Hi Dave,
 
>My name is Dave Jurgens and i live at Brandon Manitba Canada.
>We have approx. 450 colonies in yards south of this small city.
>Our white honey sold this year for $1.15 lb Canadian.It was a
>good year for us, we managed to bring in 128 45 gallon drums.
>Our ripe honey is sold raw and natural. see you latter.
 
I am not very familiar with the british units, but if I am right,
you made around 170 lbs per colony and made around $90,000 cdn. How
many lbs of honey holds a 45 gallon drum? How many persons and how
many hours each working in the year? After paying all the bills,
what is your profit? Can a single person handle all the tasks or do
you have to hire temporary help? Do you farm fields (I dont know
the name of that flower in english)? Is it clover? What do you do
in the winter beside Internet? I plan to become a beekeeper to be
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