>> The economist in me still does not see much difference in 2 hives that
>> produce 50# and 1 that will produce 100# (either in effort or the
>> eventual bottom line).
How do you arrive at this conclusion? The labour cost of harvest may be
the same but other labour costs, ie. inspections, splitting, treatment
are certainly higher with double the colonies. Queen costs to maintain
twice the number of colonies are higher. Feed and treatment costs will
be double.
Tom Cosman
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