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Each year about 250 million pounds of honey are harvested by the beekeepers of the United States. This honey is produced by more than five million colonies of honeybees, owned by beekeepers whose operations range from the single hive of the hobbyist to that of the full-time commercial apiarist who may control many thousands of colonies. Hundreds of plants are known to be attractive to bees as nectar sources. Many of these, either cultivated or in the wild state, occur in local concentrations large enough to be valuable as sources of surplus honey. Since honey is produced in each of the 50 States of this country, the possibilities for variation in its composition and properties are enormous.
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