I'm wondering how much my fellow beekeepers are selling their honey for? I'm in southeast TX. Thanks, Randy
I am in Minnesota and I charge $6 for a pint and 11 for a quart. I sell in canning jars. If they bring me back a jar they get a buck off the next one. Works good.
$10 per pint (20oz by weight) retail $2.50/lb by the barrel.
Scott
In Massachusetts you have to sell honey by weight I get $7.50 a lb.
BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)
How about comb honey? When I used to sell it some years ago, I got $six dollars for a one pound box of cut comb. It's harder to get a feel for cut-comb honey, since you don't often see it in stores or markets.
Comb honey is a rarity around here as well but there's a strong market for it. I charge $12 for a 4"x4" piece.
Scott
Comb cost more because of the honey you loose out on next year. Remember it takes 8 pounds of honey to make one pound of wax.
But burr comb, cut out comb, and other wild comb do great in a jar of honey.
Quote from: hardwood on May 05, 2012, 02:22:34 PM
Comb honey is a rarity around here as well but there's a strong market for it. I charge $12 for a 4"x4" piece.
Scott
I do sell some comd honey 4"X4" I get $12.00. Comb honey is a rarity around here all so but at sell ok.
And In Massachusetts you do not need a weight on comd honey just the size 4"X4".
BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)
$12.00 a pound in San Francisco.
$10 a pound in Oklahoma City.
Thanks for the replies. I see honey prices vary greatly from region to region, etc. -Randy
If people want to pay Walmart prices for honey, tell them to go to Walmart. If they want your honey, tell them to pay your prices.
I'm charging $6/pint, $5/pound, $8/2 pounds, $20/5 pounds. I think its a bit on the low side here in Virginia, but it is my first year. I might go up a buck on the pints and pounds next year.
Average in my area is $6 LB, $8 pint, $16 quart. And is worth even more. :-D
I get $6 per pound. My friends are getting $7. I may have to raise my prices.
Steve
If only to be fair to your friend. :-D
over here between you two.( call me the middle man. :-D) I'm get 5.00 for a 8 oz jam jar ( 12 oz wieght ) 9.00 for pint jar. and I can't keep up with demand. I'm out till I pull next week.
john
Quote from: asprince on May 15, 2012, 08:49:46 PM
I get $6 per pound. My friends are getting $7. I may have to raise my prices.Steve
I try to
never be the cheapest seller of honey at a farmers market and absolutly
always higher than any store nearby.
I actually try to be the most expensive when I go into a new market when other beekeepers are already there.
When they come to check me out and see my prices, they are always friendly, give me tips, wish me luck and tell me to come on back anytime.
I usually have a very good sale day and no hurt feelings by someone thinking I'm undercutting their profits.
And the customers must think my honey is better because it costs more.
I usually have much more variety of sizes and shapes and types of containers, add in the honey candy, honey straws, chunk and comb honey, some seasonal variety and they are overwhelmed with choices.
By the time they have looked at everything, asked a few questions, the decision isn't if to buy, but what to buy.
Goodluck and have fun!