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Grants For Local Area Inspectors
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 Since 1995, the Department of Agriculture has offered grants
to local beekeeper associations for the inspection of honeybee colonies. The association grants of $1,470 each. The grant money is used to pay bee
inspectors selected by their association who are willing and qualified to
inspect honeybee colonies in the geographical area that the association state
has made available the sum of $22,050 to be divided into 15 grants. A grant is obtained for an association by
completing a grant contract provided by this office and sending it into the
Administration and Grants Division at the
Ellington Agricultural Center
in
Nashville
. Since the number of grants is limited to
15, the grants are awarded in the order of receipt of the contracts (“first
come first serve basis”). County or Area Beekeeping Associations
interested in applying for one of the 2008 Apiary Inspection grants should
contact the State
Apiarist. A list providing the names and telephone numbers of the local
inspectors working under the grants will be available online once the grants
are awarded.
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