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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: Mike48 on October 09, 2012, 06:00:31 pm
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What is an lb. of raw wildflower honey selling for in your area ? :?. I see it from $5.00 to $8.00 lb.
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Ours is $8.00 a lb. My honey this year was a nice amber color and ran < 18% on every sample. Please note, that is honey weight not honey in a 1 lb container. Most containers use water weight for its designation. So a 12 oz (water) container would hold 1 lb of honey. -Mike
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6
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5-7
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Six.
Steve
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I'm a little surprised that honey isn't going higher with the drought and all. The other day I was in the grocery store looking at the local honey selection. They had a 3# jug for $10. I wouldn't have been surprised if it had been $10 a pound all things considered.
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I haven't been at this too long, but I don't know that the drought really hurt us to bad up here. We had lots of alfalfa blooming that we normally don't get. It was often to short to cut due to the drought. My strong hives did very good.
I wonder, even though there is a bloom if the drought doesn't have much effect on the plants ability to produce nectar in normal amounts?
Joel
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6 - blackberry $40 gallon
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I wish when these threads come up as they do every year, the question would be how much did you PRODUCE and at what price di you sell it for. I can see getting 8.00 lb if you have say 50 lbs to sell. Heck at 8.00 a pound I could make have made 40,000.00 this year
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I get 6 dollars for a 1 lb glass jar or 12 oz honey bear.Both sell just as well.
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The amount of honey marketable locally is minimal in the grander picture especially for larger producers. I doubt that between friends, neighbors, and other people that I personally know, could sell more than 200 -300 pounds a year. Maybe if I had the time to work the farmers markets I could double that number. Anything that was produced above and beyond that amount I would expect to sell wholesale.
I think most of the folks on this forum that are looking to see what other beekeepers are marketing are selling their honey for, are looking for affirmation on what to set their local prices at. I know when I look at the prices on here that is what I am looking for.
This is my first year and I'm having no problem selling mine for $8.00 a pound, and I have about 180 pounds available of which I will keep about 3 gallons for my self.
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"I get 6 dollars for a 1 lb glass jar or 12 oz honey bear. Both sell just as well."
LOL!!! People sure are funny at times. I'd be pushing the bears.
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I see local wildflower honey selling for $10/lb at the feed supply store, yet I can drive down the road to the honor stand and buy as much as I want for under $3.50/lb (half gallon minimum).
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I wish when these threads come up as they do every year, the question would be how much did you PRODUCE and at what price di you sell it for. I can see getting 8.00 lb if you have say 50 lbs to sell. Heck at 8.00 a pound I could make have made 40,000.00 this year
You pulled down 5,000 lbs of honey this year? That is obscene, unless you are commercial!
EDITED TO ADD: You know how much Mead I could make with 5k lbs of honey?!
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I wish when these threads come up as they do every year, the question would be how much did you PRODUCE and at what price di you sell it for. I can see getting 8.00 lb if you have say 50 lbs to sell. Heck at 8.00 a pound I could make have made 40,000.00 this year
You pulled down 5,000 lbs of honey this year? That is obscene, unless you are commercial!
EDITED TO ADD: You know how much Mead I could make with 5k lbs of honey?!
I would be considered a sideliner and by my calculations you could make about 2083.3333 gallons of mead
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Just enough for a couple of weeks. :-D
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I wish when these threads come up as they do every year, the question would be how much did you PRODUCE and at what price di you sell it for. I can see getting 8.00 lb if you have say 50 lbs to sell. Heck at 8.00 a pound I could make have made 40,000.00 this year
You pulled down 5,000 lbs of honey this year? That is obscene, unless you are commercial!
EDITED TO ADD: You know how much Mead I could make with 5k lbs of honey?!
I would be considered a sideliner and by my calculations you could make about 2083.3333 gallons of mead
Ugh, DRY mead?! Gross! I was figuring closer to 1,666 gallons (roughly $80k worth!)
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I would be considered a sideliner and by my calculations you could make about 2083.3333 gallons of mead
Ugh, DRY mead?! Gross! I was figuring closer to 1,666 gallons (roughly $80k worth!)
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I completely agree. Grapes need to be dry but mead needs sweetness to be drinkable
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I'm at $8.00 per # more for less and a little less for more.
There are lots of people buying honey and bottling and some buying cases wholesale to resell.
Honey priced cheaper than mine is everywhere. The $3.50 a # guy runs 14000 hives.
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I bottle mine in new pint jars and sell for $8.oo pint. Don't care whether they buy or not. have reg customers, and my bees get as needed... JPP
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To give a UK perspective, prices are around £5 to £6/lb, so equivalent to $8 to $9.50. However higher prices can be obtained in Farmers' markets and similar.
Locally produced honey is in huge demand, and many beekeepers are changing to 12 oz jars to make it go further; with a proportionally higher price
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Thanks all for your replys , I am starting out at $6.00 for one lb. ( that may change ) being my first year and 108 lbs of honey.