---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1437.106"
title: "7"
number: "1437.106"
heading: "Honey."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1437.106"
---

# §1437.106. Honey.

- (a) Honey production eligible for benefits under this part includes table and non-table honey produced commercially.
- (b) All of a producer's honey will be considered a single crop, regardless of type or variety of floral source or intended use.
- (c) **The crop year for honey production is the calendar year, January 1 through December 31.**
- (d) In addition to filing a report of acreage in accordance with [§ 1437.8](/cfr/7/1437.8.md), honey producers must provide a record of colonies to FSA. The report of colonies must be filed before the crop year for which producers seek to maintain coverage. The report of colonies must include:
  - (1) The address of the producer's headquarters and FSA farm serial number, if available;
  - (2) Names and shares of each person sharing in the honey produced from the unit;
  - (3) The number of all colonies of bees belonging to the unit;
  - (4) The names of counties in which colonies of bees are located as of the date of the report; and
  - (5) A certification of the number of colonies reported including all colonies from which production is expected.
- (e) **The honey unit consists of all the producer's bee colonies, regardless of location.**
- (f) Producers must designate a FSA office as the control office for the honey operation. Producers must complete the following actions only in the control office:
  - (1) File an application for coverage;
  - (2) File a report of colonies;
  - (3) Report total unit production; and
  - (4) **Request to change a unit's control office.**
- (g) Actions that may be taken in any administrative county office includes:
  - (1) Designating or selecting another control office; or
  - (2) Filing a notice of loss in accordance with [§ 1437.11](/cfr/7/1437.11.md).
- (h) Producers must notify the control office designated in accordance with [paragraph (f)](#f) of this section within 30 calendar days of the date of:
  - (1) Any changes in the total number of colonies; and
  - (2) **The movement of any colonies into any additional counties.**
- (i) Payments will be based on the amount of losses for this community based on the applicable guarantee at a rate determined in accord with this part and the authorizing legislation.
- (j) Premiums for coverage levels specified in [§ 1437.5(c)](/cfr/7/1437.5.md?p=c) will be calculated based on the highest number of colonies reported during the program year.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 12448, Mar. 19, 2002. Redesignated at 71 FR 13745, Mar. 17, 2006, as amended at 79 FR 74581, Dec. 15, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1501-1508 and 7333; 15 U.S.C. 714-714m; 19 U.S.C. 2497, and 48 U.S.C. 1469a.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 12448, Mar. 19, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[67 FR 12448, Mar. 19, 2002. Redesignated at 71 FR 13745, Mar. 17, 2006, as amended at 79 FR 74581, Dec. 15, 2014]