Below are rough estimates of the weight of honey stored in various frame sizes for diffreent hive types.
These are ballparks are purposefully lowballed for the purposes of optimism / pessimism… whichever way you look at it.
Standard recipe for syrup is as follows, and give you the resulting syrup amount, so as to be helpful in terms of provisioning backwards.
Ratio | Sugar | Water | Syrup |
---|---|---|---|
2:1 | 10 kg | 5 L | 11-12 L |
1:1 | 10 kg | 10 L | 16-17 L |
10:13 | 10 kg | 13 L | 20 L |
Frame Size | Full frame | Full box |
---|---|---|
Deep (14x12) | 4 kg | 30 kg |
Standard (brood) | 2 kg | 25 kg |
Shallow (super) | 1 kg | 20 kg |
⚠️ These weights are for a “standard use case”. That is to say, 14x12 and brood boxes being used as brood, and not honey supers. These weights will also vary dramatically depending on the number of frames, the amount of honey vs brood etc. If you are using standard brood frames as honey supers, the weight of this will be far higher. Closer to (if not above) 30kg than 25. Do not try and lift a 14x12 box full of honey/stores if you don’t go to the gym.
Frame Size | Full Frame | Full 8-Frame Box | Full 10-Frame Box |
---|---|---|---|
Deep | 8 lbs | 64 lbs | 80 lbs |
Medium | 5 lbs | 40 lbs | 50 lbs |
Shallow | 4 lbs | 32 lbs | 40 lbs |
Ingredient | Quantity |
---|---|
Water | 200 ml |
Corn Syrup | 500 ml |
Sugar | 2 kg |
You can use glucose syrup in place of corn syrup.
Caution: Boiling syrups is incredibly dangerous. Do not do this recipe without prior kitchen experience. An accident could send you to hospital. Ensure you use a minimum 4L pan for this as the foaming stage can get a bit silly. If the syrup goes anything other than very very light tan (normal sugar syrup color) it has caught and needs throwing away.