Chris Hiatt

They had like a 20-year record of their honey production.

And it went up by, it's like physically impossible.

So that's how you transhipped.

It was still coming from China, but they were showing it was coming from other countries.

Honey has for years been one of the top three most frauded foods in the world.

There is economic motivated adulteration.

We know that.

There are syrups being added.

Even Alibaba, that's the Amazon of China, they're openly advertising designer syrups saying mix this much with your honey to pass these certain tests to get into the United States.

So we as commercial beekeepers, we're not saying ban all imports.

We're saying if it's true honey, yes, it can come in.

But this syrup, the sticky stuff, we want a level playing field.

It's tough keeping hires alive, and there's not much incentive with the price.

A lot of people are chasing pollination versus going to the Midwest.

They'd stay in the South, just wait for another pollination event because the price of honey is so terrible.

We are still like 60-40 honey to pollination.

But if it's a drought in North Dakota and there's not much rain, our honey production is down.

It's happened several times that pollination is more than honey income.

And how does he feel about his bees?

I take care of them and I love them and I've done it for years and I want the best for them.