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Offline jxbeeman

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« on: May 23, 2005, 01:46:43 pm »
i was just wondering how many hives does one need to live off off/make it into a business.  i've heard of people around my area with 200 and some.  others farther away have 800.  just curious thanks

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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2005, 05:40:13 pm »
There was a guy in ABJ that only had 70. :D
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« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2005, 06:37:31 pm »
Take the number of hives, multiply that by what the expected honey yeild might be, and multiply all of that by what you think a pound of honey would sell for.

The 70 hives producing 200 pounds of honey each at $4 per pound would give an income of $56,000. You may check my math.
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« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2005, 09:40:55 pm »
But don't forget to minus out the cost of bottles, labels, replacement hive parts, queens, medication, advertising..... etc.
Surely I'm missing something in that list. :) Not trying to discourage you, just giving you something to think about.

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« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2005, 09:56:07 pm »
>But don't forget to minus out the cost of bottles, labels, replacement hive parts, queens, medication, advertising..... etc.

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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2005, 10:07:41 pm »
If you want to make $1,000,000 in beekeeping, start with $2,000,000.
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