>PLB wrote: The question was never how many hives are needed per acre, that has pretty much been established at one per.

> Gordon Cox, the elderly colleague who first introduced me to bees back in 1977, told me that he got no more honey from having 10 hives in an apiary than he did with 5.

I was referring to pollination requirements. Actually, my statement was a bit glib, as the recommendations vary according to crop. One per acre may be a good "average" but the recommendation is much higher for particular crops, and others get a better set with a variety of pollinator species. Good info is here:

http://www.ent.uga.edu/bees/pollination/crop-pollination.html

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