Apiary business plan

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The organization of beekeeping requires special knowledge and careful study of the topic. A beekeeping business plan should be based on the existing conditions for organizing an apiary and studying thematic literature, the experience of competitors.

The idea of ​​breeding bees and selling bee products - honey, propolis, wax, bee bread - is very tempting. Honey has long been famous for its taste and medicinal properties, the demand for a natural quality product is always high. An apiary does not need a huge land plot, the only condition is the proximity of honey plants. In vain it is believed that being a beekeeper is the lot of retirees: a business plan for breeding bees confirms that young, enterprising and hard-working people can make a profit and recoup their costs with interest.

Beekeeping as a business: relevance

Honey and propolis are products not only and not so much for home consumption, the need for them is great in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Unfortunately, getting a special education is quite difficult, so enthusiasts are engaged in breeding bee colonies, learning from their own and others' mistakes.

Imported bee products do not always meet the requirements and standards, contain chemical additives and GMOs, which raises the relevance of domestic beekeeping to a whole new level. Private apiaries are a promising, actively developing area of ​​private economy.

Advantages and disadvantages of breeding bees

• high quick payback;
• low competition;
• high demand;
• long shelf life of products (no need for immediate sale).

• the lack of a sufficient number of honey plants will lead to a decrease in honey collection;
• difficulties with wintering bee colonies;
• diseases and death of bees;
• the need for specialized knowledge.

The pros and cons balance each other: starting investments turn into a quick payback and high profits, the difficulties associated with caring for bees turn into an interesting and exciting business.

Before starting your own business, you should sit on beekeepers' forums, study specialized literature, decide on the method of honey collection, and then draw up a detailed business plan.

Product Description

1. The main product obtained from the apiary is honey. This amazing product contains carbohydrates, vitamins, carotene, folic acid. If honey is collected from plants of the same species, then it is considered monofloral and receives the appropriate name: linden, acacia, buckwheat; if pollen from various plants is used, then honey is considered flower honey.

Honey is liquid and crystallized, light and dark, but a natural product, transparent and fragrant. Part of the collection should remain in the hive to meet the needs of the bee colony.

1. There are two types of beeswax - extraction and melted, melts at a temperature of 60 0 C, is stored for a long time and is used for medical purposes (preparation of ointments), for making candles and covering paintings. The substances that make up the wax have a wound healing, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory effect.
2. Propolis is a sticky substance that bees use for their needs in the hive. It contains a huge amount of minerals and vitamins, amino acids, including essential ones. It has antibacterial, antiviral, antiseptic and antifungal properties. It strengthens blood vessels, improves immunity, normalizes blood pressure, has an antioxidant and pronounced analgesic effect.
3. In folk medicine, perga and bee pollen are widely used.

Business Outlook

In the business plan of the apiary, the prospects for the development of their own business should be clearly visible: a gradual increase in the number of bee colonies and, accordingly, an increase in the amount of harvested products. With the right, competent organization of the economy, this is exactly what will happen. Arrogance and negligence threaten with monetary losses and the collapse of the business as a whole.

Possible risks

The risks of the beekeeping industry boil down to two main themes:

• death, diseases of bees, decrease in honey collection;
• the rise in the cost of consumables, the decline in demand.

organizational plan

Registration of activities, documents and taxation system

There are several ways to organize beekeeping:

1. IP - registration with local administration and tax authorities.
2. Registration of KFH - a peasant farm. It involves the provision of a number of benefits, is exempt from paying personal income tax and unified social tax. Within the framework of the KFH, the activities of several people who are related are carried out (no one will check the degree of relationship).
3. LLC - it is advisable if there are several founders of the business.

OKVED code - 0.1.25.1.

After registration, you must write an application to the tax office, and decide on the taxation system. The best choice would be USN 6%. If an application is not submitted to the IFTS, the general taxation system, which involves the payment of VAT, is automatically “turned on”.

For registration, you will need an application of the established form, a copy of your passport, a receipt for payment of state duty. For KFH - an agreement on the creation of a farm, signed by all participants, a passport and a certificate of registration with the tax authorities (TIN).

In the future, you will need to obtain a veterinary opinion, a veterinary passport of the apiary, a passport for honey, a certificate from a veterinarian about the number of bee farms.

Land lease

The area where the apiary will be located must be protected from direct sunlight and drafts. It is advisable to choose land away from livestock complexes, highways, industrial enterprises.

A prerequisite is the presence of vegetation, honey plants. The area depends on the number of hives: 20-40 m 2 will be required for one house. The site should be located in a lowland so that it is easier for the bees to fly home.

It is optimal to rent an agricultural land. To conclude a contract, you must submit an application to the local municipality and wait for the results of the auction. A long term lease is the most acceptable.

It should be noted that the arrangement of an apiary on one's own land is not forbidden, provided that legal formalities are observed.

Purchase of equipment and arrangement of the apiary

The hives are arranged in rows in a checkerboard pattern, entrances (windows for the arrival of bees) should go to different sides. Between adjacent hives, the distance is 7-8 m, between rows - at least 5 m.

For the equipment of the apiary you will need:

• vertical wooden hives with frames;
• honey extractor;
• smoker;
• pollen trap;
• feeders for bees;
• foundation (artificial honeycombs);
• honey filter;
• dividing grid;
• brush for sweeping bees;
• roller for printing honeycombs and honey;
• collection for propolis;
• bee queen cell.

Perhaps, in the process of work, some devices will be added, their choice is quite large, all of them serve to facilitate work and improve the conditions for keeping bees. Some of the equipment (for example, frames, boxes for their transfer, a cage for a mother liquor) can be made by hand.

Purchase of bees

As cliche as it sounds, not all bees are the same. When choosing a breed for breeding and keeping, it is important to take into account the adaptability of bees to living conditions, climatic conditions, and the ability to reproduce.

You can buy bee families in other apiaries, in nurseries. When choosing bees, you need to pay attention to the brood (it should cover the frame with a continuous layer); small grayish balls at the bottom of the hive indicate a disease of the bees; bees should be active, among individuals there should not be bees with frayed wings (usually they sit separately).

It is difficult for a novice beekeeper to determine by eye how high-quality goods he is purchasing, so it is better to contact a seller with a good reputation.

Search for sales of honey and other products

The best option is to conclude contracts for the wholesale supply of honey, to private bakeries, for example, or for further sale. Besides:

• retail trade in the markets;
• trade at fairs, honey festivals;
• mobile trade;
• sale via the Internet, through ads.

Very often, a sign along a busy road is enough for those who want to buy honey to line up themselves.

Financial calculations

Investment in the project

• purchase of hives - 20 thousand rubles;
• purchase of bees - 3 thousand per family (business becomes profitable if there are 50 or more families);
• purchase of equipment - 50 thousand rubles;
• business registration - 5 thousand rubles.

• feed, medicines - 50 thousand a year;
• lease of land for apiary;
• transportation costs - 10 thousand rubles per month.

Sales revenue

• the cost of 1 kg of honey varies from 200 to 800 rubles;
• 1 kg of wax costs from 400 rubles;
• 1 kg of propolis or bee pollen - from 40 rubles.

Profit

From one hive in the summer you can collect up to 40 liters of honey (not counting other products). Given the average cost of a kilogram of honey, and counting the number of hives in the apiary, you can get the figure of the expected profit.

Conclusions: profitability of beekeeping and payback period of investments

The apiary pays for itself in 2-3 years of intensive work, the profitability is from 40% per year.

Breeding bees is an interesting, though not an easy business. In addition to the technical part, a significant role is played by the mental attitude and the desire to do this particular thing. Bees are not machines or mechanisms, they cannot be repaired, so only care and attention can make an apiary a successful farm.

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