Celebrating National Honey Bee Day: Florida beekeepers thriving, thanks to business accelerator

As National Honey Bee Day approaches this Saturday, beekeepers are celebrating the buzzing pollinators that support our food supply, as well as the success of a University of Florida accelerator that elevated bee-based small businesses.

A roughly $626,000 grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, or  NIFA, Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program fueled a two-year business incubator, which bred 30 new Florida small businesses.

To read more, please visit UF News.

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Meredith Bauer-Mitchell. Photo taken 11-05-25. Photo: UF/IFAS, Tyler Jones
Posted: August 14, 2025


Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Honey Bee Research And Extension Lab, Honey Bees, National Honey Bee Day


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