National Honey Report

HillBilly2 · October 16, 2015, 08:41:06 AM

This has probably been posted before, but I found it interesting.

http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/fvmhoney.pdf

BeeMaster2 · October 16, 2015, 12:37:08 PM

I guess I cannot complain too much. My honey production was down but according to this report, FL production was zero.
Jim

mtnb · October 17, 2015, 12:07:14 PM

Aw. No report issued for my state. Why would that bee?

BeeMaster2 · October 18, 2015, 08:11:30 AM

Do you have any commercial beeks in your state or any that come there to produce honkey? You may not.
Jim

chux · October 20, 2015, 12:03:58 PM

Quote from: sawdstmakr on October 18, 2015, 08:11:30 AM
Do you have any commercial beeks in your state or any that come there to produce honkey? You may not.
Jim

Was that a racial slur??? Just kidding. I chuckled when I saw this. Hit me right, for some reason. I don't even know if that is the way you spell it. Anyway...

The report shows an 8-ounce jar of honey selling for $8 in the Raleigh, NC Farmers Market. I'm selling 1# jars for $8. Hmmm.

BeeMaster2 · October 20, 2015, 12:20:23 PM

Just a typo.
A dollar an ounce. That is pretty good. My wife fought me at $16 a pint, ended up selling for $11 a pint. That was because we only collected 250 pounds of honey. We were at $8 a pint last year.
Jim

mtnb · October 21, 2015, 07:45:06 AM

Quote from: sawdstmakr on October 18, 2015, 08:11:30 AM
Do you have any commercial beeks in your state or any that come there to produce honkey? You may not.
Jim

Yes, I've seen commercial hives here from out of state and also MT keepers. I've read that MT is actually a big honey producing state. Plus, the U of M bee program is well known, right? Why there's no report, idk. Maybe someone missed a deadline. lol

GSF · October 22, 2015, 07:44:56 AM

I watched a you tube video with 628dirtrooster. He went to a spot where the commercial beeks had a yard. They of course moved on. My take is they load up the bees during the daylight hours. Some of the forgers came home to no home. The size of the bees hanging from the trees was amazing. He filled several, and I mean several deep supers with bees. He then introduced queens to them and had a ton of hives. 628dirtrooser is a cool dude to follow. Good sense of humor and family friendly videos.

chux · October 22, 2015, 08:53:36 AM

Quote from: GSF on October 22, 2015, 07:44:56 AM
I watched a you tube video with 628dirtrooster. He went to a spot where the commercial beeks had a yard. They of course moved on. My take is they load up the bees during the daylight hours. Some of the forgers came home to no home. The size of the bees hanging from the trees was amazing. He filled several, and I mean several deep supers with bees. He then introduced queens to them and had a ton of hives. 628dirtrooser is a cool dude to follow. Good sense of humor and family friendly videos.

That is a standard practice for commercial beeks. They have so many bees, to them it isn't worth it to wait till everyone is home to move. You could see 20 or 30 pound "swarms" of foragers hanging in a tree.

GSF · October 22, 2015, 10:07:27 PM

He shook this one and it was amazing at the bees.

BeeMaster2 · October 23, 2015, 12:36:48 PM

Gary,
Can you ad the link to the video?
I collected 2 nucs from the Commercial beeks, next to my farm, when they left. Neither one produced a queen from the frames I added. Next time I will need to have queens ready. Field bees are not good at producing royal jelly to make queens.
Jim

cao · October 23, 2015, 09:16:12 PM

I think that this is the video that they are talking about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xJFFO9dDEmY#t=15

GSF · October 23, 2015, 09:22:57 PM

That's it!

BeeMaster2 · October 23, 2015, 10:23:19 PM

That is pretty awsome.
Jim