We spend early September harvesting any extra honey that the bees provide us with, ever mindful to not take off any of the honey that is in the brood area. That is theirs, the bees in each hive will need between 70-100 pounds of honey to survive the winter. We think ahead to the long winter months, knowing that to leave any less may mean the difference between having enough to eat and starvation. We go around to the hives after the honey is off, hefting each hive to gage its