{"id":3518,"date":"2017-07-18T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-03-23T05:55:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T05:55:31","slug":"bee-colonies-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.apiarybook.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/18\/bee-colonies-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Bee Colonies Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>strength<\/strong> of a bee colony is given by:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the number of frames covered by <strong>bees<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the number of combs of <strong>capped brood<\/strong> and&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the quantity of <strong>honey<\/strong> reserves (in kg).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.apiarybook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bee_strength-1.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The population of a bee colony is not static and varies with the season of the year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A colony of bees will have a low population, approximately 10,000 to 15,000 early in the season (January and February), and will grow to 30,000 to 60,000 bees in the peak breeding season (spring and midsummer).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In early spring, a colony with 5 -7 frames covered with bees and at least 4 frames of brood is a strong colony, where one with 3 or 4 frames covered with bee is weak.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, in the peak breeding season a strong colony will have 10 -15 frames covered with bees and minimally six combs with brood, and have many foragers flying in and out as well as honey and pollen stores, whilst a colony with 5 -7 frames covered with bees, with e.g. 3 frames of small brood would be weak.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Above info is extracted from the document &#8220;Equalization of Bee Colonies Strength&#8221; 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