1. Welcome to Texas y’all

2. Texas terminology 101

3. Howdy Hi
Hello

4. You all Youz guys All of you Y’all want some honey?

5. How’s your bees? They’re ah’ite!
All right
How’s your bees? They’re ah’ite!

6. Coke
Pop
Soda
Soda Water
Dr Pepper est in Texas!

7. Fixin to About to I’m fixin to go check on the bees!
(un-Official State verb )

8. Concealed weapon Have Honey with you
Packin
Concealed weapon Have Honey with you

9. That’s some purtee honey right there now!
Pretty
Beautiful
That’s some purtee honey right there now!

10. Yonder Over yonder! Over there Direction Location
Where’s your bee yard?
Over yonder!

11. Yanto go with me to deliver honey?
Do you want to
Would you like to
Yanto go with me to deliver honey?

12. Texas facts 5th in Honey Production 3rd Largest County by population
Harris County~
4th Largest City - Houston
2nd Largest State by Area
2nd Largest State by population

13. Honey consumed in Texas
27 million people in Texas’
average consumption is 1.51 lbs
according to the
National Honey Board
40,770,000 lbs.
Honey consumed in Texas

14. Honey consumed in Texas 40,770,000 lbs.
Texas Honey Production
8,316,000 lbs. (NASS 2015)
20%

15. Texas Beekeepers Association
members
40+ local (regional) bee clubs
Launched new program to promote
~Real Texas produced honey~

16. #1 issue in Texas
10:55 am Honey Fraud: A Major Threat for the Future of Beekeeping and Bees - Dr. Norberto Garcia, NEXCO S.A. IHEO President, Argentina

17. New England news
With no set guidelines and no one really checking, consumers are left to figure out
~what local means~
By FRANK CARINI/ecoRI News staff

18. Discover the Goodness of North Carolina Honey www.ncbeekeepers.org
…it is the practice of some individuals or entities to purchase honey in bulk from other regions or countries then bottle and label that honey in such manner as to imply that the consumer is buying their product, produced by their apiaries and to not disclose the true origin of the honey