Making Profit from Honey Bees as a Small Scale Beekeeper with Dr. Adam Ingrao

Adam will discuss the ins and outs of nuc production for beekeepers under 100 colonies. There will be a special focus on development, management, costs, quality control, time commitment, profit margins, and customer expectations. Nuc production is an important part of developing a sustainable local bee supply that does not rely on the importation of bees to replace annual losses. Dr. Adam Ingrao is the Co-Founder and National Director for the Heroes to Hives program, leads the beekeeping education program at Bay Mills Community College, is an instructor for the Great Plains Master Beekeeping course, and serves as an Outreach Specialist at Michigan Food and Farming Systems. Dr. Ingrao also co-owns and operates Bee Wise Farms LLC, the largest producer of local nucs in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Learn more or donate to the Northern Queen Initiative: http://www.sbgmi.org/nqi Order queens from the NQI Queen Portal: http://www.sbgmi.org/queenportal Subscribe to the SBGMI Newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/hToTyj Join the SBGMI: https://www.sbgmi.org/membership Stay up to date on our premium speaker events: https://www.sbgmi.org/shop Members receive annual access to premium content and 2022, 2023 and 2024 Virtual Winter Conference Recordings and discounted access to 2025 recordings, featuring Dr. John Harbo, Dr. Jamie Ellis, Dr. David Peck, Troy Hall, Dr. Nuria Morfin, Dr. Samantha Alger, Cory Stevens, Dr. Robyn Underwood, Michael Bush, Nathalie B. Kim Flottum, Randy McCaffrey 629Dirtrooster, Dr. Kirsten Traynor, Dr. Melissa Oddie, Dr. Stephen Martin, Dr. David Tarpy, Dr. Martin Gabel, Melanie Kirby, Stephen Repasky, Ang Roell, Dr. Karia Wagoner, Ryan Williamson, Adrian Quiney, and Les Crowder! beekeeping 101,beekeeping for beginners,how to start beekeeping,beekeeping business,beekeeping classes,beekeeping basics,beekeeping tips,combining hives,november tips,treating varroa mites,varroa mite,queen failure,queen breeding,how to inspect a hive, requeening a hive,beekeeping,northern beekeeping,controlling mites,drone honey bee,honey,queen bee,beekeeper,bees,honey bees,james lee's bees,james lees bees, november tips, treating varroa mites, queen breeding, combining hives, drones, game of drones, bob binnie