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By: Jessica Louque Making A Family Business My oldest son Henry is a senior this year. A good portion of this particular paragraph (and…
Read MoreBy: Jessica Louque Making A Family Business My oldest son Henry is a senior this year. A good portion of this particular paragraph (and…
Read MoreJuly Report Honey Labels We surveyed our reporters this month asking about the labels they use on their honey jars. We asked yes or…
Read MoreWinter & Spring Conditions We checked in with our reporters this month to determine how good, or how bad their Spring weather had been,…
Read MoreHoney Market Prediction Imports are still a challenge when it comes to honey prices (and honey quality), so we checked in with our reporters…
Read MoreBy: Jessica Louque Pesticides and Beekeepers – A Difficult Relationship In previous months, I’ve given a presentation on pesticides and beekeepers several times. It’s…
Read MoreBy Kim Flottum United States honey production in 2017 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 148 million pounds, down nine percent from…
Read MoreApril Report Winter So Far In late Feb we surveyed our reporters to see how winter was going so far, what they had done…
Read MoreAn Ode To Turkeys By: Jessica Louque I’ve been on a business kick for the past few months, but I thought I’d switch gears…
Read MoreThe Business of Bees: Part III By: Jessica Louque To fuel the side addictions of birds and bees, most people do have to have…
Read MoreWhere Do They Sell Their Honey? Below is the past seven years data on where our reporters sell their honey. We have 17…
Read MoreHoney Bee Testing Intro By: Jessica Louque It’s been very surprising to me how many people do not understand the process of pesticide regulation…
Read MoreFebruary Report Who sells what? For the 8th time we went to our reporters to see what they sell that’s made by their bees….
Read MoreThe Business of Bees: Part II of III In Part I of this series, I explained how to do a Sole Proprietorship for a…
Read MoreJANUARY REPORT Some Management Practices We asked our reporters about some of their management practices this month, expanding it some from the survey we…
Read MoreDECEMBER REPORT We’re throwing a lot of numbers at you this month but we think you’ll find them useful. Below is our monthly report…
Read MoreNovember Report Preliminary 2017 US Honey Production Report This is where we stick our neck way out and try and see what the future…
Read MoreThe Business of Bees: Part I of III North Carolina has a lot of beekeepers. We’re ranked in the top ten states for most…
Read MorePrices and Weather The evolution of the U.S. beekeeping industry continues unabated, though at glacial speed. Very inexpensive, and by most counts illegally imported…
Read MoreWinter and Summer Loss Survey, Plus, Spring and Summer Honey Crop Survey Bee Culture’s field reporters this month have been busy, and we’ve…
Read MoreWhat’s Important In Selling Honey. We surveyed our reporters again this month to find out what principles and what items were important to their…
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