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Re: Colonies/Acre for Mixed Rural/Urban Areas
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Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:35:46 -0400
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Scott writes:
 1. It is normal to have up to 100 feral colonies of bees per square mile of mixed forest and meadow. This translates to one feral colony/6 acres.
 
I think this may be the number of commercial colonies in a typical honey producing region. Oldroyd cites that number:

> If we assume 130 colonies are typically sited at each apiary, then the density of commercial colonies is expected to be around 40 colonies/km2 [100 per square mile] 

Oldroyd, B. P., et al. "Population demography of Australian feral bees (Apis mellifera)." Oecologia 111.3 (1997): 381-387.

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