QID Bee and Honey Inquiry - Master Version - 2020

BEE AND HONEY INQUIRY - December 2020
OMB No.0535-0153
Approval Expires: 11/30/2021
Project Code: 196
Survey ID: 2380
Version 99

United States
Department of
Agriculture
NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS
SERVICE
USDA/NASS - National
National Operations Division
9700 Page Avenue, Suite 400
St. Louis, MO 63132-1547
Phone: 1-888-424-7828
FAX: 1-855-415-3687
Email: [email protected]

Please make corrections to name, address, and ZIP Code, if necessary.
The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. Your responses will be kept confidential and any person who willfully
discloses ANY identifiable information about you or your operation is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both. This survey is conducted in
accordance with the Confidential Information Protection provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law 107-347 and other applicable Federal
laws. For more information on how we protect your information please visit: https://www.nass.usda.gov/confidentiality. Response is
voluntary.
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complete this information collection is estimated to average 20 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.
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
State

POID

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1. During 2020, 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 2020 from any production year?
2703

1

☐ Yes - Go to Item 3, page 2 Complete columns 1 through 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 2020.
3. Report for each state in which you had colonies or stocks, starting with National 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 2020 or
stocks from any year.

2
What was the largest
number of colonies, for
all purposes, that this
operation had in 2020 in
this state?
INCLUDE colonies for
honey production,
pollination, hobby, etc.

3

From how many of these
colonies did you harvest
or “pull off” honey in this
state?

Colonies

4

How many total pounds
of honey were harvested
in this state from these
colonies?

Colonies

5
How many pounds of
honey stocks did this
operation have for sale in
this state on Dec 15th
2020?
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

National
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 2020? (Total should be sum of column 4)........................................................

FOR OFFICE
USE ONLY
191

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5. Did you sell any honey during 2020? INCLUDE sales of honey produced in 2019.
720

1

☐ Yes - Continue

3

☐ No - Go to Item 7

6. Please report 2020 sales of honey, by class and by year of production. Report the pounds sold and dollars
received in 2020 by this operation for honey produced by this operation in 2019 and 2020. (Do not include resale of honey
produced by another operation.)
HONEY
COLOR
CLASS

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

MARKETING CHANNEL
Sales to Cooperatives
EXCLUDE non-member sales
Sales to Private Processing Companies
INCLUDES non-member sales to
Cooperatives
Wholesale Sales - grocery stores,
restaurants, distributors

HONEY PRODUCED BY THIS
OPERATION IN 2020
Pounds Sold in
2020
727
723

Extra light
amber
(35 - 50mm)

Wholesale Sales - grocery stores,
restaurants, distributors

Light amber,
amber and
dark amber
(51+ mm)

Wholesale Sales - grocery stores,
restaurants, distributors

1/ Report

Sales to Cooperatives
EXCLUDE non-member sales
Sales to Private Processing Companies
INCLUDES non-member sales to
Cooperatives
Wholesale Sales - grocery stores,
restaurants, distributors
Retail Sales - direct to consumers

725
724

721

722
$

719

716

717

731

$
732

729

$
730

$
739
735

$
737

736

733

$

734
$

714

715

712

713

743

$
744

741

$
742

$
751
747

$
749

748

745

$

746
$

775

776

773

774

755

$
756

753

$
754

Retail Sales - direct to consumers
Area
specialties:
Sourwood,
tupelo,
buckwheat, etc.
(Honey not
included in any
of the above
classes)

Dollars Received
in 2020 1/

718

Retail Sales - direct to consumers
Sales to Cooperatives
EXCLUDE non-member sales
Sales to Private Processing Companies
INCLUDES non-member sales to
Cooperatives

Pounds Sold in
2020

$

Retail Sales - direct to consumers
Sales to Cooperatives
EXCLUDE non-member sales
Sales to Private Processing Companies
INCLUDES non-member sales to
Cooperatives

Dollars Received in
2020 1/

HONEY PRODUCED BY THIS
OPERATION IN 2019

$
763
759

$
761

760

757

$

758
$

771

772

769

770

767

$
768

765

$
766

$

$

receipts before deductions of marketing charges such as transportation, grading, container costs, etc.
FOR OFFICE
USE ONLY
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7. During 2020, did this operation receive any income from contracting colonies as pollinators?
1856

1

☐ Yes - Go to Item 7a

3

☐ No - Go to Item 8
1857

a. What was your total dollar amount received from contracting colonies for pollination?.........................

$

8. During 2020, did this operation receive any other income from honey bees? INCLUDE sales of queen/queen cells, nucs
and packages, beeswax, propolis, etc.
1858

1

☐ Yes - Go to Item 8a

3

☐ No - Go to Item 9
1859

a. What was your total other income from honey bees?............................................................................

$
Queens

9. During 2020, how many self-created queens were used on this operation for requeening or creating new
colonies? EXCLUDE queens reared for sale...............................................................................................
10. In 2020, how many queens, packages, and nucs were purchased by this
operation, and what was the amount spent on those items?
a. Purchased queens/queen cells? EXCLUDE self-created queens.....................
b. Purchased packages? (with or without queen) ...............................................
c. Purchased nucs? .............................................................................................

Number
Purchased

None

☐
☐
☐

1871

Total Dollars
Spent

1872

1863

$

$

1873

1864

$

$

1874

1865

$

$

11. In 2020, what were total expenditures for the following items on this operation:
a. Varroa control/treatment?........................................................................................................
b. Prevent/treat other colony health issues? INCLUDE Nosema, tracheal mites, foulbrood,
paralysis, Kashmir, cloudy wing, etc.......................................................................................

Total Dollars
Spent

None

☐

1860

$
1861

☐

$
1862

c. Feed? (Including syrup, sugar water, honey, pollen patties, and other feeds.)........................

☐

$
1866

d. New foundation for combs? EXCLUDE comb purchased with nucs........................................

☐

$
1867

e. New hives, boxes, woodenware? (Langstroth, top bar, other).................................................

☐

$

12. During 2020, did this operation pay any fees to winter colonies in a warehouse or on land?
1868

1

☐ Yes - Go to Item 12a

3

☐ No - Go to Item 13
1869

a. What were your total fees/rent to winter your colonies? ........................................................................

$
Employees

13. During 2020, 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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ONLY
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Notes/Comments:

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Notes/Comments:

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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 2021?
2702

1

☐ Yes

3

☐ No

15. Has the operation named on the label been sold, rented, or turned over to someone else?
1

☐ Yes - Go to16

3

☐ No - Continue (15a)

15a.Will the land be used for any agricultural purpose by you (the operator), or anyone else in the next year? Include growing
crops, grains, row crops, oilseeds, fruits, vegetables, or specialty crops, raising any livestock, poultry or bees.

☐ Yes

☐ Don't Know

☐ No

(Regardless of answer to above, write a note to explain the situation, then go to Item 17.)
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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: _______________
check if
cell phone

Phone: (

) ______ - __________________

9956

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17. Survey Results: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date, go to: nass.usda.gov/results

To have a brief summary emailed to you, please enter your email address:
1095

Contact Information
Operation Email: (if different from above)

Operation Phone:

9937

9936
(

check if
cell phone
) _______ - __________________

9957

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This completes the survey. Thank you for your help.
Comments:

Respondent Name:

Respondent Phone: (if different from above)

9912

9911

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(

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

Respondent
9901

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

9902

Mode
1-PASI
9903
2-PATI
3-PAPI
6-Email
7-Fax
19-Other

)
Enum.
9998

Eval.
9900

check if 9910
cell phone

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DD

YY

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Change
9985

Date:

Office Use for POID
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Optional Use
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9908

9906

9916