of Sept. comes everything they bring in will be theirs. So far they have a good amount ready for winter. I have another hive set up with 2 deep hive bodies and a deep super. Right now it is looking like we may end up pulling deep frames of honey out of the super and putting them in the lower deeps to make sure they will get through the winter. We still have a little bit and I can still feed them in another month so we will see what happens.

[alfred]

Nice looking comb!