Apiculture Overview

The Risk Management Agency’s (RMA) Apiculture Pilot Insurance Program (API) provides a safety net for beekeepers’ primary income sources – honey, pollen collection, wax, and breeding stock.

This program utilizes various indexing systems to assess plant growth and vigor, which correlates to honey production. Coverage is based on the insured’s selection of coverage level, index intervals, and productivity factor.

• API provides maximum flexibility to cover different types of crops or plants, each with different growth habits and seasons, rain requirements, and other climate conditions necessary to maintain plant growth over time.
• The program utilizes various indexing systems to assess plant growth and vigor, which correlates to honey production.
• Coverage is based on the insured’s selection of coverage level, index intervals, and productivity factor.