I'm frequently asked (after "how often do you get stung?" and "are the bees still dying?") 
    a) "How many hives do you have?" and
    b) "How much honey will each hive produce?"
 
Resisting the urge to tell them, "It's none of your #@&^%* business..." I'll fudge, smudge, shrug and duck and say:
 
    a)  every hive is different
    b) every location is different
    c) every season is different
    d) every year is different
    e) every beekeeper is different...you just can't never tell these days.
 
These deflective answers usually confuse the inquirer, but the answers are truthful.  Or I might simply say, "Well, it depends."  I can have one hive produce 4 supers of  honey and the two hives next to it produce nothing.  And to the casual observer, they all started out the same in the spring.
 
And if I take a couple of mediocre hives with little honey producing potential and split them down with new queens, do I count these in my average?  I think not, but it changes the scope of the question.
 
I think average production figures are too inconsistent.
 
Grant
Jackson, MO    https://www.createspace.com/4111886

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