. Economic aspects of the bee industry . Source of data: Calculations by authors based on questionnaires returned by producers. keeping?" The authors received 212 answers from all sections of the state. Only those records were used which definitely indicated the time during which the person had been in business in California. The average (median) number of colonies per enterprise was 135. The length of time during which these persons had been in business was strikingly uniform in certain districts. The average (median) was slightly over sixteen years (table 32). While these data do not in
. Economic aspects of the bee industry . Source of data: Calculations by authors based on questionnaires returned by producers. keeping?" The authors received 212 answers from all sections of the state. Only those records were used which definitely indicated the time during which the person had been in business in California. The average (median) number of colonies per enterprise was 135. The length of time during which these persons had been in business was strikingly uniform in certain districts. The average (median) was slightly over sixteen years (table 32). While these data do not in themselves give an exact picture of the length of time beekeepers remain in business, since a great many will continue their enterprises for years to come, they nevertheless point to the fact that a large number do make the industry part of their life work.
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