Form QID Bee and Honey Inquiry - Dec. 2017 - (Operations with 5 o

BEE AND HONEY INQUIRY – December 2017
			OMB No. 0535-0153 Approval Expires: 12/31/2018 Project Code: 196 SMetaKey: 2380 Version 1
				United States Department of Agriculture
		Annual Survey of Operations with 5 or more colonies		NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

Please make corrections to name, address, and ZIP Code, if necessary.	USDA/NASS Alabama 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 2017, did this operation own or control any apiaries?
2701	1Yes - Go to Item 3, page 2	3No - Continue

2. Did this operation have any honey stocks for sale in 2017 from any production year?
2703	1Yes - Go to Item 3 , page 2 (Complete columns 1 through 5)	3No - 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 2017

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 2017 or stocks from any year.)	What was the largest number of colonies, for all purposes, that this operation had in 2017 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 2017? (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 2017? (Total should be sum of column 4.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	880

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5. Did you sell any honey during 2017? (Include sales of honey produced in 2016.)
720	1 Yes – Continue	3 No – Go to Item 7

6. Please report 2017 sales of honey, by class and by year of production. Report the pounds sold and dollars received in 2017 by this operation for honey produced by this operation in 2016 and 2017.

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

HONEY COLOR CLASS	MARKETING CHANNEL	HONEY PRODUCED BY THIS OPERATION IN 2017		HONEY PRODUCED BY THIS OPERATION IN 2016
		Pounds Sold in 2017	Dollars Received in 2017 1/	Pounds Sold in 2017	Dollars Received in 2017 1/
Water white, extra white, and white (0 – 34 mm)	Sales to Cooperatives (Exclude non-member sales)	727		725
	Sales to Private Processing Companies (Includes non-member sales to Cooperatives)	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 (Exclude non-member sales)	739		737
	Sales to Private Processing Companies (Includes non-member sales to Cooperatives)	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 (Exclude non-member sales)	751		749
	Sales to Private Processing Companies (Includes non-member sales to Cooperatives)	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 (Exclude non-member sales)	763		761
	Sales to Private Processing Companies (Includes non-member sales to Cooperatives)	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.

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		192

NOTES/COMMENTS

7. During 2017, 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 2017, did this operation receive any other income from honey bees? (Including sales of queen/queen cells, nucs and packages, 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 $

		Queens
9. During 2017, how many self-created queens were used on this operation for requeening or creating new colonies? (Exclude queens reared for sale.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1871

10. In 2017, how many queens, packages, and nucs were purchased by this operation, and what was the amount spent on those items?	None	Number Purchased	Total Dollars Spent
a. Purchased queens/queen cells? (Exclude self-created queens.) . . . . . . . .		1872	1863 $
b. Purchased packages? (with or without queen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1873	1864 $
c. Purchased nucs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1874	1865 $

11. In 2017, what were total expenditures for the following items on this operation:	None	Total Dollars Spent
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. New foundation for combs? (Exclude comb purchased with nucs.) . . . . . . . . . . . .		1866 $
e. New hives/woodenware? (Langstroth, top bar, other) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1867 $

12. During 2017, did this operation pay any fees to winter colonies in a warehouse or on land?
1868	1Yes – Go to Item 12a	3No – Go to Item 13
a. What were your total fees/rent to winter your colonies? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			1869 $

	Employees
13. During 2017, 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
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	193

NOTES/COMMENTS

NOTES/COMMENTS

Complete Items 14, 15, and 16 only if the operation named on the label did NOT report for Items 3, 4, or 6; otherwise, go to Item 17.
14. Will this operation own or control any apiaries in 2018?
2702		1Yes	3No
15. 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, poultry or bees).
16. 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.)

17. 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

This completes the survey. Thank you for your help.

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-PASI (Mail) 2-PATI (Tel) 3-PAPI (Face-to- Face) 6-Email 7-Fax 19-Other

9903

9998

9900

9985

9989

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Optional Use

9907

9908

9906

9916

S/E Name