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Anonymous
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Hive count
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May 09, 2004, 12:24:40 pm »
One healthy bee hive containes from 40 to 45 thousand bees.
:D Al
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Anonymous
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Flower visits.
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May 09, 2004, 12:26:13 pm »
honey bees visit approximently two million flowers to produce one pound of honey.
:D Al
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Finman
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June 10, 2004, 08:57:41 am »
Quote from: trail twister
One healthy bee hive containes from 40 to 45 thousand bees.
:D Al
Quite a little. 1 kg bees are 10 000. 4 kg bees are needed to fill 2 Langstroth supers.
I think, that 6 supers colony have 70 000 bees. At winter it is 20 000.
Big swarm can weight 6 kilos.
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TwT
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Hive count
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November 09, 2004, 12:48:54 am »
Finman you right in the middle of a full size hive , the saying is between 60,000 and 80,000 for a strong hive with plenty of room.you got a bullseye
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