Hi Pete Richard and all Like Richard Cryberg stated in his post on pesticides, I often have one or two individual hives that produce 300 lbs in a season. My average is usually 150 lbs. Hives producing only 50 - 56 lbs, calculated from Pete's figures for 1980 and 2012, are usually swarms, nucs, or dinks. Bob Darrell Caledon Ontario Canada 44N80W *********************************************** 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