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I live in the northwest lower penninsula and am wondering if this area has 2 nectar flows with a lull in between or is it fairly steady?
That's what I experienced last year after the dearth. The soybean blossoms were a wonderful sight and then the GR started and the pollen/nectar really came in.What can we expect to be the primary nectar sources once the 2nd flow starts up? ~~~~~~I am thinking one of the next nectar sources will be Goldenrod
Sell it how? To who? This is my first year, all four hives started from packages. I have lost three swarms and did not prepare for this very productive honey crop. It never occured to me that I would be at winter weight in July and still have a fall flow to prepare for, not a bad problem but a problem nonetheless. I will likely take the fifth boxes off the hives, let them pack the remaining four, begin vaporizing for mites and get them ready for winter. As I said, I weigh regulary and this area of Michigan never stopped producing so far and it appears that it is increasing again.Mike, where you are at, you should be able to sell it for $5 a pound easy!