I am curious as to how many times a season most beekeepers harvest their honey. (I appreciate that the commercial folks cannot take the approach a guy with 20 hives can).
I normally harvest early (now) so I can get to the market as soon as possible and a lot of my customers appreciate this. I then do a later harvest (Sept) after the goldenrod slows. Last year I even did three harvests after I sold out of my early honey and wanted to keep supplying the market before my fall (final) harvest.
I find this creates a lot more work (naturally) and it makes my last harvest more challenging because I don't have the "fully capped" frames to compensate for the ones that are not completely capped.
Am I the only one doing this to please customers or am I not alone in this? :scratch:
Perry
I normally harvest early (now) so I can get to the market as soon as possible and a lot of my customers appreciate this. I then do a later harvest (Sept) after the goldenrod slows. Last year I even did three harvests after I sold out of my early honey and wanted to keep supplying the market before my fall (final) harvest.
I find this creates a lot more work (naturally) and it makes my last harvest more challenging because I don't have the "fully capped" frames to compensate for the ones that are not completely capped.
Am I the only one doing this to please customers or am I not alone in this? :scratch:
Perry