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Apiary output is hives x honey per hive per harvest x harvests a year. Yield per hive varies enormously with forage — 15-25 kg a year for Apis cerana and 30-60 kg for well-managed Apis mellifera near a strong nectar flow such as mustard, litchi or eucalyptus.
Apiary yield
Honey per hive per year = per harvest x harvests; annual production = per hive x number of hives
Enough to carry the colony through the dearth period — commonly 8-10 kg for a strong colony, more in cold regions. Over-harvesting forces expensive sugar feeding or loses the colony.
Migratory beekeeping to successive nectar flows can double or triple annual yield per hive, but adds transport cost, stress on colonies and disease spread risk.