It does make you rethink the fairness of that $30-40 pollination contract or
the $40 per hive valuation you get if the state burns your bees due to AFB
(which is not even close to half of just the cost of the boxes).

Of course, the number is arrived at by blithely dismissing all those with
fewere than 5 hives (or so it was claimed).  Some states count them all --
others probably miss more than just the small guys. Not to mention all those
that simply fail to register on purpose.

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3. Divide 2 by 1 yields a per hive contribution of $6106.