Table 14.
Operating costs per hive and per kilogram of honey, by beekeeper category in season July 2019–June 2020 [Q113].
| Total cost ($/unit) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit cost | Observations | Mean | Std Dev. | 25th PC | 50th PC | 75th PC |
| Hobbyist-Amateur | ||||||
| Cost per hive ($/hive)a | 36 | 171.0 | 139.64 | 75.0 | 136.2 | 224.3 |
| Cost per kilogram of honey ($/kg)b | 35 | 14.2 | 12.97 | 4.0 | 10.1 | 22.0 |
| Commercial | ||||||
| Cost per hive ($/hive)a | 23 | 306.1 | 257.66 | 60.0 | 245.0 | 628.3 |
| Cost per kilogram of honey ($/kg)b | 22 | 12.7 | 14.60 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 16.8 |
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 values > 800.
b
Excludes values > 100.