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|significance  = Celebrating nature’s original sweetener.
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'''National Honey Month''' is a celebratory and promotional event held annually during the month of September in the [[United States]].

Its purpose is to promote [[Beekeeping in the United States|American beekeeping]], the beekeeping industry, and [[honey]] as a natural and beneficial sweetener.

September is significant for honey producers as it is the month that marks the end of the honey collection season for many beekeepers in the United States.

The [[List of commemorative months|awareness month]] was initiated by The National Honey Board, a [[United States Department of Agriculture|United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)]] founded and overseen organization.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.honey.com/
|title=National Honey Board
|publisher=National Honey Board
|accessdate=2012-08-31}}</ref> (a US government established, [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]]-overseen, organization)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRD3479021
|title=HONEY RESEARCH, PROMOTION, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION ACT (7 U.S.C. 4601-4613)
|publisher=Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA)
|accessdate=2012-08-31}}</ref> in 1989.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.honey.com/nhb/features/blog-comments/september-is-national-honey-month/
 |title       = September is National Honey Month!
 |publisher   = National Honey Board
 |accessdate  = 2012-08-31
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120818081211/http://www.honey.com/nhb/features/blog-comments/september-is-national-honey-month/
 |archivedate = August 18, 2012
 |df          = mdy-all
}}</ref>

==See also==
* {{C|Beekeeping in the United States}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.honey.com/about-the-nhb/ About the National Honey Board]
* [https://www.honey.com/about-honey/honey-benefits Benefits of honey]

{{U.S. Holidays|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Beekeeping in the United States]]
[[Category:Month-long observances]]
[[Category:Honey]]
[[Category:September observances]]
[[Category:Observances about food and drink]]
[[Category:United States Department of Agriculture programs]]
[[Category:1989 establishments in the United States]]
[[Category:Recurring events established in 1989]]