How Many Bees in a Hive? – Honey Bee HQ
How Many Bees in a Swarm? This depends largely on the strength of the colony. A strong hive of let’s say 60,000 bees can, for example, lose roughly a half of the population with the first main swarm that flies off with the queen. Other secondary after-swarms or cast swarms are usually smaller and accompanied by a virgin queen.
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