Information provided by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension was cited in a Morning Sentinel article about how the number of beekeepers in Maine continues to grow even as the honeybee population declines. In 2013, Maine had 874 beekeepers; in 2014, 944; and in 2015, 990. So far in 2016, the state has 959 licensed
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