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Re: hello and an anatomical question
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Sun, 26 Nov 2006 09:53:37 +1000
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 > Bob, I think you missed your big chance. Your colony produced over 400
> pounds in one season? A new world record?? The world record according to 
> Guinness Book is 404 lbs by Ormond and Harry Aebi, in 1974.

Surely it must be greater than this.  There are many cases of beekeepers in 
Australia averaging 600 pounds a hive for the year.  This is average so some 
individual hives would have produced more.

Trevor Waetherhead
AUSTRALIA
Come and see these hives before or after Apimondia next year

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