First, I have to say I new going into my first year as a beekeeper that it was doubtfull of harvesting honey the first year. My first hive was started on April 30 and the second on May20. My goal for the year was just to try and produce a healthy colony to go into winter. I have one hive with three mediumn brood boxes and another with a deep and mediumn brood boxes. Both have good populations and good stores at the present time. The super I added that produced the honey was a surprise. I harvested only two frames and I will give the other back to the bees. Placed the frames on the inner cover so bees will clean out the frames and store the honey that was in them. Next year I will have eight frames that have been drawn out to start the new honey season. I used the crush and strain method. It work very well but not a good idea if you have a number of supers to harvest. My next job will be using the solar wax melter I made and see how that comes out. Thank you bees for the honey.
