Our farm and hives are located in the middle of an Oak and Tulip tree
forest in Virginia. When I took over the then 50 hives from my
father-in -law 20 years ago I asked him what the upper number of
hives he believed we could have at that one location.  He said that
he believed we could go well over 200 hives without beginning  to tap
the tulip tree nectar flow.

I never tested his belief but I wonder what the concentration of
hives would have to be before there would be more bees than nectar
(that, of course, would apply to a normal year and not last year's
disastrous flow from the Tulip trees).

Any thoughts?

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