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Honey Harvest Calculator

Turn hive count, frame count and average frame weight into a realistic yield estimate, container count and a recommended harvest window — with a winter-stores check built in.

Your hives and the flow

Number of colonies

Harvestable frames per colonyFrames you expect to take, not frames in the hive.

Average honey per frame (kg)A well-drawn, fully capped deep frame is 2–3 kg.

Main floral source

Winter climate

Stores to leave per colony (kg)Set automatically from the climate you choose. Override it if you know your bees better.

Estimated harvest

—kg

Harvestable honey

Volume—

Per colony—

Containers—

Frames harvested—

Gross crop—

Left for the colony—

Surplus as a share of the gross crop

Suggested harvest window

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These calculators use widely used working figures, not measurements of your apiary. Real yields, consumption rates and hive capacities vary with climate, colony genetics, forage and equipment. Treat the output as a planning estimate.

Harvest stage