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Re: Who owns the hives?
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Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 17 Nov 2013 20:06:34 -0500
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Randy wrote:
> there would be about 1000 - 1300 commercial beekeepers, running 99% of the hives.

I already pointed out that this cannot be true. 

The most recent estimate of number of beekeepers in US is 115,000 to 125,000. (National Honey Board, 2012)

1% of 2.6 million hives is 26,000 hives. 

Even if there are only 100,000 sideliners, 1% would only allow them 1/4 hive each.

Like I said earlier, given that a sideliner owns anywhere from 1 to 300 hives, a very conservative estimate would be 10 hives per sideliner. 

= A million hives.

* On the other hand, it's pretty clear that 99% of the beekeepers are NOT commercial. 

PLB

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