>....is it me, or is a 0.3% finding of varroa out of 14,000 inspected colonies 
>seem anomalous?<

Per the report numbers, out of 14,538.5 colonies inspected, 4,207 were reported 
for varroa.  Percentage is actually 28.9%, not .289%. 

Unfortunately, bad math is NOT anomalous within government agency reporting.
I am curious re the .5 under the apiaries/colonies inspected columns.
What kind of colony would be counted as a 'half' colony?
(or is it a half inspection?)    

Dan O'Callaghan
Xenia, OH

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