QID Bee and Honey Inquiry - Master Version - 2020

BEE AND HONEY INQUIRY - December 2022
OMB No.0535-0153
Approval Expires: XX/XX/XXX
Project Code: 196
Survey ID: 2380
Version 56

United States
Department of
Agriculture
NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS
SERVICE
USDA/NASS - Wyoming
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: nass@usda.gov

Please make corrections to name, address, and ZIP Code, if necessary.
The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. Your response 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 and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018, Title III of Pub. L. No. 115-435, codified in 44 U.S.C. Ch. 35 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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searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.
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1. During 2022, 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 2022 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
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Please Complete the Following Questions for All Apiaries You Owned or Controlled During 2022.
3. Report for each state in which you had colonies or stocks, starting with Wyoming 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 2022 or
stocks from any year.

What was the largest
number of colonies, for
all purposes, that this
operation had in 2022 in
this state?
(INCLUDE colonies for
honey production,
pollination, hobby, etc.)

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?

Colonies

How many pounds of
honey stocks did this
operation have for sale in
this state on Dec 15th
2022?
(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

Wyoming
800

State: _____________
800

State: _____________
800

State: _____________
800

State: _____________
800

State: _____________
800

State: _____________

4.

How many TOTAL POUNDS of honey did this operation harvest in all
states in 2022? (Total should be sum of column 4)..............................

880

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Did you sell any honey during 2022? (INCLUDE sales of honey produced in 2021.)

5.
720

6.

1

☐ Yes - Go to Item 6

3

☐ No - Go to Item 7

Please report 2022 sales of honey, by class and by year of production. Report the pounds sold and dollars received in
2022 by this operation for honey produced by this operation in 2021 and 2022. (Do not include resale of honey produced
by another operation.)
HONEY
COLOR
CLASS

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

MARKETING CHANNEL

HONEY PRODUCED BY THIS
OPERATION IN 2022
Pounds Sold in
2022

Sales to Cooperatives
(EXCLUDE non-member sales.)
Sales to Private Processing Companies
(INCLUDES non-member sales to
Cooperatives.)

727

Wholesale Sales - grocery stores,
restaurants, distributors

718

723

739

Wholesale Sales - grocery stores,
restaurants, distributors

714

735

732

Sales to Cooperatives
(EXCLUDE non-member sales.)
Sales to Private Processing Companies
(INCLUDES non-member sales to
Cooperatives.)

751

Wholesale Sales - grocery stores,
restaurants, distributors

775

747

737
736

733

715
744

Wholesale Sales - grocery stores,
restaurants, distributors

771

759

713

$
741

742

$
749

748

745

776
756

746

$
773

774

$
753

754

$
761

760

757

$
772
768

$

758

$
769

$
767

734

$
712

$
763

730

$

$

Sales to Cooperatives
(EXCLUDE non-member sales.)
Sales to Private Processing Companies
(INCLUDES non-member sales to
Cooperatives.)

717

$
729

$

Retail Sales - direct to consumers

722

$
716

$

755

1/ Report

719

$

Retail Sales - direct to consumers

Retail Sales - direct to consumers

721

$

743

Area
specialties:
Sourwood,
tupelo,
buckwheat, etc.
(Honey not
included in any
of the above
classes)

724

$

Sales to Cooperatives
(EXCLUDE non-member sales.)
Sales to Private Processing Companies
(INCLUDES non-member sales to
Cooperatives.)

Dollars Received
in 2022 1/

725

$

Retail Sales - direct to consumers

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

Pounds Sold in
2022

$

731

Extra light
amber
(35 - 50mm)

Dollars Received in
2022 1/

HONEY PRODUCED BY THIS
OPERATION IN 2021

770

$
765

766

$

receipts before deductions of marketing charges such as transportation, grading, container costs, etc.
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During 2022, did this operation receive any income from contracting colonies as pollinators?
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.
1858

During 2022, did this operation receive any other income from honey bees? (INCLUDE sales of queen/queen cells, nucs
and packages, beeswax, propolis, etc.)
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 2022, how many self-created queens were used on this operation for requeening or creating
new colonies? (EXCLUDE queens reared for sale.)...................................................................................

10. In 2022, 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

1872

Total Dollars
Spent
1863

$
1873

1864

$
1874

11. In 2022, what were total expenditures for the following items on this operation:
a. Varroa control/treatment?......................................................................................................

1865

$
Total Dollars
Spent

None

☐

1860

$
1861

b. Prevent/treat other colony health issues? (INCLUDE Nosema, tracheal mites, foulbrood,
paralysis, Kashmir, cloudy wing, etc.)..................................................................................
c. Feed? (Including syrup, sugar water, honey, pollen patties, and other feeds.)......................
d. New foundation for combs? (EXCLUDE comb purchased with nucs.)...................................
e. New hives, boxes, woodenware? (Langstroth, top bar, other)................................................

☐
☐
☐
☐

$
1862

$
1866

$
1867

$

12. During 2022, 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? ...................................................................... $
Largest Number of
Workers in 2022
1870
13. During 2022, what was the largest number of agricultural workers that worked with this operation's
bee colonies on any one day, including yourself? (EXCLUDE employees that did not work with
colonies, i.e. office staff, etc.).....................................................................................................................
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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 2023?
2702

15.
1

1

☐ Yes

3

☐ No

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

☐ Yes - Go to Item 16
a.

3

☐ No - Continue Item 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

☐ No

☐ Don't Know

(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:

( ______ ) __________________________

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Contact Information
Operation Email: (if different from above)

Operation Phone:

9937

9936

check if
cell phone

( ______ )

___________________________

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

Respondent Name:

Respondent Phone: (if different from above)

9912

9911

____________________________________________

( ______ ) ____________________

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

check if 9910
cell phone

Eval.
9900

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Change
9985

Date:

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Office Use for POID
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