Beemaster's International Beekeeping Forum
BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: Jerrymac on August 24, 2005, 08:06:19 pm
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A heath food store owner asked me if it would be beneficial to her customers if she got her honey products from Midland, TX. I live in the area of Lubbock, TX. That is 110 miles distance.
She lost her supplier here (they moved to Arkansas)and as this is my first year I don't have anything for her right now.
She wants to know if it would be worth the trip or is she wasting her time?
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Jerry -
Any opportunity to sell honey is a good thing.
"Local Honey" is a state of mind. How local is local? For some it's a mile for others, it a hundred. If she wants your source to help with allery issues, I was summise that pollen and nectar sources 110 miles away are similar to where she is, especially if they are in the same hardiness zone.
Beekeepers/resellers just have to honest as to where the location of the hives are. Putting the city on the label will suffice.
Anything from a local beekeeper will be better than a commercially available solution that contains honey from who knows where.
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I agree with Michael. I would consider it local enough, because the plants (and therefore pollens) would be the same basiclly.
Beth
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A heath food store owner asked me if it would be beneficial to her customers if she got her honey products from Midland, TX. I live in the area of Lubbock, TX. That is 110 miles distance.
Jerrymac, I'd think she might ask a local allergist there in Lubbock
for a doctor's opinion, but tell her to keep the fact that she owns
a health-food store to herself when she asks the doctor's advice.
(for obvious reasons) :wink: