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The Honey Industry consists of honey producers that are segmented into the following groups:<\/h3>\n

Commercial beekeepers<\/b>
\nmake a living from bees through a combination of honey sales, pollination services and selling bees. A commercial producer manages from 200 \u2013 16,000 hives and average 24 years of bee experience.<\/p>\n

Sideliners<\/b>
\nsupplement their primary income and manage from 10-199 hives and average 9 years of experience.<\/p>\n

Hobbyists<\/b>
\ndo not rely on their bees for income and manage 2 or 3 hives. They average 7 years of experience.<\/p>\n

The honey industry is\u00a0beleaguered\u00a0by<\/h3>\n

Honey from Asia<\/a> that has been tainted with illegal animal antibiotics and heavy metals. The FDA has banned chloramphenicol as an antibiotic which is used extensively in Asia to treat foulbrood and was extensively filtered to remove proof of contaminants. Indian honey was made from artificial sweeteners.<\/p>\n

60% of what is imported \u2013 123 million pounds came from laundering points. 46.3 million lbs was smuggled into the U.S. by China and 45 million lbs from India.<\/p>\n

Tests show that 75% of honey <\/a>on grocery store shelves does not contain pollen. It is our opinion that honey that has been micro filtered to remove pollen is not honey since the nutrients from the honey and the means by which honey can be traced back to its origin have been removed.<\/p>\n

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“For the rest, whatever we have got has been by infinite labor, and search, and ranging through every corner of nature; the difference is that instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax, thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.” \u00a0-Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels.<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Honey Industry consists of honey producers that are segmented into the following groups: Commercial beekeepers make a living from bees through a combination of honey sales, pollination services and selling bees. A commercial producer manages from 200 \u2013 16,000 hives and average 24 years of bee experience. 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