July was a hot month. Heat wave followed by thunderstorms and more heat waves. The season is basically at an end now. The bees receive varoa treatments to kill those little bugs so they dont kill the bees in winter. Honey is extracted before this as now is the time to feed them with sugar water or fondant if needed so they have time to prepare and store for the coming winter. As I learn from my mistake last season, always leave the bees with plenty of their own honey which they worked hard to store and dont extract it all or feed them too late. This is how I lost a hive last year as they simply did not have time to convert the sugar syrup into stored honey for the winter. I rearranged the frames and left them with enough of their own honey. Here is a photo of one frame we took home to taste and one downsizing the hives for the end of season.