I've never been afraid of insects, and I've never been afraid of bees. But if you had a really good summer, you could probably take 50 to 60 pounds of honey per hive," she told CBC Radio's Weekend AM. "I've never been afraid of insects, and I've never been afraid of bees," she said. The queen can lay up to 2,000 eggs a day so "the hive can fill up really, really fast," according to Dempsey, which is crucial. Our bees are better"One of the lovely thing about our Newfoundland bees is that they start to build the hive again really quickly," she said.

Source: CBC News April 30, 2018 10:18 UTC