I think its been mentioned before but could I humbly ask that members put their location on their info as its very helpful when considering posts as we have a massive difference across the country. People in the South often post as though the whole country experiences the same seasonal patterns as they do and I have been a huge critic of the BBKA for the same thing. As an example some keepers can be taking off their first supers at the end of April when I may not have even done my first inspections. When I first started beekeeping I often thought I was doing wrong or couldn't understand what I was experiencing after reading BBKA articles until I realised a few years later that the BBKA talks about beekeeping in a generic southern biased form. Feeding, swarm control, harvesting, supering, splits, honey production, etc: all differ across the country so it helps to see where you are and how it compares to your location........... The BBKA ' main flow in July ' you almost always read about in any BBKA monthly mag is the biggest example. In my 8 years of beekeeping I have only once ever had honey after June in my local area, its a green desert from the 2nd week in June.