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Subject:	Number of beekeepers, hives in USA
From:	Pete B <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 26 Dec 2018 19:05:18 -0500
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Hi all
I know this has come up before, but I was struck by this statement from 1919:

> A conservative estimate would place the total number of persons who keep bees, either as a vocation or as an avocation, anywhere from 750,000 to 1,000,000 in the United States alone. If we estimate that the average beekeeper owns ten colonies, we shall have 10,000,000 hives of bees.  

I wonder how that compares to 2019? By the way, I don't trust the government stats at all.

Pete B 

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