Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
In Business with Bees answers the question, "What do I do now that I'm a beekeeper?"
This book takes serious beekeepers past the beginning stages and learning curves and offers solutions and rewards for turning a hobby into a part-time business with measurable results. Better queens, better winters, better food, and better bees await any beekeeper willing to take on the challenge, weighing the proper number of bees, age, location, condition, and timing.
This book features detailed instructions on:
- Growing a honey crop
- How to write a business plan
- How to write a pollination contract
- Opening and stocking a store
- And more...
This book builds upon an established knowledge of beekeeping with real-world study, smart, intuitive thinking, and setting of goals to achieve a balance of biology and business.
Synopsis
Ready to take your beekeeping skills to the next level? In Business with Bees provides the answers you need. This book takes serious beekeepers past the beginning stages and learning curves and offers practical, useful advice to move your passion into a part-time or full-time career with measurable results. This
beekeeping business how-to guide offers all of the in-depth advice you need, in one place.
- Writing a business plan
- Finding the best sources for funding
- Determining what your facilities will be and how to acquire them
- Getting and installing the right equipment
- Cooperating with other local businesses
- Stocking inventory and managing warehouse space
- Finding customers
- Raising and selling queens, packages, and nucs
- Expanding pollination, including contracts to protect you
- Making and selling peripheral products from wax, propolis, and honey
- Organizing teaching, speaking, and planning events
- Hiring and managing your growing team
- Promoting your business
- Measuring your success
This book provides solutions for all your beekeeping business questions, from start to finish. With this knowledge, you can become as knowledgeable, confident, and successful in running a business as you are in beekeeping.