How has the honey season been this year? Terrible!
The manuka has hardly flowered at all, around our place. And it looks like it is universal, across the country.
Comvita has come out and said that it expects their honey harvest to be only 40% of normal. Check out the article in the NZ Herald.
Why is the season so bad? Must be the weather. It has been quite cold for summer, for most of the season.
The season is not over yet, and I guess it could still surprise us. My apple tree has decided to blossom. Again. So it has blossoms AND apples on at the same time. And my magnolia is equally confused, it's doing a second round of flowers, after the normal October flowering. Almost like they think it is just spring now.
So what can you do when the weather wrecks your honey season?
Not a lot, but check out these suggestions at Business of Bees.
And may the force be with you. Everyone is in the same boat this year, it seems.
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