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Here in NC Indiana you can pick up a dial scale that goe to maybe 350# at a sporting goods store, they are used by deer hunters (and optimistic fishermen).

I rest my case...
GALVESTON, Texas, Jan. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The True Source Honey™ Initiative enthusiastically announces the launch of a Certified Honey Traceability Program...

IF you are into photography, and many of us new beekers are, white does a fine job of accenting the bees in photos. I think I took close to a 500-700 photos this summer alone. Colored hives look...

Just a thought... We are encouraged to rotate out old foundation every three years to discourage build up of (besides herbicides/pesticides) viruses and other nasties. While only a 2nd year beeker,...

yep, my reaction was the same, "this guy has some serious New-Age issues".

I'm not for industry-farming our bee relationship into being just another input to our food factory, but jeezo-pete,...

China exports are always scarey to buy. A number of years ago, they basically came into the vitamin/amino acid markets and undersold Europe and US competitors to the point that after a few years...

To the man with a hammer, the world naturally appears as if a nail. To a man with a computer it appears as an untapped database.

Registration and honey output documented is likely to come under...

It's the Law of Unintended Consequences that mucks things up. Somebody needs to have authority to pull harmful stiff form the market place, I don't think anybody disagrees with that statement.
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Has anybody from the Beekeeping Industry reviewed this Senate bill?

FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (Reported in Senate - RS)[S.510.RS]
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.510:...

Haven't read the details yet, but here's how in the the name of "Food Safety" your little honey biz will/can become a "person of interest" to the government.


Senate Bill 510...

An excellent discussion acticle in a somewhat related field,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/20/business/20artisan.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a25

I realize honey is much less...

Having been involved in feed/food industry all my carreer, I am not optimistic. "If you can test for it...they will have you test for it". Additonally, incidences of adulteration are perfect...

What you experienced (and repulsed) is just the leading edge of a rising tide on "supplier certification". It is possible to fly below the radar, but you will find your marketing options becoming...

The "chef route" is an excellent way to go. Chefs opinions or a word validating you as a "good source for good honey" is the best advertising you can get.

So, for very small batches, 2 qts sugar to 1 qt water?

Muth Jars seem all the rage. I suspect the repeat customer will be limited unless they are for gifts. Still if it help move honey at a premium price, "that is a good thing". Yes, I'm going to do...

I was just using an Apiary Inspection Cert as an example. We market into all kinds of channels. Some just want cheap "poultry meat", others want 3rd party certification that our poultry lead a...

sqkcrk,
You forget I'm a just a small-time hobbyist. But, that said, When the state gets around to inspecting my hives, the insepction cert will go in my honey-sales-kit file. Certs are not a big...

Any time, any part of your operation has an inspection and you get a certificate (that states "you passed"), post it (or a copy) where you can get some free advertising out of it. In light of the...

I'd have a copy of my inspection cert where all can see it. We do that with our "animal welbeing" certs.

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Does the author of this Thread tell people that when they slaughter their chickens that they cut their heads off and hang them on the clothes line until all the blood drains...

For your size, location, I think you are correctly marketing your honey. It seems a little bit of "you" goes into each bottle, and as Martha Stewart sez, "that's a good thing".

Lastly, if your...

Yup, that the way the market operates. We spent tons of money working out our Animal Well-being Policy. It top notch and expensive. Competition claims to have one too, not (IMO) as good as ours, but...

Yup, "Trace n Trace" (TNT), is coming to ALL food production. They work out the bugs/paperwork/legal issues of the system with the big commercial guys and then just keep pushing it down to the...

I'm a 2nd year beek hobbiest, with a vertically integrated, niche, poultry background. Here's a thought for consideration on getting a leg up in marketing for those who small size allows for nimble...