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It will vary according to a number of factors: the number of bees; the state of health of the bees; the availability of nectar-producing flowers; how good the weather is during the summer, and so on.

Given all these factors and a reasonable year, it is possible for one hive to produce around 50 pounds of honey.

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Honey combs may be harvested once the cells have been capped with wax. Before this, the bees consider there is too much water in the honey, so it is not ready.

Many beekeepers will generally do this once a year, at the end of summer so the combs can all be extracted at the same time. If the beekeeper thinks the bees have been foraging from a plant such as oil seed rape (canola), where the honey crystalizes very quickly, he will take what honey is available soon after the flowers are finished, otherwise there is a risk of it crystalizing in the comb, making it very difficult to extract.

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That depends upon a lot of factors, but I can say: 1) its typically a boom or bust business, and 2) it has been getting tougher to make money at it every year for the last few decades, reaching a nadir in early 2007 when colony collapse disorder devastated many businesses. Certainly no-one I've heard of is getting rich keeping bees.

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Thirty (30) days to five years is the length of time that the honeybee lives. Female worker and male drone bees sustain respective life cycles of 30 days to four months and of 40 to 50 days. Queen honeybees tend to experience life cycles and natural histories of two to five years.

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One bee makes a very miniscule amount of honey each day. In a bees lifetime, they will produce approximately 1/12 teaspoon.

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A bee doesn't live for a year, only for six or seven weeks. However, in its lifetime, one bee will produce about 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey.

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An adult queen bee can live for years while adult drones and adult workers live for only weeks. The period from hatching to adult is about the same for all--around a month.

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This can vary greatly depending on the 'forage' available to the bees throughout the year. Therefore the amount of honey produced in a single hive can range from nothing at all to 300 pounds.

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How much honey can a bee make in it's lifetime?

About one teaspoonful.


How much does a honey bee produce in a lifetime?

In its lifetime, the average honey bee worker produces about 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey.


In its entire lifetime a worker be produces how much honey?

According to the Honey Association, the average honey bee willactually make only one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.


How much honey does a honey bee produce in a lifetime?

In its lifetime, the average honey bee worker produces about 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey.


How much honey is collected by the honeybee?

A honey bee collects about 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime


And in its lifetime how much honey does it produce?

A honey bee only lives for 6 weeks so it probably can only produce a teaspoonful of honey in its life.


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How much honey can one bee make in lifetime?

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How do you make honey alxemy?

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How many kilometers' of flying would it entail for one bee to produce 1kg of honey?

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How many bees to make a tablespoon of honey?

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