The county fair was one if the best in memory and the North Olympic Peninsula Beekeepers represented the art of keeping bees in fine fashion.  Thank you to everyone who helped staff the display and to those who visited.  I'm already looking forward to next year.

This month is the time to remove honey supers and force the bees to fill the brood boxes with food for the winter.  Normally, I would be checking honey supers to make sure enough space was available for storage and maximize my crop.  Unfortunately, I'm removing empty honey supers and starting to fill feeding jars because this is the year that just couldn't get started.  Good weather conditions will make or break a honey crop and this was not a good weather year.  Now that some warm days have finally arrived, there just aren't too many plants left in bloom. I will give the hives until the middle of the month, pull off what honey I can and look towards combining hives in October.