How much honey do you believe a typical, standard beehive yield? and how normally can you pocket honey from them?
Answers: The amount of honey bees produce depends on the weather at the time of year when certain flowers or trees are in bloom and where on earth you live. The countryside is not necessarily the best place for bees and honey production -fields of grass, cereals etc do not produce much honey. Towns/cities with their parks and gardens can do surprisingly very well.
The bees themselves need honey to raise their immature. It is only what they consider surplus honey that they place in the 'super' sector of the hive: the section that is separated from the brood box by the queen excluder.
On average one can expect just about around 12/15kg of honey a year from a hive. If you are near oil-seed rape then you can look forward to much more within a good year - some beekeepers have claimed upwards of 20kg or even more, per week. But it does tend to set close to concrete in the frame and is difficult to extract once this happens.
Some beekeepers filch honey off in delayed Spring and a second batch in the Autumn -around the finish off of August. Some just rely on the Autumn extraction as there is something call the June gap when there is not much around for the bees. The bees will in consequence have very little honey to tilt the next brood of bees if honey is extracted in Spring. I am looking forward to a suitable July with plenty of moisture in the soil -rain!! and after lots of sun to stimulte the flowers into producing the nectar. Blackberries will be the main crop round here.
Depending on the size...I would say an average of 2 or more cups, and you can stir collect it once a month. Granted this all depend on the size. If it is larger or smaller the time and amount will differ..duh! hope I was practical!