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<blockquote data-quote="kaihoka" data-source="post: 1283" data-attributes="member: 124"><p>Caught up with beek friends today and was shocked to learn that every beek in our area is having a terrible yr.</p><p>Everything may be flowering fantastically but the weather has been cold and the bees not collecting.</p><p>My hives are not great but I thought that was just mine cause they had difficult spring matings. But all the beeks had the same issue.</p><p>True honey overwintered hives on a farm down the coast and cause we had a real wet windy spring , 250mls in nov, they lost a lot of hives.</p><p>They have now flown their hives away.</p><p>I do not know how they did . But if it was too cold down on the flat I can not see how they did ok up in the hills .</p><p>One beek I know is not taking any honey off this yr . But last yr they had a great yr with a pure manuka crop and good prices .</p><p>It will be a difficult yr for some local beeks who are having to deal with loosing sites to big pushy outside players and a bad yr .</p><p>The weather is good now but too late .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kaihoka, post: 1283, member: 124"] Caught up with beek friends today and was shocked to learn that every beek in our area is having a terrible yr. Everything may be flowering fantastically but the weather has been cold and the bees not collecting. My hives are not great but I thought that was just mine cause they had difficult spring matings. But all the beeks had the same issue. True honey overwintered hives on a farm down the coast and cause we had a real wet windy spring , 250mls in nov, they lost a lot of hives. They have now flown their hives away. I do not know how they did . But if it was too cold down on the flat I can not see how they did ok up in the hills . One beek I know is not taking any honey off this yr . But last yr they had a great yr with a pure manuka crop and good prices . It will be a difficult yr for some local beeks who are having to deal with loosing sites to big pushy outside players and a bad yr . The weather is good now but too late . [/QUOTE]
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