Sytuacja ekonomiczna gospodarstw pasiecznych w 2009 roku prowadzących rachunkowość Polski FADN

The article is about the productive and economic results of the farms that are included in the research of the Polish FADN. They especially concern the honey production and other beekeeping products in 2009. A small number of farms were studied (28). The farms described in the in the article were typical family farms, with small agriculture areas (on average 3,3 ha). For one studied farm, there was on average 170 swarms and the efficiency of the swarm reached 19,5 kg of honey. The income of this kind of farm per person working in farmer’s family was 15,9 % higher in 2009 than the average net salary in the national economy. The given results can encourage farmers to enlarge small apiaries or to create the ones.