Well said Lloyd. At one time these numbers were sorta reversed, weren't they?
   
  But I would take exception to the last line. If the 5% refered to don't "celebrate the joys of beekeeping" what do they do? And aren't you sorta in both camps? Not to be personal.

Lloyd Spear <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
  90% of the
hives in the US are owned by less than 5% of the beekeepers. All of our
'national' organizations are dominated by those 5%, as perhaps they should
be. Those 95% of us who celebrate the joys of beekeeping do not have a
bright outlook for at least the next several years.



 
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