I have been keeping bees for about 4 years now, manage usually about three/four hives to go into winter. Cannot do anymore as it gets too much work with checking them all... but enough honey for us and to sell/give away some (great for bartering, everyone wants local honey).
Hopefully not lost any this year to swarming, they all are on their second super and have been artificially swarmed.
I am in the Borders.