Grants ?

[Bigfoot]

Has anyone heard of grants you can get for beekeeping, I live in NC and I've read on the net you can get state grants, but every lead just dead ends. any info would be greatly appreciated.

[VolunteerK9]

I received a 'Beginning Beekeeper' grant from Tennessee last year. It provided a basic beeginner kit minus the bees. TN also has a 'cost matching' for lack of a better term. It basically states that if you are approved they will match up to 15,000

http://www.tn.gov/agriculture/enhancement/2011PDCriteria/PDFY1112HoneyBeeCriteria.pdf

Now, I know this is for residents of Tennessee, but look and see if your state has something similar.

[Riggs]

@wltwine I live in NC also and have been trying to find something on this too. All of my leads seem to be dead ends too.

[iddee]

NC had a give away a few years ago. They gave 2 hives each to 250 new beeks. They have had nothing since that time.

[Riggs]

That's what I had heard, but I thought they were still doing it. Thank you

[hankdog1]

Virginia has it but with the cost of all the classes you have to take it's kinda not worth it.  30 bucks here and 30 bucks there for a classes adds up real quick.  You also must have them inspected by a state beekeeper every year which is beyond me how they plan to do it since the state beekeepers are streached way too thin.