Information on this survey is for use of the FSBA. Individual forms will not be shared with anyone outside the FSBA. The total of the information on all forms will be shared with the Honey Bee Technical Council and Division of Plant Industry. Your name is only to verify that you are a FSBA member.

 

Name- __________________________________________________________________

County of Residence- ______________________________________________________

Number of Hives Operated- _________________________________________________

Area where hives are located- (county or area of state)-___________________________

What percent of your Income is from operation of bees- __________________________

What percent that is from Honey Production-_____Pollination- _____Queen sales-_____

Do you move Bees out of Florida- _____________

From the list below give the five that have most negatively affected your beekeeping operation starting with the most negative

1  .____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____

 

A. Low Honey Prices

B. American Foulbrood

C. Varroa Mites

D. Tracheal Mites

E. Hive Beetles

F. Wax Moths

G. European Foulbrood

H. Regulations restricting Beekeeping

I.  Africanized Bees

J.  Pesticide Kills

K. Fuel Prices

L. Bears

M. Urban development of bee pastureland and lose of bee yards to urbanization

N. Thieves & Vandals

O. Other_______________________________________

P. Queen loss and failing queens

What do you feel will most negatively effect your operation in the next year-______________________________________________________________________

In the Next Five Years- ____________________________________________________

Are you a member of

Florida Farm Bureau-___________

American Honey Producers Association-_______________

American Beekeeping Federation-________________

Eastern Apicultural Society- ______________

Local Beekeepers Association______ Name of Association-_______________________

Do you have a Private Applicator Pesticide License-_____________________-

What would you like to see on the Program of the 2007 Convention?

 

Any comments or advice___________________________________________________

Please fill out and return to David Webb 901 Elkcam Blvd. Cocoa, FL 32927, ph 321-403-4201, webbshoney@msn.com