Where do they extract 40 kg of honey from a bee colony?

The area of the village of Tepava is a record-holder in honey production with 40 kg per bee family. This was reported by Radoslaw Ivanov, chairman of the Lovech beekeepers' association "Bouquet". During the past beekeeping season, Doyrentsi (32-34 kg), Umarevtsi (26-27 kg), and Chavdartsi (27-28 kg) also had good yields. For the bee colonies located in the field (villages Bahovitsa, Drenov, Doyrentsi), the honey production results were satisfactory – an average of 25-30 kg per bee family, he added. And for the bee colonies located in the Pre-Balkan regions, the results were different. Some beekeepers harvested 20 to 22 kg (Izvoriche, Ablanitsa, Gostinya), but there were also areas with very low yields – from six to 10 kg of honey per bee family (Malinovo, Stefanovo, Dabrava). Ivanov explained, as cited by BTA, that last season the acacia in most areas in Lovech froze and there was almost no acacia honey. "The flowering of the linden tree was short, its duration was about a week. ...