Perhaps the most useful figure would be the total honey harvest divided by the number of hives upon which the beekeeper placed supers in expectation of a harvestable surplus crop. You'd include in the count any hives that failed while supers were on, as well as those that didn't put any weight into the supers. If one digs into the brood chambers to steal additional honey, which is later replaced by syrup, that wouldn't count. The above would give an honest and comparable figure, reflecting the actual surplus honey crop. -- Randy Oliver Grass Valley, CA www.ScientificBeekeeping.com *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html