beekeepers - how are your bees?

[noolia]

Ours are awful, no honey at all this year . Just wondered how everyone else's are?

HI NOOLIA im sorry i don't keep bees but i have found it very difficult again this year to buy local honey they say there is a problem with the local bees.
My husband also found there was a shortage of fig rolls because the turkish bees were dying off.
i have often wondered if i should take up bee keeping but with 2 young children and full time work i think it might be a bit silly.
i will have to wait for re-tirement lol!

My bf had a good spring with one of his hives but then both had to re-queen and now its not dry enough for him to get in and check them.

I don't keep bees but I house them!! I have 3 bee houses in my garden for over wintering but have seen precious few this year and even less bumble bees. in fact there have been more dead bumble bees laying on the grass than I have seen actually flying around. is this bee hive syndrome thing here in earnest? the yanks have put $3bn into research and brown has put £2m, wow!! it is estimated that £150m worrht of crops each year could disappear along with the bees

reddirtreporter.blogspot.com/2007/04/investigator-finds-colony-collapse.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Disorder

www.orsba.org/htdocs/download/Dtew.htm

Bf checked his yesterday and still no sign of queens

I heard that they reckon there will be no British honey left by Christmas this year as it has been so dismal