BFC17 Beekeeping

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Beekeeping

H bs a b pducghoneyfor over 150 million yer.

Annlly in the Unite Stte roxi-

mtely 200 million on of honey

re roe, vle t $140 to

$170 million ollr. Beekeein

n e very rotle enterrie.

Honey, eewx, ollen, royl jelly, n

ollintion re ll revene enertin

rt of eekeein. Te min ore

of revene in eekeein enterrie

re honey n ollintion ervie.

Withot the ervie of eekeeer,eeilly ollintion ervie, the ot

of mny frit, veetle, n other

ronomi ro wol e reter thn

they re toy. Mny eekeeer trt

ot mll, with two to for olonie,

n let their oertion row with their

exeriene n mnement kill.

Physical Attributes

Honey ee roe n tore honeyfor foo e rin the lon winter

month. Honey ee lly roe

more honey thn they n et; thi

exe honey i wht eekeeer

hrvet. Honey ee re oil inet

Enterprise Assessment

Capital needed

for startup

Importance of

experience with

grain crops

Managerial input

needed

Labor input

required

Years needed to

develop produc-

tion expertise

Years needed to

develop marketing

expertise

Years to nancial

break-even point

Return on

investment (%)

Enterprise Budget:

BFC 17 March 2010

with trit iviion of lor etween

the vrio tye of ee in the olony.

Colonie inle qeen, rone nworker. Te qeen i the only exlly

eveloe femle in the olony n i

the lret ee in the olony. Te qeen

i reonile for lyin e tht will

row into new worker, rone, n

every one in while new qeen. A

rotive qeen n ly 3,000 e in

y. Drone re tot mle ee tht

hve no tiner. Teir ole roe i

to mte with the qeen. If the olony

i hort on foo, rone re often

kike ot of the hive. Worker re

the mllet ee in the olony n

re exlly neveloe femle. A

olony n hve 50,000 to 60,000

worker. Te lifen of worker i

roximtely 30 y. Worker fee

the qeen n lrv, r the hive,

n kee it ool. Worker ollet netr

to mke honey. Worker re reonile

for the rotion of ll the rot

mrkete in honeyee enterrie.

Potential Return

Yields

In 2008, orin to the Ntionl

Ariltrl Sttiti Servie (NASS),

the vere yiel er olony w

70 on. Te Iow vere yiel w

reorte t 62 on er olony.

Price

Te rie for honey hve een inre-

in in the t few yer. Retil rie re

ron $4.68 on n wholele t

$3.46 on. Prot ol t the lol

level will hve vryin rie.

Risks

Bee re t rik for ome iee n

mite. However, trit ieline inthe intry hel revent the re of

ome of thee iee. It i imortnt

for eekeeer to e lert for iee

ee when they hek the hive. It i

lo imortnt to le the hive wy

from el tht wol e rye with

inetiie, otentilly killin ome of


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the ee. Climte lo

n hve n eet on

the ee. If the re i

ettin lot of rin,

thi n revent the

ee from oin ot toollet netr.

Marketing

Tere re three min rot tht

honeyee roe tht re mrketle:

honey, ollintion ervie, n wx. Eh

of thee rot h niqe hrter-

iti n reqire ierent rotion

tehniqe n eqiment. Proin

honey for rot i hihly eenent

on efl mrketin. Ti will eomrie of omintion of hih-

qlity honey, kin, vertiin,

n ervie to tomer. Mot honey

i ol liqi honey. Alterntive to

liqi honey re nely rytllize or

remy honey, hnk honey, t-om

honey, n etion-om honey. It i

reommene tht einnin eekeeer

trt with om honey ee it i the

eiet to roe n ke.

Ple to mrket the honey rot

inle: frmer mrket, helth foo

tore, roie tn, iret le,

n ritorim ite. Some roer

hve ontrt with omnie. Rent-

in hive to rower for ollintion

ervie n e nother imortnt

ore of inome for eekeeer.

Ti will rovie inree h ow

n e to lenty of lnt for the

hive. Written reement hol e

Beekeeping

Chart 1: First-Year Labor Hours

Jan Feb DecMar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov

Chart 2: Established Labor Hours

Jan Feb DecMar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov

etlihe etween eekeeer n

renter. Selle ot in the reement

hol e te of ervie, lotion,

nmer n ttern of olonie, rentl

fee, n illin te. Tere re tron

mrket for honey n ee rot.

Yo hol trt ot mll n exn

yor mrket n emn exn.Ti lo will llow yor hive nmer

to row with yor mnement ility.

Management

Etlihin olonie i lly one in the

rin. New olonie n e etlihe

with wrm, ke ee, nle olo-

nie, n etlihe olonie. Te eiet

n mot exenive wy to etlih

olonie i to rhe lrey etlihe

olonie. Te etlihe olony i lreyemle, in rotion, n lly

h reore hitory. Yo my wnt

to wth for tnriztion of eqi-

ment, ilite eqiment, n iee.

Nle olonie onit of for to ve

frme of roo, honey n ollen, lt

ee, n lyin qeen. Tee tye

of olonie re heer thn etlihe

olonie, lly ontin yoner, more

rotive ee, re eier to hnle n

n roe honey in the rt yer.

Look for the me w in the hive

the etlihe olonie. Pke ee re

e worker ee with qeen. Pke

lly onit of 3 to 5 on of ee.

Tee ke n e elivere throh

the mil. Pke ee re free of iee,

he, n very ey to hnle. Pke

ee lly o not roe honey in the

rt yer. Pke ee lo will reqiremore lor n re to enre helthy

olony. Swrm n eily e ollete n

le in hive. New qeen will e re-

qire; mot wrm re le y ol qeen

Te mnement of honey ee i minly

foe on enrin the mot vioro n

helthy hive for the rin n mmer

honey ro. One olonie re etlihe,

eekeeer rere their oertion for

rin hrvet. Feein n mei-tion re normlly one Jnry throh

Ferry. Qeen ein

lyin e in Jnry

n oon fter the ize

of the olony inree

qikly. Some olonie

will nee lementl

feein of r yr

(wter n r) rin


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Pennsylvania State University

lterntive.er..e/Plitionee.f

National Sustainable AgricultureInformation Service

htt://ttr.nt.or/ttr-/eekee-in.html

thi time. In Ferry inetion of hive

will nee to e erforme. On wrm y

(t let 45F), hek olony helth n

rowth. At thi time tretment for iee

n re-qeenin hol e erforme

if neery.

Before removl of rl honey om,e re the olony h enoh ntrientto tin itelf. Hrvet will ontinefrom rin into fll. ke re to enre

the olony will hve eqte foo -lie for the winter. Hive o not reqirehoin in the winter. Te olony willel it hive n relte it temertrein the winter, min enoh foolie remin in the hive for the winter.Colony helth mt e monitore yerron. Bee re etile to iee,rite, et, n retor. Motet n retor n e ontrolleeily. Mnement kill re n interl

element to eekeein. Before enterininto iltre, e re to onlt withexert ot mnement tehniqe.

Market Outlook

Te mrket for honey i rrently verytron, eeilly for lolly roehoney. Protion inree from 2007to 2008 with rie ontinin to rie.Chin, the worl lret onmer of

Beekeeping

Economic Considerations:Apiary Enterprise BudgetRevenue Dollars ($)

Honey (620 lbs at $1.56/lb) 967.20

Pollination fees (spring, summer) 550.00

Wax 25.00Total 1,542.20

Variable Costs

Bees 114.00

Disease control 186.95

Sugar (food) 25.00

Jars/labels 262.10

Paint/equipment 94.00

Total 682.05

Fixed Costs

Hives 141.90

Clothing equipment 9.80

Processing equipment 192.20

Depreciation 150.70

Interest expense 132.75

Total 627.35

Net Income 232.80

Economic Considerations: Capital Budget

Item Cost ($) Life Deprc. Interestexp.

Hives 1,340 25 53.60 67.00

Protective clothing 40 25 1.60 2.00

Hive and tool/smoker 35 10 3.50 1.75

Feeder 23 25 0.92 1.75

Queen excluders 57 25 2.28 2.85

Fume board 25 25 1.00 1.25

Extractor 950 25 38.00 47.50

Bottling tank with

cover and strainer

715 25 28.60 35.75

Uncapping tank 195 25 7.80 9.75

Uncapping knife 67 5 13.40 3.35

Total 3,447 150.70 172.35

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honey, h lo inreeemn, whih h neet on the mrket.

Sources

University of Kentucky

www.ky.e/A/NewCro/introheet/honey.f

American Beekeeping Federation

htt://www.fnet.or/inex.fm

National Honey Industry

htt://www.honey.om/honeyintry/

National AgriculturalStatistics Service

htt://.mnnli.ornell.e/MnnU/viewDomentInfo.o?omentID=1191

Prere y Mike Dy n Joi Clvert,ISU Dertment of Eonomi, ExtenionEonomi. Deine y Vitori Wton, ISUrhi ein tent. Finnil ort fromthe Leool Center for Stinle Ariltre.

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