When I first started beekeeping, my beehives were producing so much honey that I could barely keep up. Seemed like they were producing 30kg every month or two when it wasn't winter. This went on for two years at two different bee apiary locations.
For the last three years, these same beehives haven't produced any honey at all. Last winter, I actually had to feed them sugar to survive. Whenever I speak to local beekeepers they tell me they're also not producing much honey. Allegedly, Australia has been in a nation wide honey shortage for a number of years now. Some people say it's because of the decade long drought, which is preventing the plants from creating nectar for honey production.
I'm at a lose as to what to do. I'm wondering how many more years is it going to take until I can get some honey out of my hives again. I have tried two other apiary sites for bees, but found those locations was even worse for me than the original two I've used.
Are any of you Australians having similar difficulties? Do I need to move my bees around until I find a good spot? Part of the problem for me is I don't know how to easily identify what will flower and create honey for the bees. I usually look for eucalyptus trees, but someone told me they tend to only bloom after it's rained, and that's somewhat I clearly cannot rely on.