10-01-2025, 09:15 PM
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.
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.