On 7-Aug-11, at 9:14 AM, allen wrote:

>
> When leaving the supers, the bees gorge on the honey in the burr  
> comb before
> leaving,  so 3000 sounds reasonable in this case.
>


Hi Allen and all

I remembered 4000 per pound when we were still getting packages from  
the US, but thought 12x 4000 = 48000 seemed high for 4 fully capped  
supers after our July flow had ended.  But even at 3000 and cutting  
down the weight a little would still be 25000-30000 with 2 other  
medium supers, 2 brood boxes and the foraging bees away from the  
hive, in mid afternoon, when I weighed it.  Seems like there could be  
100,000 or more in the hive.  This is not my biggest hive but the  
only one where all the honey was fully capped.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W
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