Phew, we got through the season already. What happened to 2017? I currently have 4 hives in my garden and another 2 hives on another apiary off site. Just a mile away. Easy enough to get to. This year we extracted 3 supers off the off-site apiary and we will be winding up soon, taking of all the supers, feeding the bees to top up what honey supply they have, so they can get through the winter months with enough stores to feed them in hibernation when temperatures are less