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Bee Farming: A Real Income Changer
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I'm an aspiring beekeeper. I'll soon be starting with 1 hive. How much can you make keeping bees? I don't know yet but I got the info below from a bee keeper:

Imagine you’ve got just ¼ acre (about 2 plots of 50ft by 100ft) of land or even space in your compound. If you keep 50 beehives, here’s what it looks like:

1 hive = 10kg of honey per season

About 3 seasons per year = 30kg per hive yearly

50 hives x 30kg = 1,500kg of honey in one year!

25L of honey = 35kg

That’s a lot of honey — and a lot of money.

Serious bee farmers usually keep different types of hives:

Some hives produce more honey, like the Langstroth hive.

Others produce more wax, like the Kenya top bar hive.

Modern hives generally give much more honey than traditional hives (which focus more on wax).

You can build a roof over your hives or just place them outside with protection from rain. I'll update you guys when I start.


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#2
Wow, I didn’t know bees could make that much honey from just 50 hives.
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#3
1,500kg a year? That's about 42 gallons of honey. That’s serious money from a small piece of land. Worth trying oo.
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#4
I’ve been thinking of trying bee farming, this looks doable.
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#5
Thanks for breaking down the math, now it makes sense. Can beginners really start with 50 hives or is that too much?
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#6
I always thought bees needed big land, good to know small spaces work. But can we site it close to houses?
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#7
Honestly, this looks better than keeping goats or chickens. Bee farming looks less stressful than crop farming.
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#8
How long before you start harvesting after setting up?
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#9
Love how simple the calculations are — eye-opening!
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#10
The more I read, the more I want to try this. Wow! I'm restless. Bee farming looks like the future for small farmers. Less stress, more money.
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