Sue Bee and 'The Apprentice' Focus on the American Honey Bee
02/02/2007: Press Release from Sue Bee Honey
Sue Bee Honey is the most recognizable honey brand in the world, and is known for its responsible environmental practices surrounding honey production and distribution. The Iowa-based company is able to minimize waste and toxic bi-products in the environment by utilizing all PET (polyethylene terephthalate) recyclable plastics in its packaging, reclaiming beeswax and honey when skimming foam from settling tanks (leaving only biodegradable waste for landfill) and using paper filtration systems.

"Sue Bee Honey has always strived for minimal waste in our production facilities. It makes good monetary and environmental sense. Reducing packaging and shipping our honey in recyclable cardboard boxes or re-usable tote bins makes a difference over the course of time," said Bill Huser, vice president of research and development at Sue Bee Honey.

Huser also stresses the importance of the American Honey Bee to the ecosystem, adding that since the American Honey Bee's introduction to North America by European colonists, crops and fruit trees which were previously scarce now thrive through honey bee pollination. The American Honey Bee has benefited the agricultural industry by substantially outperforming native bee pollination.