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Florida beekeeping is special. Apiculturalists in the state are faced with a variety of unique climates and vegetational associations which affect everything from the honey crop to management decisions.
A Florida Beekeeping Almanac has been published to help orient beekeepers to the state. A circular titled Florida Bee Botany is also available which details several nectar plants found nowhere else.
Florida continues to have one of the strongest and best bee inspection services in the United States. It is administered under the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry in Gainesville, FL. ph 352-392-3505 ext 128. Every beekeeper in Florida must be registered and pay a registration fee. This only partially funds inspection activities.
The Commissioner of Agriculture in Florida appoints advisory committess the help himself and the inspection service in their activities. Two presently in existence are the Honey Bee Technical Advisory Committee and the Africanized Honey Bee Task Force.
Funding Request of $300,000 from Florida Legislature,
November 2000.
Future of Florida Bee Inspection, November 2000.
Economic Impact of Florida Beekeeping, November 2000.
Florida State Beekeepers Association Web Presence,
September 2000.
Florida weather forecasting using FAWN, August 2000.
Keeping bees on public lands a continuing struggle,
March 2000.
Bears
threatened in Europe and Florida, December 1999.
Pamphlet
available on la niña and el niño phenomena as it relates to Florida, November 1999.
Varroa
certification changes in Florida as evidence of mite resistance mounts, February 1998
Meetings
in Florida; movement of Dadant & Sons to new warehouse in High Springs, FL, December
1997.
. Mediterranean
fruit fly found in Tampa and chemical control, May 1997.
Examination
of Florida's introduced plant control programs as they affect beekeeping, January 1997.
Department
of Agriculture examines honey adulteration, March 1996.
Honey
adulteration on the rise, August 1994.
Permitting
honey houses in Florida, regulations per Fl Statute 500.12, August 1994.
Florida
bee inspection services publishes a directory of registered beekeepers, June 1994.
Discussion
of toxic plants in Florida and elsewhere, June 1994.
Citrus
leafminer in Florida; relation to beekeeping, March 1994.
Florida
research on why honey bee hybrids might fail, June 1993.
Florida
citrus flow; effects of air pollution? May 1992.
Lyme
disease in Florida; warning to beekeepers outdoors, April 1992.
Florida's
new bee law passes; registration necessary, April 1992.
Registration
fees for Florida beekeepers proposed, October 1991.
A
survey of beekeeping done by Bee Culture, August 1991.
Analysis
of organic labeling efforts in Florida, July 1991.
Spotlight
on Florida's Tropical Blossom Honey Co., July 1991.
Discussion
of Florida's Organic Food Law, June 1991.
Discussion
of Florida panhandle feeding study, April 1991.
Analysis
of citrus and beekeeping relationship in Florida, February 1991.
Results
of a survey of Florida beekeepers by the inspection service, August 1990.
Issues
concerning introducing bee stock to Florida, June 1990.
American
foulbrood on the rise in Florida, May 1990.
Florida
Bee Law revised, December 1988.
Design
of Florida panhandle feeding study, August 1988.
Varroa
affects on bees in citrus. Pollination potential affected, June 1988.
New
rules proposed for beekeepers, April 1988.
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