Apiary & Beekeeping Business input evidence register
45 numeric input paths with their assumptions, calculation bases and cited sources.
Case updated September 28, 2026. This technical appendix accompanies the complete case methodology and source register.
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A linked reference can support scope without confirming an exact forecast. Assumption entries identify values that still require local validation. Each field path identifies an input in the common business record.
- Model assumption
Authored 500-colony opening allocation. The sources establish cost-planning categories and operating constraints but do not verify colonies, yards, vehicle, extraction, bottling, packaging, insurance or reserve values.
capital.total · capital.low · capital.high · capital.items.0.amount · capital.items.1.amount · capital.items.2.amount · capital.items.3.amount · capital.items.4.amount · capital.items.5.amount · capital.items.6.amount · capital.items.7.amount
- Model assumption
Authored five-year revenue path. USDA provides national production and price benchmarks and methodology but does not supply this apiary's producing-colony count, yield, channel mix, realized value or growth.
forecast.years.0.revenue · forecast.years.1.revenue · forecast.years.2.revenue · forecast.years.3.revenue · forecast.years.4.revenue
- Model assumption
Authored direct-cost percentages covering feed, treatment, replacement, packaging, testing, fees, freight and product-linked costs. No source validates these percentages.
forecast.years.0.costOfSales · forecast.years.1.costOfSales · forecast.years.2.costOfSales · forecast.years.3.costOfSales · forecast.years.4.costOfSales
- Model assumption
Authored paid staffing budget. BLS supplies broad agricultural-worker context and IRS supplies federal payroll-tax guidance; neither sets beekeeper skill, seasonal hours, local offers or full employer burden.
forecast.years.0.payroll · forecast.years.1.payroll · forecast.years.2.payroll · forecast.years.3.payroll · forecast.years.4.payroll
- Model assumption
Authored yard, transport and overhead path. The sources identify industry and operating context but do not provide local yard, vehicle, utility, insurance, maintenance, marketing or compliance costs.
forecast.years.0.occupancyAndOther · forecast.years.1.occupancyAndOther · forecast.years.2.occupancyAndOther · forecast.years.3.occupancyAndOther · forecast.years.4.occupancyAndOther
- Model assumption
The $10 realized value, 105 daily marketable pounds, 62% contribution, $10,167 monthly fixed cost and ramp are authored planning assumptions. USDA's 48.0 pounds and $3.05 provide national context only.
unitEconomics.driver.model · unitEconomics.driver.low · unitEconomics.driver.high · unitEconomics.volume.model · unitEconomics.volume.low · unitEconomics.volume.high · unitEconomics.daysPerWeek.model · unitEconomics.daysPerWeek.low · unitEconomics.daysPerWeek.high · unitEconomics.fixedCostsMonthly · unitEconomics.contributionMargin · unitEconomics.ramp.startShare · unitEconomics.ramp.stepPerMonth · unitEconomics.ramp.horizonMonths