We caught a brief smell of goldenrod (dirty gym socks) while approaching my hives in the country apiary. I don't understand why those hives are struggling with food stores. There was goldenrod every where. Tons of rain this year should have brought on something for those hives to work. I am feeding, feeding, feeding to get them ready for winter. Last year, I harvested over 6 gallons of honey from one established hive, at this location. This year I checked on that same hive in July and there was nothing in the combs. No food, just pollen and brood. It wasn't just this one hive either, the others struggled to some degree as well.
