You left out the “who”
Who counted them .....
X amount of honey bees per pound/ounce.
Since the story mentioned Sergio the beekeeper, I assumed it was his estimate.
You are right, there should have been an attribution there. Good catch.
But as I stated in my post, my five questions were just off the top of my head. If I had been editing for real, there would have been more, no doubt about it.
But hey, I’m just a broken-down, old-school newspaperman.
Roughly 4000 honey bees per pound, 250 per oz.
:)