This question is for all commercial as well as the "1-2 hive" part-timers or hobbyists, (hope no one's offended by that term).
My gut feel is (although last year seemed to be rough regarding honey production) this year seems to be going very poorly. There may be no surplus for my table this year. Most everything has bloomed 2-3 weeks early here in northern Virginia, and our (at least my) bees had not built up to adequate numbers to forage for surplus nectar. Brood nest is getting honey and that's about it.
http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html
I'm in USHZ 6-7 which seems to also mean we have no such thing as a fall flow (although hardniess zone is not directly related to this aspect).
Anyone else having some luck from what they can see in their supers?
My gut feel is (although last year seemed to be rough regarding honey production) this year seems to be going very poorly. There may be no surplus for my table this year. Most everything has bloomed 2-3 weeks early here in northern Virginia, and our (at least my) bees had not built up to adequate numbers to forage for surplus nectar. Brood nest is getting honey and that's about it.
http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html
I'm in USHZ 6-7 which seems to also mean we have no such thing as a fall flow (although hardniess zone is not directly related to this aspect).
Anyone else having some luck from what they can see in their supers?