Korean Journal of Agricultural Science (농업과학연구)
- Volume 37 Issue 1
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- Pages.143-149
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- 2010
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- 2466-2402(pISSN)
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- 2466-2410(eISSN)
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An Income Analysis of Large Scale Honey Bee Farming Farmhouseholds
대규모 양봉농가의 소득 분석
- Kim, Jai-Hong (Dept. of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chungnam National University) ;
- Lee, Byoung-In (Dept. of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chungnam National University) ;
- Lee, Sang-Cheol (Korea Beekeeping Association)
- Received : 2010.04.22
- Accepted : 2010.06.11
- Published : 2010.06.30
Abstract
This study analyzed the income of large scale honey bee farming of Korea. Using a questionnaire, 44 large scale honey bee farming farmhouseholds were surveyed. The average hive sizes are 258. The results are as follows. First, gross receipts of bee farming farmhouseholds are 50,342 thousand won, and it's components are honey 71%, bee selling and/or lent 26%. Second, working expenses are 23,778 thousand won that is 47% of gross receipts. Feed costs are 38.2%, material costs are 23.9%, hired labor costs are 11.0%, moving costs are 10.1%. Finally, receipts per hive are 195.1 thousand won, working expenses per hive are 23,778 thousand won, so income per hive is 103.0 thousand won.