We were able to put together about 25 nucs that we distributed to people all over Montana, but most went to people right here in Billings.
I started my bees out in Fly Creek which is close to Hardin, MT. The ranch there raises only dry farm alfalfa and with the drought, there was very little for my bees to eat. The hives were building up nice and then we had about a two week cold snap and the bees could not fly. They were raising tons of brood and since they could not forage in the cold and had very little honey storage, I lost several hives!!
Because of the drought, I moved my bees home about the middle of July and it was just in the nick of time!! None of the hives had any surplus honey in them.
Our honey harvest was minimul this year and our hive inventory was reduced to 9 hives because of the poor conditions.
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