Ed,
    Welcome.
    The difficulty is not necessarily in keeping non-food chemicals from
your hives. (although that can be difficult enough.)
    Can you even determine what kind of chemicals are used on flowers
and plants in a 2 mile radius of your colonies? (forage range.)

    I do believe there is a 'keeper in Arizona that produces organic
honey, he is in a very isolated area.

Thom Bradley
Chesapeake, VA

eparker wrote:

> One of my major interests is chemical free "organic" honey.
> Some people have told me this can't be done and there is no
> organic honey produced in the United States. Others say
> it is possible. Am I just crazy or can it be done on a small
> scale.
>