Spring Bees

We recently got our first bee colonies and are hoping they produce for us this year.  I am told that one hive can produce as much as 150 lbs of honey a year!  We initially had a problem with them not feeding on the sugar syrup enough to make combs for the queen to lay eggs, but have hopefully solved that with a thinner syrup mix and we will check them again to see if they are doing better in a few days.  The hope if that these bees will pollinate our garden and also give us honey, enough to sell as well.  We shall see…