You Can Grow Bees Or You Can Grow Honey

I've really enjoyed my first summer keeping bees. Working with, observing and enjoying. Before I started I read a lot about the subject. You have to feed bees and it is more expensive than you would think. With sugar at $3.00 for 5 pounds, and feeding a quart of water to a quart of sugar, it goes real fast. Bees make honey of course, but they also eat honey.

I have come to the realization that I don't think I am going to get honey this year. I checked my hives this morning and the frames are empty. How disappointing! I have tons of orders and no honey. I know it has been a bad season. As a matter of fact I hear from the old guys who have kept bees for years that this is the worst year they have seen in a long while. I would have to start beekeeping this year! Welcome to the real world.