Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Notes From All Over -- January 18, 2022

Honey: link here --

  • North Dakota leads the nation in honey production
  • together with Montana and South Dakota, the three states produced nearly half of all US honey in 2019
  • now, a commercial beekeeping supply business is taking advantage of that fact
  • Commercial Bee Supply, Hettinger, ND, to set up business in southwest ND to serve customers in three of the top five honey-producing state in the country 
  • will serve customers in  ND, SD, MT, WY, 
  • top US-honey-producing states (statista): ND, SD, CA, TX, MT.

Ethanol: in praise of corn ethanol. Doomberg

Coal: of all electricity sources, coal-fired power saw the largest growth in 2021. Link here

Staff shortages: restaurants cutting back on hours. Link to WSJ. I've never understood why some companies are so persistent in staying open during hours when there is so little activity. Chick-fil-A is a great example of taking it to the extreme: completely shut down on a day that would likely be their biggest day in sales. But at the other extreme, I see restaurants remaining open far longer than one would think reasonable. Customers will adjust. Covid will telescope 2020 - 2035 cultural changes into 2020 - 2025. Shorter restaurant hours will be one of those changes for many restaurants, although once things improve, they will go back to their wasteful habits.

2 comments:

  1. Knew a guy who had bees in Central Cal. Every year he took a portion of his bees to Eastern MT, WY, etc.
    Good business to move that many bees that far.

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    1. I've gotten quite a kick out of following the honeybee story in North Dakota.

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