QID Bee and Honey Inquiry - Dec. 2015 - (Operations with 5 o

BEE AND HONEY INQUIRY – December 2015
			OMB No. 0535-0153 Approval Expires: 6/30/2016 Project Code: 196 QID: 110096–AL SMetaKey: 2380
(For operations w/ 5 or more colonies)
				United States Department of Agriculture
				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

Please make corrections to name, address, and ZIP Code, if necessary.	USDA/NASS National Operations Division 9700 Page Avenue, Suite 400 St. Louis, MO  63132-1547 Phone: 1-888-424-7828 Fax: 1-855-415-3687 E-mail: [email protected]

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State	POID	Tract	Subtr.
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1. During 2015, did this operation own or control any apiaries?
2701	1 Yes – Go to Item 3, page 2	3 No – Continue

2. Did this operation have any honey stocks for sale in 2015 from any production year?
2703	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
			2701
			2703
			9921

Please Complete the Following Questions for All Apiaries You Owned or Controlled During 2015

3. Report for each State in which you had colonies or stocks, starting with Alabama first. It is possible to report the same colonies in more than one State.

1	2	3	4	5
State (List all States in which this operation had colonies in 2015 or stocks from any year.)	What was the largest number of colonies, for all purposes, that this operation had in 2015 in this State? (Include colonies for honey production, pollination, hobby, etc.) Colonies	From how many of these colonies did you harvest or “pull off” honey in this State? Colonies	How many total pounds of honey were harvested in this State from these colonies? Pounds	How many pounds of honey stocks did this operation have for sale in this State on Dec 15th 2015? (Exclude honey under government or CCC loans.) Pounds
Alabama	701	702	703	704
800 State: _________________	801	802	803	804
800 State: _________________	801	802	803	804
800 State: _________________	801	802	803	804
800 State: _________________	801	802	803	804
800 State: _________________	801	802	803	804
800 State: _________________	801	802	803	804

4. How many TOTAL POUNDS of honey did this operation harvest in all States in 2015? (Total should be sum of column 4.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	880

	FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
	191

5. Did you sell any honey during 2015? (Include sales of honey produced in 2014.)
720	1 Yes – Continue	3 No – Go to Item 7

6. Please report 2015 sales of honey, by class and by year of production. Report the pounds sold and dollars received in 2015 by this operation for honey produced by this operation in 2014 and 2015.

(Do not include resale of honey produced by another operation.)

HONEY COLOR CLASS	MARKETING CHANNEL	HONEY PRODUCED BY THIS OPERATION IN 2015		HONEY PRODUCED BY THIS OPERATION IN 2014
		Pounds Sold in 2015	Dollars Received in 2015 1/	Pounds Sold in 2015	Dollars Received in 2015 1/
Water white, extra white, and white (0 – 34 mm)	Sales to Cooperatives	727		725
	Sales to Private Processing Companies	723	724 $	721	722 $
	Wholesale Sales (grocery stores, restaurants, distributors)	718	719 $	716	717 $
	Retail Sales (direct to consumers)	731	732 $	729	730 $

Extra light amber (35 - 50mm)	Sales to Cooperatives	739		737
	Sales to Private Processing Companies	735	736 $	733	734 $
	Wholesale Sales (grocery stores, restaurants, distributors)	714	715 $	712	713 $
	Retail Sales (direct to consumers)	743	744 $	741	742 $

Light amber, amber and dark amber (51+ mm)	Sales to Cooperatives	751		749
	Sales to Private Processing Companies	747	748 $	745	746 $
	Wholesale Sales (grocery stores, restaurants, distributors)	775	776 $	773	774 $
	Retail Sales (direct to consumers)	755	756 $	753	754 $

Area specialties: Sourwood, tupelo, buckwheat, etc. (Honey not included in any of the above color classes)	Sales to Cooperatives	763		761
	Sales to Private Processing Companies	759	760 $	757	758 $
	Wholesale Sales (grocery stores, restaurants, distributors)	771	772 $	769	770 $
	Retail Sales (direct to consumers)	767	768 $	765	766 $
1/ Report receipts before deductions of marketing charges such as transportation, grading, container costs, etc.

NOTES/COMMENTS

7. During 2015, did this operation receive any income from contracting colonies as pollinators?
1856	1Yes – Go to Item 7a	3No – Go to Item 8
a. What was your total dollar amount received from contracting colonies for pollination? . . . . . . . .			1857 $

8. During 2015, did this operation receive any other income for honey bees? (Including sales of queen/queen cells, beeswax, propolis, etc.)
1858	1Yes – Go to Item 8a	3No – Go to Item 9
a. What was your total other income from honey bees? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			1859 $

9. In 2015, what were total expenditures for the following items on this operation:	None
a. Varroa control/treatment? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1860 $
b. Prevent/treat other colony health issues? (Including Nosema, tracheal mites, foulbrood, paralysis, Kashmir, cloudy wing, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1861 $
c. Feed? (Including syrup, sugar water, honey, pollen patties, and other feeds.) . . .		1862 $
d. Purchased queens? (Exclude self-created queens.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1863 $
e. Purchased packages? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1864 $
f. Purchased nucs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1865 $
g. New foundation for combs? (Exclude comb purchased with nucs.) . . . . . . . . . . . .		1866 $
h. New hives? (Langstroth, Top bar, other) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1867 $

10. During 2015, did this operation pay any fees to winter colonies in a warehouse or on land?
1868	1Yes – Go to Item 10a	3No – Go to Item 11
a. What were your total fees/rent to winter your colony? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			1869 $

	Employees
11. During 2015, including yourself, what was the peak number of people working on your apiaries? (Exclude employees that did not work with colonies, i.e. office staff, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1870

NOTES/COMMENTS

NOTES/COMMENTS

Complete Items 12, 13, and 14 only if the operation named on the label did NOT report for Items 3, 4, or 6; otherwise, go to Item 13.
12. Will this operation own or control any apiaries in 2016?
2702		1Yes		3No
13. Has the operation named on the label been sold, rented, or turned over to someone else?
1Yes – Continue			3No				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).
14. What is the name and address of the new operation that has taken over the land or colonies?
Operation Name: Operator Name: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone:							Yes Don’t Know No
							(Regardless of answer to above, write a note to explain the situation.)

15. SURVEY RESULTS: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date, go to http://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/

Would you rather have a brief summary mailed to you at a later date? 9990 1Yes 3No

Comments:	 

Respondent Name: ______________________

9911 Phone: (_____) _____–__________

9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __

Response

Respondent

Mode

Enum.

Eval.

Change

Office Use for POID

1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est

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

9998

9900

9985

9989

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Optional Use

9907

9908

9906

9916

S/E Name