If you have registered already to submit a honey sample for DNA testing, the date to get your sample to the Bee Lab has been extended to October 15, 2024.
Registration closed on October 1 but you can still submit your samples if you already registered to do so.
Instructions for collecting and submitting samples were included in a separate email when you registered. The email also listed the dropoff locations.
The Bee Lab will genetically analyze the pollen in the honey to determine plant sources of the nectar that the bees used to make the honey. We'll use these data to develop a baseline DNA profile for honey produced in Vermont. This baseline honey profile will be used as a reference for the proposed future Vermont Beekeepers Association's 'Certified Vermont Honey' program.
You will receive a honey report containing information about your sample once the results have come in. Honey samples may be strained, but NOT filtered. Unheated honey is preferred, but heating is permitted up to 112ºF.
Please email
Thank you!
Vermont Bee Lab
Jeffords Building, Room 220
63 Carrigan Drive,
Burlington, VT 05405
