First honey of the season. The second established hive will probably give about 10 times as much.
This hive died, the queen didn’t make it and they were not able to rear a new one quickly enough. When I checked it today, it was totally dead, so I harvested the honey in the super and closed up the brood chamber with some apivar.
In the fall I will get this one going again. My other hive is doing amazing.
Mite counts were low on both hives, and I do preventative treatments.
@wallybeavis @Spacebar that said, in some places, people will vandalize hives that aren’t rotected or monitored. There are keepers who will set up cameras to keep an eye on hives as well.