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Presuming that you mean 500lbs of honey taken off a hive then it would probably represent 4 or 5 years honey production. But it could be more or less depending on the quality of summer weather and available forage for the bees.

This is a difficult question for several other reasons:

  1. bees are eating honey themselves so some of what they had already made would be consumed in order for them to survive to make more the next year;
  2. 50,000 bees represents a typical summer colony in a hive but the colony dwindles during the winter months when no honey production is possible;
  3. some sub-species of honey bees are more prolific than others.

I hope that helps a bit. It is a complex topic so if you are interested please do take the time to read an introductory book for beekeeping - you will find it fascinating.

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