Below is a post from a member of a local bee organization down south.  Thought it would be of interest to the readers here.
Mike in LA

"I attended the New York State Fair in Syracuse NY on Labor Day and got to speak with several representives from the Empire State
 Bee Keepers Association who had a large display booth promoting both 
bee keeping and the sale of New York State honey. There was one 
encouraging note that came out of the conversation I had with members. 
It was that they had sold ALL of the honey that was brought to the Fair 
for sale prior to the final day of the Fair. This was the first time in 
memory of anyone that had manned the booth in the past that this had 
been done. I asked one lady who who was at the booth as to her opinion 
as to what she could attribute the dramatic upsurge in honey sales this 
year and she thought that it was because people are getting the word to 
"BUY LOCAL" honey for both food safety and some people said it was for 
treating their allergies. In either case it appears people in NYS have 
gotten the word to buy local honey and I think that if this trend 
continues to other states it will be a great promotion for bee keeping 
in the long run. It will be interesting to see if honey sales increase 
this year at the North Florida Fair and the follows the trend observed 
in New York."   


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