"We already know that small holders have 99% of the country's hives, so their numbers in surveys will always be higher than commercial beekeepers."

> Is that really what you meant to say, Pete? Or is it that small holders make up 99 percent of beekeepers? 

Yes, you are right. Senior moment. It could be that they own as many as one third of them, or 1 million. Nobody knows

Pete

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