How much honey?

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gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
Posts: 6024
Location: Somerset.

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 15 11:59 am Post subject: How much honey?
Just out of curiosity, how much honey might I get from a standard national super? OH says after lifting it, about 25/30 lbs. I need to order jars.

BahamaMama

Joined: 21 Sep 2006
Posts: 2315
Location: Away with the fairies

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 15 12:38 pm Post subject:
I was given the following guide:- 1 x capped super = 3lbs 1 x capped brood = 5lbs That seems pretty accurate for my bees.

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 15 3:39 pm Post subject:
Extract it, whilst it's settling in a plastic bucket weigh it on bathroom scales. Order jars. Or order a gross anyway because they are cheaper that way.

BahamaMama

Joined: 21 Sep 2006
Posts: 2315
Location: Away with the fairies

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 15 3:43 pm Post subject:
I have just bought some second hand kit from a chap who is emigrating and the best bit at the moment is the 55 jars that are included

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 15 3:58 pm Post subject:
I've got honey jars coming out of my ears, I too was given loads ages ago, just need fresh lids as they do rust quite quickly even if they've not been used. But I'd go with the 3lb / 5lb estimate unless you've been giving them extra space on the supers and then really fat ones can get upto 5lbs each.

gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
Posts: 6024
Location: Somerset.

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 15 4:09 pm Post subject:
I`ve ordered 100 jars.

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 15 7:12 pm Post subject:
Hardly anyone around here has honey. The weather has been so bad all summer.

johnc

Joined: 16 May 2005
Posts: 101
Location: Hay on Wye

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 15 10:30 pm Post subject:
No we haven't got anything worth extracting either

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