Mid-summer harvest!  The bees found the wildflowers early this summer.  We were excited to harvest five gallons of honey at the end of July.  

We added two more hives this spring which has kept us busy as a bee. The cool spring temperatures delayed the wild flower blossoms this year, but now they are in full bloom. The bees are bringing in plenty of nectar and pollen.

The bees are tucked into their hives for winter.  We left about 80 lbs of honey in each hive for the bees to eat until spring arrives and they can find fresh pollen and nectar again.  On a warm day (mid-40’s) they are out buzzing around their hives.  

2023 was an epic winter in Utah breaking all previous snowfall records.  This led to a late wet spring which created perfect conditions for unbelievable super-blooms of wildflowers.  The local mountainsides are full of mallow, Wyoming paintbrush, moosehead daisies, flax and many more.  This wildflower explosion is what the bees feasted on all summer long.