Where can the location of your colony sweeten or sour your beekeeping journey?
To celebrate the end of this year’s honey harvest, Lawn Love ranked 2024's Best States for Beekeeping.
How does New York stack up in some key metrics (1st = Best)?
- Number of Honey Suppliers - 1st
- Maximum Number of Colonies - 15th
- Number of Beekeepers Associations - 5th
- Pollinator-Friendly Policies - 1st
To come up with our ranking, we compared 39 of the 50 states with available data based on 4 categories. More specifically, we looked at rates of honey production, annual and quarterly colony loss, and apiculture establishments, among 29 total metrics.
Read the full story here: https://lawnlove.com/blog/best-states-for-beekeeping/.