Hi Stefan. It will always be this way, up and down in different parts of the country, indeed, the world.
I had about 30kg from 20 hives last year, worst I ever had, so I concentrated on keeping my colonies happy. I only lost one over winter. A late split I failed to feed.
Then, spring, they all booted up so quickly, I had trouble to prevent and catch all swarms.
Had to sell splits to keep under my limit of 20.
Then I thought, the 500kg I extracted a month ago were going to be it this season, but the supers are all full again, against all odds.
You can never tell with bees and seasons.
Crispy, he might have had a bit of honey on his beard?