Table 7.
Estimated honey yield per site, based on honey harvested in season 2019-2020 and number of sites used in each region, by beekeeper category, and by region.
| Estimated site honey yield (kg/site)c |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observations | Mean | Std Dev. | 25th PC | 50th PC | 75th PC | |
| Hobbyist-Amateura | ||||||
| Geraldton Sandplains | 6 | 173 | 157.0 | 14 | 167 | 333 |
| Swan Coastal Plain | 60 | 66 | 79.5 | 16 | 33 | 100 |
| Jarrah Forest | 70 | 87 | 150.4 | 20 | 34 | 120 |
| Warren | 28 | 69 | 114.3 | 20 | 37 | 66 |
| Avon Wheatbelt-Yalgoo | 9 | 31 | 32.6 | 10 | 20 | 50 |
| Mallee | 0 | |||||
| Esperance | 5 | 37 | 36.5 | 11 | 20 | 60 |
| Murchison-Coolgardie | 0 | |||||
| Northwest-Nullarbor-Deserts | 1 | 350 | 350 | 350 | 350 | |
| Response total | 167 | |||||
| Commercialb | ||||||
| Geraldton Sandplains | 8 | 1,247 | 1,630.4 | 88 | 265 | 2,633 |
| Swan Coastal Plain | 16 | 931 | 1,081.0 | 91 | 447 | 1,750 |
| Jarrah Forest | 19 | 1,334 | 1,511.8 | 125 | 305 | 2,667 |
| Warren | 4 | 333 | 322.7 | 66 | 313 | 600 |
| Avon Wheatbelt-Yalgoo | 4 | 1,600 | 1,224.7 | 850 | 1,150 | 2,350 |
| Mallee | 2 | 1,525 | 1,803.1 | 250 | 1,525 | 2,800 |
| Esperance | 5 | 2,784 | 4,096.8 | 400 | 1,300 | 2,000 |
| Murchison-Coolgardie | 4 | 934 | 1,600.2 | 102 | 160 | 1,767 |
| Northwest-Nullarbor-Deserts | 0 | |||||
| Response total | 31 | |||||
Notes
25th PC i.e. 25th percentile, 25% of values are below this value.
50th PC i.e. 50th percentile, 50% of values are below this value.
75th PC i.e. 75th percentile, 75% of values are below this value.
a
Excludes honey harvested values < 1.
b
Excludes honey harvested values < = 1.
c
Excludes estimated yields <1
Estimated honey yield per site is based on honey harvested and number of sites used in each region [Q75].
Response total is the number of respondents who answered the question.