LittleBittyBigJohn
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- Jun 7, 2021
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- Location
- Central Arkansas
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- John Deere 1025R, Spartan SRT-XD 72" zero turn
Yes it was probably around 6lbs of bees.
We are in zone 5B. So, probably. Our swarm season came a couple weeks early this year, probably due to the warm temps in April we had.Your spring must be starting much later than ours. We already have blackberries and honeysuckle in full bloom. I mowed down my clover this weekend.
See if there's anyone with a setup that will rent it out. Here there's a hardware store owned by beekeepers and they rent out their "honey house" to hobbyists at a very reasonable rate.Lets talk about honey extraction. I figure I have about 4-6 weeks left of good nectar flow. I already have 3 full supers and added 2 more last weekend. I'm hoping for 150-200 lbs of honey.
This is my 2nd year and I didn't harvest any honey last year except for some wonky comb that we crushed and strained. So I need to get basically everything required for honey extraction and bottling. I would like an electric, radial extractor. Aside from that I don't really know anything about brands or other considerations.
Anyone that has some good knowledge please share.