CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Beekeeping costs (costs and profits of beekeeping)

1. How much does it cost to keep a hive of bees?

It costs about RMB 115-155 to raise a colony of bees. Of this, it costs about RMB 100 to buy a beehive, which, based on a 10-year lifespan, requires RMB 10 in depreciation costs for the hive; the annual depreciation cost of making nest frames is RMB 5; the cost of buying a bee colony is RMB 80-120, which is a one-time labor cost; and the average cost of other beekeeping tools is RMB 20.

2. What is the real income from beekeeping in Italy in 2019?

The analysis is as follows: 1. Chinese bees: The cost of a box of Chinese bees in the first year is about 650 yuan (about 500 yuan for bee species, about 100 yuan for bee tools, and about 50 yuan for bee medicine and feed), and the cost in the second year is about 50 yuan (from the second year onwards only bee medicine and feed are needed). Chinese bees can produce about 5 to 15 kilograms of honey a year, and the selling price of each kilogram of honey is about 100 to 200 yuan. The income from selling honey for a box of Chinese bees in a year is about 1,500 yuan. Raising 10 boxes of Chinese bees can earn about 8,500 yuan in the first year, but from the second year onwards, it can earn about 14,500 yuan each year.

2. Italian bees: The cost of a box of Italian bees in the first year is about 300 yuan (about 100 yuan for bee species, about 100 yuan for bee tools, and about 100 yuan for bee medicine and feed). The cost in the second year is about 100 yuan (from the second year onwards, only bee medicine and feed are needed). Italian bees can produce about 100 to 150 kilograms of honey a year, and the selling price of each kilogram of honey is about 10 to 20 yuan. The profit of a box of Italian bees from selling honey in a year is about 1,875 yuan. Raising 10 boxes of Italian bees can make about 15,750 yuan in the first year, but from the second year onwards, you can make about 17,750 yuan each year.

In summary, how much money you can make from raising 10 boxes of bees depends on the type of bees. For example, raising 10 boxes of Chinese bees can earn about 8,500 yuan in the first year, while raising 10 boxes of Italian bees can earn 15,750 yuan in the first year. In theory, the economic benefits of beekeeping are indeed very attractive, but in fact, not many people make money from beekeeping. The reason is that beekeeping may fail if one of the climate, nectar source, and technology is missing.

3. What is the cost of feeding Italian bees?

Generally speaking, the cost of raising a hive of bees is about RMB 30 to 300.

It costs about 120 yuan to buy a beehive. Assuming it has a lifespan of more than ten years, the depreciation cost of the beehive is 12 yuan per year, the depreciation cost of the nest frame is 6 yuan, and the cost of purchasing a bee colony is about 100 to 150 yuan, including labor costs. The cost of other beekeeping tools is about 30 yuan on average.

4. How much can you earn in a year by raising 50 beehives?

Raising 50 beehives can earn about 80,000 yuan a year.

1. Chinese bees: The cost of a box of Chinese bees in the first year is about 650 yuan (about 500 yuan for bee species, about 100 yuan for bee tools, and about 50 yuan for bee medicine and feed). The cost in the second year is about 50 yuan (from the second year onwards, only bee medicine and feed are needed). Chinese bees can produce about 5 to 15 kilograms of honey a year, and the selling price of each kilogram of honey is about 100 to 200 yuan. The profit of a box of Chinese bees from selling honey in a year is about 1,500 yuan. Raising 50 boxes of Chinese bees can earn about 42,500 yuan in the first year, but from the second year onwards, it can earn about 72,500 yuan per year.

2. Italian bees: The cost of a box of Italian bees in the first year is about 300 yuan (about 100 yuan for bee species, about 100 yuan for bee tools, and about 100 yuan for bee medicine and feed). The cost in the second year is about 100 yuan (from the second year onwards, only bee medicine and feed are needed). Italian bees can produce about 100 to 150 kilograms of honey a year, and the selling price of each kilogram of honey is about 10 to 20 yuan. The profit of a box of Italian bees from selling honey in a year is about 1,875 yuan. Raising 50 boxes of Italian bees can make about 78,750 yuan in the first year, but from the second year onwards, you can make about 88,750 yuan each year.

To sum up, how much money you can make by raising 50 boxes of bees depends on the type of bees. For example, raising 50 boxes of Chinese bees can earn about 42,500 yuan in the first year, while raising 50 boxes of Italian bees can earn 78,750 yuan in the first year. Theoretically, the economic benefits of beekeeping are indeed very attractive, but in fact not many people make money through beekeeping. The reason is that beekeeping may fail if one of the climate, nectar source, and technology is missing.

5. What are the costs and outputs of beekeeping?

If you collect wild bees to raise, you only need a box and labor. If you buy Italian bees to raise, one box will cost 300 to 500 yuan.

The income from a box of bees is about one thousand yuan, but this is only relative. There are good years, bad years, and some people don’t know how to raise bees.

Some products cannot be sold.

6. What is the cost cycle of beekeeping?

Now the source of honey is becoming less and less, and the cost of raw materials is rising. The cost price of a pound of pure honey is at least 10 yuan.

With a tent and dozens of boxes of bees, they travel south in winter and north in summer, following the flowering season across the country, but the number of bees following them is decreasing.

A few years ago, there were 80 or 90 beehives, but now there are only 30. Beekeeping is becoming increasingly difficult, and many bees have given up on it and switched to other professions. The reduction in the range of activities means a reduction in the source of nectar, making it difficult to feed more bees.