Mid-Summer Waning Honey Flow Moon
The six new honey supers did not prove necessary since I’m still two supers ahead of each colony, but it does look like colonies 2 & 3 have already stored a lot of honey, especially in the two supers that went on in place of the third hive box. In colony 1, the colony I will overwinter, they seem to still be at work filling up that third hive box which will constitute their honey supply for the winter. In 2 & 3 we will harvest the honey from the two super equivalents to that third full hive box.
Looked at the garlic, which I’ve been harvesting as its leaves brown. When two leaves are brown, I pull them and I have about half the crop out now. It looks like the best garlic crop I’ve ever had. Nice fat heads. I’ll save a couple to plant next year, continuing this garlic’s acclimatization to our soil and weather.
We’re harvesting more frequently overall this year, getting beans, peas and lettuce before they over grow. This part of the July is the hump part of the growing season. From this point forward it’s either harvesting or making sure plants stay healthy until they are ready to harvest. The bees are in mid-honey flow, storing and working like, well, like bees.
Artemis gardens and hives is having a good year.
