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- __________________________________________________________________
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
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
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