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Date: | Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:18:31 -0000 |
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Periodically economists try to explore beekeeping. Sometimes they tackle
tangential aspects: as in a predictive analysis of the consequences of
Africanization, or a more recent survey of the adoption by beekeepers of VSH
and Russian queens. Obviously, for the US, the larger scale operations are
doing well. Once one scales down to sideliners and hobbyists, the picture is
not as clear. I would venture that only sideliners in particularly good areas,
or with some value added product (including pollination fees) actually make
money, when they truly count their costs (as in labor, vehicle and equipment
depreciation, capital costs, etc.). And even fewer hobbyists are really as
someone commented "making their bees pay". But fun is priceless.
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