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Offline beehappy1950

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super weight?
« on: August 03, 2011, 12:53:00 am »
How much honey can you get from a 6 and 5\8 super? I have one hive that has 3 supers and a deep filled out , trying to figure out the weight. Harold
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Offline indypartridge

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Re: super weight?
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2011, 08:22:39 am »
It varies. Mr. Bush has some weights listed for various sized boxes here:
http://www.bushfarms.com/beeslazy.htm

My experience is that even for the same-sized box, there can be a significant difference in the weight of one capped honey super from another. I use shallows, and average between 20-30 lbs of extracted honey per super.

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Offline BrentX

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Re: super weight?
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2011, 08:54:52 am »
Plan on 25 pounds per 8 frame medium.  Maybe a little more.
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Offline beehappy1950

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Re: super weight?
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2011, 09:40:27 am »
Guess I forgot to put in that I use 10 frames. Thanks
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Re: super weight?
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2011, 09:46:07 am »
Approx. 3 lb., or 1 quart, per frame. It will vary.
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Re: super weight?
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2011, 09:56:23 am »
Close to 3 gallons per medium super.


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