I am also thinking that your Langstroth is 50% bigger, so three is four and
a half times my ideal!  What is amazes me more is that the US average crop
per colony is less than mine - guess yours all goes into the brood boxes!


What size are your boxes???   I had a very interesting discussion a cpl
years back about cube hives.  The claim was the bees use the whole space
much better than a standard lang.

Down side of course is nothing fits the uncapper if I try it.

As for yields,  that number published is a very poor and figure.  It doesn't
take into account regional or management differences at all.  I know a lot
of guys who average in the 200 plus range,  and quite a few who harvest
little to none.   Location is a huge factor also.

Charles

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