The Bigger Picture
An 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…
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Bigger Picture
The Business of Bees: Part III By: Jessica Louque To fuel the side addictions of birds and bees, most people do have to have…
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March Report
Where Do They Sell Their Honey? Below is the past seven years data on where our reporters sell their honey. We have 17…
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Bigger Picture
Honey Bee Testing Intro By: Jessica Louque It’s been very surprising to me how many people do not understand the process of pesticide regulation…
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Honey Market Report
February Report Who sells what? For the 8th time we went to our reporters to see what they sell that’s made by their bees….
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Bigger Picture
The Business of Bees: Part II of III In Part I of this series, I explained how to do a Sole Proprietorship for a…
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Regional Honey Price Report
JANUARY REPORT Some Management Practices We asked our reporters about some of their management practices this month, expanding it some from the survey we…
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Regional Honey Market Report
DECEMBER 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…
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It’s MAGIC! You CAN Sell Honey For $20/lb
By: Leo Sharashkin A Missouri statute says: “Farmer not merchant.” That’s spot on: for many farmers and beekeepers bringing in a great crop is…
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What To Do On Facebook
By: Jessica Dally I’ve written quite a bit about social media, what to do, what not to do, how to start. Now it’s time…
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Proposition 65 In California, Anything Can Be Dangerous!
By: Alan Harman Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup, has been added to California’s Prop 65 list, meaning that glyphosate is “known…
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Regional Honey Price Report
November Report Preliminary 2017 US Honey Production Report This is where we stick our neck way out and try and see what the future…
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Bigger Picture
The Business of Bees: Part I of III North Carolina has a lot of beekeepers. We’re ranked in the top ten states for most…
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October Honey Market Report
Prices and Weather The evolution of the U.S. beekeeping industry continues unabated, though at glacial speed. Very inexpensive, and by most counts illegally imported…
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September Honey Market Report
Winter and Summer Loss Survey, Plus, Spring and Summer Honey Crop Survey Bee Culture’s field reporters this month have been busy, and we’ve…
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August Honey Market Report
What’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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Zika and Bee Kills
By: Tom Rearick Bee kills from pesticide treatments are not new. What is new is a rational fear of the Zika virus and the…
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July- Regional Honey Market Report
Honey Label Use We took a look at honey jar labels this month, seeing what our reporters use, and don’t use. Perhaps you will…
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Regional Honey Price Report
June Report Spring Reckoning We went to our reporters this month and asked about their Spring weather, and how it had affected the…
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U.S. Honey Industry Report – 2016
By: Kim Flottum Imports, exports, production and consumption from 2016. A somewhat new look and a lot of new data come with the Department…
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