Listen Up Folks We Need To Control Our Destiny With The NHB
Walt in Hawaii
 
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> From: Gary Bradshaw <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Honey Board
> Date: Wednesday, April 01, 1998 4:48 PM
>
> Don't quit but here is how the NHB form OMB No. 0581-0153 reads:
>
> "Persons eligible for an exemption include those who:
>         a. Produce or import a total quantity of less than 6,000 pounds
of honey
> within a calendar year, and such honey is distributed directly through
local
> retail outlets such as roadside stands, farmers markets, or groceries,
> and/or
>
>         b. consume their honey at home, and/or
>
>         c. donate their honey to a nonprofit, government, or other
entity, rather
> than sell such honey.  Honey that is donated and later sold in a
commercial
> outlet by a donee or donee's agent is not eligible for exemption."
>
> There is no distinction regarding hobby, sideliner or commercial
beekeeper
>
> Gary Bradshaw
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Jeffrey R. Hills
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 1998 7:14 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Honey Board
> >
> >
> > Speaking only for myself ... I would quit beekeeping if I thought
anybody
> > from any Honey Board had any jurisdiction over me and my bees.
> > Jeff Hills
> >
> > Rett Thorpe wrote:
> >
> > > Am I right in my assumption that the Honey Board only has
jurisdiction
> > > over commercial beekeepers, and not us hobbyists?
> >