On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:12 AM, randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Juanse, when I shake bees off the frames for sale, I get from 1/3 to 1/2 lb > of bees per frame of bees. > There must be a temperature factor in the equation. If package bees are installed here in Canada in April (cold still) a 1.5 kg package (3.3 pounds) will only occupy four to five frames. But note as well that the frames are empty so lots of room in the cells. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm