Waiting on the bees...

I guess it seems immature to be annoyed by bees, but I am:)

We were hoping to harvest more honey this month but they aren't ready. Then we planned on at least 1 more time in October, but according to Mr. Beekeeper it won't be as much as last time. The reason? Our first Queen took off on some "vacation" last month and never came back...guess she was stressed:) It was confusing for us as new beekeepers because the bees usually swarm with her, but they were all still there. She was gone but new queen cells were created so a new queen was born.

Unfortunately in those few weeks they lost a lot of time to gather nectar. So our honey production suffered. Of course it is our first year and a lot of beekeepers don't even get anything, so we should be grateful:)

But my honey has sold so well at the Utah CoOp and they are all out, and I would love to have more to give them! I have about 5 honey bears still at my home for sale if anyone local wants to drop by, but I love being able to have the CoOp as that other source. Hopefully the bees will find what they need and we will get a good amount in October. We are already planning on a second hive for next year and having even  more honey to offer:) We will also have fresh eggs next year to offer...apparently chickens love to eat bees so they will not be too close to each other:)