Form QID 110096 QID 110096 Bee and Honey Inquiry

BEE AND HONEY INQUIRY - December 2012
OMB No. 0535-0153
Approval Expires: 5/31/2013
Project Code: 196 QID: 110096
SMetaKey: 2380

NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS
SERVICE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
NOC Division
9700 Page Avenue, Suite 400
St. Louis, MO 63132-1547
1-888-424-7828
FAX: 314-595-9990
[email protected]

Please make corrections to name, address, and Zip Code, if necessary.
Information requested in this survey is used to prepare estimates of selected agricultural commodities. Under Title 7 of the U.S. Code and
CIPSEA (Public Law 107-347), facts about your operation are kept confidential and used only for statistical purposes in combination with
similar reports from other producers. Response is voluntary.
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB number is 0535-0153. The time required to complete this information collection is
estimated to average 10 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the
data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

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FOR OFFICE
USE ONLY

Subtr.
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1. During 2012, did this operation own or control any apiaries?
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1

Yes – Go to Item 3, page 2.

3

No – Continue

2. Did this operation have any honey stocks for sale in 2012 from any production year?
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1

Yes – Go to Item 3, page 2. (Complete Columns 1 and 5.)

3

No – Go to Item 5, page 3.
FOR OFFICE
USE ONLY
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2703
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Please Complete the Following Questions for All Apiaries You Owned or Controlled During 2012
3. Report for each State in which you had colonies or stocks, starting with Alaska first. It is possible to report the same
colonies in more than one State.

1

State
(List all States in which
this operation had
colonies in 2012 or
stocks from any year.)

2

3

4

What was the largest
number of colonies, for
How many total
all purposes, that this
From how many of these
pounds of honey
operation had in 2012 in
colonies did you harvest or
were harvested in
this State?
(Include colonies for honey “pull off” honey in this State? this State from these
colonies?
production, pollination,
hobby, etc.)
Colonies

Colonies

5
How many pounds
of honey stocks did
this operation have
for sale in this State
th
on Dec 15 2012 ?
(Exclude honey under
government or CCC
loans.)

Pounds

Pounds

701

702

703

704

801

802

803

804

801

802

803

804

801

802

803

804

801

802

803

804

801

802

803

804

801

802

803

804

Alaska
800
State: _________________
800
State: _________________
800
State: _________________
800
State: _________________
800
State: _________________
800
State: _________________
880

4. How many TOTAL POUNDS of honey did this operation harvest in all
States in 2012? (Total should be sum of column 4).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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5. Did you sell any honey during 2012? (Include sales of honey produced in 2011.)
Yes (Continue)
1
No (Go to Item 7.)
3

720

6. Please report 2012 sales of honey, by class and by year of production. Report the pounds sold and dollars received in
2012 by this operation for honey produced by this operation in 2011 and 2012.
(Do not include resale of honey produced by another operation.)

HONEY
COLOR
CLASS

HONEY PRODUCED BY THIS
OPERATION IN 2012

HONEY PRODUCED BY THIS
OPERATION IN 2011

MARKETING CHANNEL
Pounds Sold in Dollars Received Pounds Sold in Dollars Received
1/
1/
2012
in 2012
2012
in 2012
727

725

Sales to Cooperatives

Water white,
extra white,
and white
(0 – 34 mm)

723

724
$

721

722
$

718
Wholesale Sales
(grocery stores, restaurants, distributors)

719
$

716

717
$

731

732
$

729

730
$

Sales to Private Processing Companies

Retail Sales
(direct to consumers)

739

737

Sales to Cooperatives
Extra light
amber
(35 - 50mm)

735

736
$

733

734
$

714
Wholesale Sales
(grocery stores, restaurants, distributors)

715
$

712

713
$

743

744
$

741

742
$

Sales to Private Processing Companies

Retail Sales
(direct to consumers)

751

749

Sales to Cooperatives
Light amber,
amber and
dark amber
(51+ mm)

747

748
$

745

746
$

775
Wholesale Sales
(grocery stores, restaurants, distributors)

776
$

773

774
$

755

756
$

753

754
$

Sales to Private Processing Companies

Retail Sales
(direct to consumers)

763

Area specialties: Sales to Cooperatives
759
Sourwood,
tupelo,
Sales to Private Processing Companies
buckwheat, etc.
771
(Honey not included Wholesale Sales
in any of the above (grocery stores, restaurants, distributors)
color classes)

1/

Retail Sales
(direct to consumers)

767

761
760
$

757

758
$

772
$

769

770
$

768
$

765

766
$

Report receipts before deductions of marketing charges such as transportation, grading, container costs, etc.

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Complete Items 7, 8 and 9 only if the operation named on the label did NOT report for Items 3, 4, or 6; otherwise, go to Item 10.

7. Will this operation own or control any apiaries in 2013?
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1

Yes

3

For Office
Use Only
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No

8. Has the operation named on the label been sold, rented, or turned over to someone else?
Yes – (Continue)

Will the land be used for any agricultural purpose by you (the
operator), or anyone else in the next year, or will you control or
own bee colonies in the future? Include growing crops, grains,
row crops, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, or specialty crops, raising
any livestock or poultry.

No

9. What is the name and address of the new operation
that has taken over the land or colonies?

Don’t Know

Yes

Operation Name:
Operator Name:
Address:
City:
Phone:

No

(Regardless of answer to above, write a note to explain the
situation.)
State:

Zip:

10. SURVEY RESULTS: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date, go to
www.nass.usda.gov/results.
Would you rather have a brief summary mailed to you at a later date?
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1

Yes

3

No

Comments:

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Respondent Name:
Response
1-Comp
2-R
3-Inac
4-Office Hold
5-R – Est
6-Inac – Est
7-Off Hold – Est
8-Known Zero
S/E Name

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Respondent
1-Op/Mgr
2-Sp
3-Acct/Bkpr
4-Partner
9-Oth

9902

Phone: (
Mode

1-Mail
2-Tel
3-Face-to-Face
4-CATI
5-Web
6-e-mail
7-Fax
8-CAPI
19-Other

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Enum.

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9910

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Date:

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Eval.
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Office Use for POID
789
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Optional Use
407

408

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