How much honey

RZRBCK BEE · May 27, 2010, 05:52:11 PM

How many gallons or lbs of honey is a full medium thats capped off? How about a deep? Just curious. Thanks

Bee Happy · May 27, 2010, 06:00:36 PM

I've heard that a 6-3/8 medium is around 60Lbs. Someone else posted that a gallon is around 11 pounds (I'd wait to confirm that).

D Coates · May 27, 2010, 06:05:35 PM

I've found a full medium to be about 30 pounds of honey. A gallon is just over 12 pounds. A full super is around 2 1/2 gallons of honey.

Bee Happy · May 27, 2010, 06:14:00 PM

Quote from: D Coates on May 27, 2010, 06:05:35 PM
I've found a full medium to be about 30 pounds of honey. a gallon is just over 12 pounds. a full super is around 2 1/2 gallons of honey.

Thanks for correcting that, I must have misunderstood the dimensions when I saw 60# somewhere.

rdy-b · May 27, 2010, 06:52:35 PM

I average one bucket (60 lb) for every two mediums and one bucket for every deep-some less some more but thats the average - :) RDY-B

iddee · May 27, 2010, 07:44:33 PM

Bee Happy, you are correct. A full medium weighs 60 lb., which includes 30 lb. of honey. The super will still weigh 30 lb. after extracting.

Approximately, of course.

Bee Happy · May 27, 2010, 08:25:55 PM

That makes sense, the weight discussion I saw related to the working weight of various full supers (I forgot to consider the empty weight of the super).