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FSBA PAST & PRESENT PROGRAMS

PROVIDED COTTAGE INDUSTRY LANGUAGE TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS TO SELL HONEY AND ESTABLISHED A FLORIDA HONEY STANDARD
PROVIDED FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF $3,500,000.00 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BEE LAB
PROVIDES FUNDING FOR FLORIDA COMMERCIAL BEEKEEPING RESEARCH
SECURED LEGISTATIVE APPROVAL FOR THE HONEYBEE PLATE
ENSURED OUR RIGHTS TO KEEP HONEYBEES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY UNDER THE RIGHT TO FARM ACT
PROTECTED BEEKEEPERS BY STATUTE TO BE CLASSIFIED AS AGRICULTURE
AMENDED FAC PROVIDING BEEKEEPERS THE RIGHT TO RESCUE AND RELOCATE HONEYBEES
COORDINATED +/- 25K IN AID TO BEEKEEPERS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE MICHAEL
COORDINATED THE VFD, "VETERINARY FEED DIRECTIVE" FOR ANTIBIOTICS
FSBA COORDINATES WITH & SUPPORTS THE HONEYBEE TECHNICAL COUNCIL
WORKS WITH THE APICULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE FLORIDA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION
FSBA HAS DELEGATE REPRESENTATION WITH ABF THE AMERICAN BEEKEEPING FEDERATION
FSBA HAS DELEGATE REPRESENTATION WITH EAS THE EASTERN APICULTURE SOCIETY

FUNDING THE FSBA HONEYBEE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY
PROMOTING THE SALE OF THE HONEYBEE PLATE VOUCHERS FOR FLORIDA HONEYBEE RESEARCH
SECURING ACCESS TO PUBLIC LAND, TO MAINTAIN HONEYBEE APIARIES
PROTECT AND EXPAND OPEN FORAGING LAND FOR HONEYBEES
PROTECT FLORIDA BASED COMMERCIAL BEEKEEPER OPERATIONS
WORKING TO SECURE A UNIFORM TAX REFORM POLICY FOR HONEYBEE AG EXEMPTIONS
BUILDING STRONGER BONDS WITH BACKYARD, SMALL SCALE & COMMERCIAL BEEKEEPERS

TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FORTHE IMPROVEMENT OF BEEKEEPING BY USING PROVEN TECHNIQUES & PROCEDURES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HONEY BEES AND TO SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE WITHE EVERYONE INTERESTED IN THE ART OF BEEKEEPING
TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICAL BEEKEEPING METHODS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
TO ACT IN THE INTEREST OF FLORIDA BEEKEEPERS IN PROTECTING AND CARRYING ON STATEWIDE BEEKEEPING AFFAIRS
TO ACT AS A MEDIUM FOR AND TO AID IN COOPERATIVE AND MUTUAL BEEKEEPING METHODS