Best Management Practices for Business Management

Beekeeping is an evolving profession.

Be professional in your beekeeper/grower interactions.

          -  Use a Contract (See a Sample Pollination Contract at http://www.ProjectApism.org under 'Downloads').

          -  Determine pollination fees that are realistic relative to your operation costs. 

          -  Use well-maintained equipment.

          -  Be dependable with the timing of hive drops and pick-ups.

          -  Be visible to your growers.

          -  Develop contingency plans for the unexpected.

 Be efficient

          -  Streamline your business to manage resources wisely.

          -  Keep good records to improve practices.

Keep learning

             -  Succesful beekeeping is a rapidly changing art and science.

          -  Join local, state, regional and national organizations.

          -  Attend conferences.

          -  Access the internet, watch for reliable sources of information.

          -  Subscribe to bee journals.

          -  Regularly check the CAP project website for new information at http://www.beeccdcap.uga.edu/index.html.

Give back

          -  Beekeeping needs ideas and leadership to build a prosperous future.

          -  Mentor young beekeepers.

          -  Support and contribute to bee research to ensure a sustainable pollination industry.