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Re: as 10-15 pounds of bees outside of the hive
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 24 Aug 2017 07:47:21 -0700
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> >10 lbs of bees outside the hive is a misleading hyperbole.  The hive
> represented must be enormous.


I also question the above.  A large colony contains ~50,000 bees, and an
exceptionally large one ~70,000.  At 110 mg/worker,  10 lbs of bees would
be over 41,000 bees.  I doubt that at any time during the day, the majority
of the bees are in the air.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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