Hi
Just lost a swarm and as I attempted to make a nuc I noticed that most of the stores was gone.
I know that the weather has been bad here but it seems that the bees took quite a large amount of honey with them when they swarmed.
Does any body know how much honey (in weight ) an average size swarm takes when it leaves the hive?
Cheers
Greg.
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A bee's weight is about 100 mg and full of honey 170 mg.
2 kg swarm has about 800 g honey.