Sample question: "How much honey and wax can I expect from a load of 100 supers?"
Note: Based on full depth supers, 8 frames per box in extracting supers, mix of old/new combs.

Sample question: "How many kilograms of frame wire will I need to wire 100 full depth frames with 3 wires in each?"

Sample question: "How many frames will I be able to nail up with 1lb of nails?"

Sample question: "How long is it going to take me to wire these 500 frames?"

Sample question: "How many kilograms of nails will I need to do 100 full depth boxes with 7 nails in each corner?"

Sample question: "How many litres of paint will I need for 100 full depth boxes?"

Sample question: "How many kilograms of wax will I need to preserve 150 FD boxes?"

Sample question: "If I have 5 FD frames of brood, how many eggs/day is the queen laying?"
Note: Average egg-laying rate of a young well-mated queen: 1500 eggs/day.Since the egg-laying rate of a queen decreases as she ages, this calculation shows why it is very important to requeen beehives on a regular basis.

Sample question: "I want to mix a 5 litre container of syrup - how much sugar for a heavy syrup?"
Note: 65% concentration is normally the highest sugar concentration which can be achieved by beekeepers mixing their own syrup. At concentrations above this, sugar is likely to come back out of solution, especially at lower temperatures. Fine liquid sugar (FLS) is available from sugar refineries at 67% concentration.

Sample question: "I want to mix a 10 gallon container of syrup - how much sugar for a heavy syrup?"
Note: 65% concentration is normally the highest sugar concentration which can be achieved by beekeepers mixing their own syrup. At concentrations above this, sugar is likely to come back out of solution, especially at lower temperatures. Fine liquid sugar (FLS) is available from sugar refineries at 67% concentration.

Sample question: "I want to add 10kg of stores to the hive - how much do I need to feed?"
Note:To evaporate off the water and invert the sugar, bees use 0.3kg of sugar for every litre of water in syrup.

Sample question: "I want to add 10lb of stores to the hive - how much do I need to feed?"
Note:To evaporate off the water and invert the sugar, bees use .6lb of sugar for every quart of water in syrup.

Sample question: "How much sugar will be used to draw out 10 supers of foundation?"
Note:Calculations based on 9:5 sugar syrup.

Sample question: "How much syrup will be used to draw out 10 supers of foundation?"
Note:Calculations based on 9:5 sugar syrup.

Sample question: "How much PDB will I need for 20 full depth supers?"
Note:Best applied on piece of paper on top bars of top box of stack of 5 FD or 7 3/4 depth boxes, with bottom of stack sealed.

Useful Temperatures
Useful 'rules of thumb' for temperatures in beekeeping

Pfund Readings
International scale for honey colour.

Moisture Equilibrium
Equilibrium between relative humidity of air and moisture content of clover honey. Below the relative humidity level, honey at this moisture content begins to lose moisture. Above the relative humidity level, honey at this moisture content begins to take up moisture.