Sample size = 1, and not anything anyone should try at home.  While 
doing research on bait hives in southern Louisiana, a crunch situation 
happened with too many swarms being captured and not enough time to 
house them individually or give them away.  During the peak of the 
spring honey flow as swarms were captured they were added to a colony 
that got progressively taller and taller just to hold the bees, easily 
20 lbs of bees, likely more.  Given a strong honey flow, large numbers 
of bees, and a relatively small amount of brood from one or two queens 
in the bottom boxes, one would expect this unit to have collected a lot 
of honey.  Surprisingly, it stored very little.  Not enough brood 
pheromone for all the bees?  Swarm bees not into honey collection but 
nest building?  Too little queen pheromone for so many bees?  Bees too 
crowded to work?  The contrast between expectations and outcome was 
quite remarkable.

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