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?
>