How many beekeepers in California??

[annette]

I need to know this. How many beekeepers are there in California?? I will be volunteering this weekend for the Sacramento County Fair and I want to know this in case someone asks me. I did goggle this and could not come up with any answer.

Thanks for the help

Annette

[Mici]

well if no one knows you're safe to say 1569 :evil:

[Jerrymac]

I don't think anyone could possibly know the answer to that question. Perhaps there is a way to find out how many registered beeks there are. But I'm sure there are some that don't have to register. Not sure of the regulations in California, but here we don't have to register until we go over a certain number of hives.

[pdmattox]

here are the ones on the our membership map, not sure how many are still active.

CA California  (56)
   davchr: Fallbrook, CA (north San Diego County)
   beeman5: California
   Kirk-o: Los Angeles california
   Tindog: Los Angeles , Ca
   GQMedic: So. Cal
   JayHersey: Pasadena, California USA
   burnside: sierras
   hobbee: Bay Area, CA
   Blackbird: Santa Cruz, California USA
   jdhamm: San Diego
   Steve Retherford: moreno valley, Ca. USA
   BethM: High Desert, Southern California, USA
   briguy: Siskiyou County California
   aznboi0007: Torrance, California
   mellifera: N. E. California
   pkoski: San Francisco, CA
   madcapper: Mojave, California
   royboy: esc.calif.usa
   thomj38: vallejo,ca
   RookieBeek: Camarillo, CA
   buzzybody: Newbury Park, CA
   Destruckdoz: Bay area, California
   donstephens: Lake Arrowhead California
   LET-CA: Sacramento, CA
   mmhoney: Poway, CA
   nonna italiana: SF Bay Area
   DeederMc: Tujunga, CA
   2rubes: Grass Valley, CA
   smittythesurveyor: northern california
   jaypee: San Jose CA
   klgbloom: Santa Cruz, Ca.
   jenjoyce: Napa Valley, California
   Darlene: Quincy, California USA
   Valarie: Marysville, CA
   GABE: Santa Babara,Calif. USA
   pallan: Bakersfield, California
   Patrick: Los Angeles California
   tvequilt: Newbury Park California
   jlh: Mariposa, CA -Home of "Yosemite National Park"
   Jeff L: Sacto CA
   Jeffrey Tooker: Paynes Creek Ca. USA
   beebeeking: santa cruz, CA
   swami.g: manhattan beach. ca.
   zardiw: Palm Springs, Ca
   Santec: San Diego County
   Berous: Oakland, CA
   rdy-b: clayton ca
   viking: Angels Camp, California
   Everglow: San Diego, CA
   Dottie: Delano, CA
   annette: Placerville, California
   Aleks: Brentwood,CA
   Casimir: Blue Canyon, CA
   DayValleyDahlias: Aptos, California
   sandhya: Pleasant Hill Ca.
   maecooper: San Francisco, CA

[annette]

Well OK.

I always wonder how they estimate the number of beekeepers. I read somewhere there are over 200,000 beekeepers in the United States.

So was just wondering how many were in California.

Thanks for all the responses.
Annette

[LET-CA]

All the official numbers I've ever seen only count those with more than five hives.  So, with only four, I don't count.

Lenny in Sacramento