We harvested four frames out of our six hives. Actually, only two hives contributed to the harvest. The dry weather and making a couple of splits contributed to our low harvest.
Also, I think we might be a little conservative in what we take. Generally, we let the bees keep everything in the two deep brood boxes and take anything of value in the upper mediums. Since our only vertical hives are the two splits, there were no mediums. In our horizontal hives, we figured we should count twenty frames over, and only take anything beyond the 20th frame.
Our bees seem to be holding their own on our new property. I'm not sure what they are finding, other than goat weed (dove weed?). The mesquite no longer has any tassels, the cactus is now putting on fruit, and the wildflowers have dried up. So, we are stocking up on sugar and getting ready to feed.
The bees are hitting the water hard and a lot are drowning. I add sticks and cork almost daily to help them out, but there are other critters out there that are drinking from my chicken watering can as well. They seem to be interested in eating the cork and removing the sticks.
Wasps are a big problem. I found the head of a bee rolling around on the bottom board of my most gentle hive, and there are usually several dead bees on the ground at the entrance in the morning. I've tried wasp traps and am so far only successful in capturing ants and flies.