The falling numbers post 1998 correspond to rising pollination fees in almonds. When beekeepers focus more on pollination and less on honey production as income, the one would affect the outcomeThat one might be easy to quantify. There are still a large number of hives that do not make that trip, I wonder if its possible to tease out that data?Charles
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