4 Ways To Bump Up Honey Production

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When we look at how much honey a beehive can produce, we have to take into account a lot of factors. 

We ensure that the hive has a good young queen by either replacing the queen or splitting the hive.

Beehive Honey Production

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Many hundreds of pounds of honey from a single hive in Eucalyptus tree plantations. 

How Much Honey Can A Beehive Produce?

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You can keep notes about when flowers of a specific species flower each year.

What You Can Do To Increase Honey Production From Your Hives

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1. Note Keeping

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Adding Frames To The Brood Nest

This gives you a significant spike in the worker population.

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Feeding Your Bees

In the past, I have fed my bees dilute sugar solution to encourage brood rearing. 

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If you shone a light at the hive you could see steam rising from it and it sounded like an air-conditioning system.

4. Multiple Queen Hives

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Quality Versus Quantity

This will then be down to the old quality versus quantity calculation.

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