To me 300# is below average. The longer one successfully
keeps bees in a area the more prolific the area becomes.

???

Are you suggesting keeping bees raises the productivity of a region?That's a new one on me.  And where do you get that number _as an average_? I would have to see some proof. The average for most US states is far below that. I have kept bees for forty years, in various places, and to me the suggestion that hives should average 300# in any but the very best locations is unsupportable by the evidence. 

http://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Todays_Reports/reports/hony0314.pdf

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