Honey bees are lumped with livestock provisions in
   new Farm Bill, 

http://agriculture.house.gov/inside/Legislation/110/FB/Conf/CRlang.pdf full legal text.  .
 
P. 522:
‘‘(e) EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR LIVESTOCK, HONEY BEES, AND
FARM-RAISED FISH.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use up to
$50,000,000 per year from the Trust Fund to provide emergency
relief to eligible producers of livestock, honey bees, and farmraised
fish to aid in the reduction of losses due to disease, adverse
weather, or other conditions, such as blizzards and
wildfires, as determined by the Secretary, that are not covered
under subsection (b), (c), or (d).
 
 
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Title I, commodity title-
‘‘(c) INCOME DETERMINATION.—P. 94, related to adjusted gross income limitations:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In determining the average adjusted
gross farm income of a person or legal entity, the Secretary
shall include income or benefits derived from or related to—
‘‘(A) the production of crops, including specialty crops
(as defined in section 3 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness
Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 108–465))
and unfinished raw forestry products;
‘‘(B) the production of livestock (including cattle, elk,
reindeer, bison, horses, deer, sheep, goats, swine, poultry,
fish, and other aquacultural products used for food, honeybees,
and other animals designated by the Secretary) and
products produced by, or derived from, livestock;

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