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sarge43

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6. A hundred pounds of honey isn't that much

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat Oct 3, 2015, 07:47 AM

Oct 2015

A gallon of honey weighs 12.5 pounds. The standard Langstroth hive contains minimum 60 pounds which is what the girls need to get through a winter. Honey bees don't hibernate.

A healthy active Langstroth hive will have a peak population o/a 60K.

Bless the bee keepers.

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