FAQs About How To Calculate How Many Bees Are In A Hive Box

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How many bees are in a hive box? This is a bit like asking how many people are in a city!! 

Weigh the mass of bees. Weigh a sample of bees to work out their individual mass using and accurate scale. 

How do you calculate how many bees are in a hive?

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Divide the mass of bees by the average mass of an individual bee.

How do you calculate how many bees are in a hive?

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This ranges from a small little micro-nic of 500 bees to a giant stormer of a hive with over 100 000 bees. 

How many bees are in a hive box?

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How much honey will a beehive produce?

A beehive will produce honey based on where it is located, the quality of the nectar, the quality of the bees and the quality of the beekeeper. 

all favorable you can harvest 100's of pounds per hive per year. If these are less favorable work on 20-30 pounds/hive in a dry environment.

How much honey will a beehive produce?

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Generally you would need at least 2000-3000, preferably more bees to get the hive moving towards being sustainable.

What is the minimum number of bees in a hive?

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