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Re: Question about Bee Decline stats
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Lewis Cauble <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:12:31 -0400
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> Does anyone know the recent stat on how much bees have declined since 2007?


I like to point folks to FAOSTAT.  I am not sure where they get their numbers
from, but I assume they are credible.  FAOSTAT indicates 2,301,000 colonies in
the US in 2007 and 2,624,000 colonies in 2012, an increase of 323,000 colonies.

http://faostat3.fao.org/faostat-gateway/go/to/download/Q/QA/E

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