First honey of the season. The second established hive will probably give about 10 times as much.
This hive died, the queen didn’t make it and they were not able to rear a new one quickly enough. When I checked it today, it was totally dead, so I harvested the honey in the super and closed up the brood chamber with some apivar.
In the fall I will get this one going again. My other hive is doing amazing.
Mite counts were low on both hives, and I do preventative treatments.
I have a few hives at my house. I’ve never had any wildlife mess with the hives. You do have to worry about mice getting in the hive as the weather gets colder. For that I use a metal mouse guard at the entrance.