What happens if honey is never taken from a hive?
Honey bees store enough up food (honey and pollen) in their hive to sustain them through long periods of time when there is little forage available (like winter). If a hive is sealed up they will continue to live off their stores, possibly for months.here is no real way to tell how large a hive is by the number of bees on the outside. There are photos of what typical hives looked like on the outside and what they looked like on the inside on the Do You Have Bees? page. I always try to take pictures of the hive so the homeowner can see what the hive looks like.