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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #20 on: July 29, 2014, 11:30:00 am »
Quote from: sc-bee on July 29, 2014, 09:49:09 am
Quote from: sawdstmakr on July 29, 2014, 03:45:12 am
The price of a pint of honey in area 2, New York in the August issue went up to $11.98.
Jim

And what we got here in SC on a pint Jim? I quit taking BC a few years ago.....
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I down in nuc medicine lab in the hospital. As soon as I get back upstairs to my room I will look and let you know.
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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #21 on: July 29, 2014, 11:59:02 am »
SC,
You are in zone 4 and the average price for a pint is $8.51
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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #22 on: July 29, 2014, 12:37:55 pm »
Thanks Jim
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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #23 on: July 29, 2014, 06:05:35 pm »
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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #24 on: July 29, 2014, 09:04:03 pm »
In Dallas, the beeks I know get $20 for a quart (3 lbs.).  It seems to be cheaper in grocery stores, but people like local honey.  That supermarket honey is really nice and golden, while mine is darker and has a very different flavor -- more herbal, generally.  I grow lots of mint and other herbs, plus flowers all over the neighborhood and wildflowers a few blocks away. 

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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #25 on: July 29, 2014, 09:38:58 pm »
Quote from: Dallasbeek on July 29, 2014, 09:04:03 pm
In Dallas, the beeks I know get $20 for a quart (3 lbs.).  It seems to be cheaper in grocery stores, but people like local honey.  That supermarket honey is really nice and golden, while mine is darker and has a very different flavor -- more herbal, generally.  I grow lots of mint and other herbs, plus flowers all over the neighborhood and wildflowers a few blocks away. 

Gary

Yea that nice and golden blended to get the color you want.... heated an pasteurized STUFF :rant:
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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #26 on: July 29, 2014, 10:01:15 pm »
yep, what I thought.  And some may be blended with a little Chinese to boot.  But I guess they make a profit :evil:

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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #27 on: July 30, 2014, 01:11:21 pm »
Hey Jim, I'm like Chris, Do you have a link to that?

I tried to find something on it but couldn't. I just had a medical procedure done (prostate biopsy - nothing for pain) and I can't think too good right now.
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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #28 on: July 30, 2014, 10:12:21 pm »
Here is the USA zone map.

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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #29 on: July 30, 2014, 10:16:03 pm »
Here is the price list:
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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #30 on: August 01, 2014, 06:28:21 am »
$10 a pint in our are and most people sell out.
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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #31 on: August 01, 2014, 10:36:54 am »
Thanks for the photos, Jim.  I haven't gotten a current magazine in a while...just re-subbed to ABJ and may get back on the BC list, too.  Look at Zone 6 compared to any other zone...folks in my area are in the pits in regards to honey pricing.  The redeeming spot is the retail 5# pricing, which seems like a abnormality to me.  My mentor has been selling his honey for $12 a quart since last year.  I sold my first honey last year at $15 a quart and have started this year again pricing it at $15.  Interestingly, this year the honey sales are slower for some reason...I don't know if it's the economy or what.  :-\

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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #32 on: August 01, 2014, 12:45:48 pm »
Quote from: Intheswamp on August 01, 2014, 10:36:54 am
Thanks for the photos, Jim.  I haven't gotten a current magazine in a while...just re-subbed to ABJ and may get back on the BC list, too.  Look at Zone 6 compared to any other zone...folks in my area are in the pits in regards to honey pricing.  The redeeming spot is the retail 5# pricing, which seems like a abnormality to me.  My mentor has been selling his honey for $12 a quart since last year.  I sold my first honey last year at $15 a quart and have started this year again pricing it at $15.  Interestingly, this year the honey sales are slower for some reason...I don't know if it's the economy or what.  :-\

Ed
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I sell a pint for $8.00 and a quart for $16.00. For one thing, I only got 175 pounds this spring, 500 pounds last spring. I need to pull again. I hope it is a lot better.
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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #33 on: August 01, 2014, 06:23:03 pm »
those zone 6 numbers sure look low compared to what i've seen and what i'm getting.  i'm seeing wildflower quarts going for 17.99 retail.  i'm charging the same for a very light amber and i use bottle in mason jars.  according to the report i'm over market but according to my eyes i'm in line but offering slightly nicer packaging.
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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #34 on: August 01, 2014, 07:37:00 pm »
10framer, it's interesting but if I recall correctly zone 6 prices have historically been lower (on this chart *and* on ABJ's chart) than other zones.   When I started keeping bees back in 2011 my mentor was selling pints for $5 and quarts for $10.  I finally got him to go up to $12 on quarts last year (he bumped pints to $6).  I think pints should be more...more work and two containers rather than one for the same amount of honey.  Last year I bottled a few pints but this year I only bottled quarts.

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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #35 on: August 01, 2014, 08:26:34 pm »
I bought two cases of quarts a little while back. It came in just under $11 a quart. My son just bought me a pint of the same honey from the same folks; $14+. I know folks around here that have decided $16 a quart is very reasonable.

If my eyesight and math is right I'll harvest 28 quarts this year. I could go in and pull about 4 or 5 more frames but then I'll have to feed some these next couple of months.

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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #36 on: August 03, 2014, 06:13:16 pm »
I sell honey in the 1 pound classic honey jar for $8.00 and have several customers who insist on paying me $10 a pound.
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« Reply #37 on: August 04, 2014, 02:05:59 am »
I don't see anything for Washington, Oregon and California. What's up?
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« Reply #38 on: August 04, 2014, 12:35:26 pm »
Quote from: LaurieBee on August 04, 2014, 02:05:59 am
I don't see anything for Washington, Oregon and California. What's up?
Look at column 12. $11.80 pint.
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Re: Honey Prices
« Reply #39 on: August 04, 2014, 01:42:22 pm »
Wow. I was paying 3 CanD for a pound of honey in late 2012 in Ottawa Canada. That was the going rate.
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