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Re: commercial beekeepers continue to decline
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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:34:32 GMT
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>>The number of commercial beekeepers has been on the decline since WW2.
The springs of 2006 & 2007 culled a few from the ranks never to return.

Bob

The total number of hives has declined in the US.  I've thought this has happened at the cost of honey production in the US.  Has the number of hives used for pollination stayed the same or increased perhaps?

Waldemar




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