Another Deadly Year For Beekeepers

In the 2024 season, like so many others in recent history, we lost a few hives over the winter. With that loss came some changes. We've relocated much of our equipment back to our home location and started planning for rebuilding.

Starting Over in 2025

We ordered 3 nucs from Holt's Apiary in St. Albans, ME, as theirs are always really good and strong. They came in in early May, and we installed them into the 3 deadout hives we had from last year. So, we had a major setback, but we are still thinking positively!

The Summer of 2025: A Perfect Storm

The summer of 2025 was not a "come back year" sadly. We had a major drought followed by a recovery, then an end of summer drought. Very little food stores were made by bees. Nationally colony loss was nearly 60%. So that and the drought just gave us a beating. We cleaned up the hives and got them ready for new bees in the spring.