Form QID 110096 QID 110096 Bee and Honey Inquiry

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Project Code 196 QID 110096			OMB No. 0535-0535-0153: Approval Expires 11/30/2006
		BEE AND HONEY INQUIRY December 2006					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
						Alabama Field Office P.O. Box 240578 4121 Carmichael Road Montgomery, AL 36124-0578, Phone 334-279-3555, Fax 334-279-3590 [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.					Dear Reporter: The following data on honey production and prices are needed to prepare State and National estimates of honey production be published in the Honey Report on February 28th. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law, but your response is important to ensure reliable honey production and price estimates. Individual reports are kept confidential. Please complete and return this report promptly in the enclosed envelope, which requires no stamp.

PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FOR ALL APIARIES OWNED

OR CONTROLLED BY YOU DURING 2006

1. LARGEST NUMBER OF COLONIES in Alabama for all purposes in 2006 (Honey production, pollination, hobby, etc)?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	700
2. LARGEST NUMBER OF COLONIES in Alabama which had honey harvested or “pulled off” in Alabama in 2006?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	711
3. TOTAL POUNDS OF HONEY HARVESTED in Alabama in 2006?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	713
4. TOTAL POUNDS OF HONEY STOCKS ON HAND in Alabama for sale on December 15, 2006? (Exclude honey under government and CCC loans.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	717

5. HONEY PRODUCTION IN OTHER STATES during 2006. Report for each State in which honey

was harvested. It is possible to report the same colonies in more than one State.

STATE	NUMBER OF COLONIES FOR ALL PURPOSES	NUMBER OF COLONIES WITH HONEY HARVESTED	HONEY PRODUCTION (Pounds)	HONEY STOCKS On Dec 15th (Pounds)
800	801	802	803	804
805	806	807	808	809
810	811	812	813	814
815	816	817	818	819

6. TOTAL POUNDS of honey harvested in all States in 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	880

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	190
	191

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7. Did you sell any honey during 2006? (Include sales of honey produced in 2005.) . . . . . YES (continue) NO (Skip to # 9.)	720

8. Pounds sold and dollars received for sales in 2006 of honey produced in 2006 and 2005 by your operation.

Do not include resales of honey produced by another operation.

HONEY COLOR CLASS	MARKETING CHANNEL	HONEY PRODUCED IN **2006**		HONEY PRODUCED IN **2005**
		Pounds Sold in 2006	Dollars Received in 2006 1/	Pounds Sold in 2006	Dollars Received in 2006 1/
Water white, extra white, and white (0 - 34 mm)	Sales to Private Processing Co.	723	724	721	722
	Sales to Cooperative	727	728	725	726
	Retail Sales	731	732	729	730

Extra light amber (35 - 50mm)	Sales to Private Processing Co.	735	736	733	734
	Sales to Cooperative	739	740	737	738
	Retail Sales	743	744	741	742

Light amber, amber and dark amber (51+ mm)	Sales to Private Processing Co.	747	748	745	746
	Sales to Cooperative	751	752	749	750
	Retail Sales	755	756	753	754

Area specialties Sourwood, tupelo, buckwheat, etc. (Honey not included in any of the above color classes)	Sales to Private Processing Co.	759	760	757	758
	Sales to Cooperative	763	764	761	762
	Retail Sales	767	768	765	766
1/ Receipts before deductions of marketing charges such as transportation, grading, container costs, etc.

9. Would you like to receive a free copy of the results of this survey in the mail? (The survey results will also be available on the Internet at http://www.usda.gov/nass/)
Yes = 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	099

Comments:

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Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.	Julian Date	Office Use for POID
1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est 8-Known Zero	9901	1-Op/Mgr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth	9902	1-Mail 2-Tel 3-Face-to-Face 4-CATI 5-Web 6-e-mail 7-Fax 8-CAPI 19-Other	9903	098	100	987	789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
									Optional Use
									407		408
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