Hey everyone,
I had two quick questions. I can't seem to find the info archived. How much is approximately the pound equivalent of a gallon of honey? Also how much per pound is everyone getting for their honey this season. Just curious. I've been selling mine this season for 5 dollars per 540 grams or just over a pound. I can't remember how many pounds bottled I have been getting out of a one gallon bucket. Its usually such a mess when I bottle that i haven't measured out ounces. I have more honey to come off the hives and want to buy just enough jars. Thanks steve
I believe there are about 46 oz. weight per quart of honey. I don't know if that includes the container or not. I saw that weight just the other day on a quart of honey at a country store selling honey for a local beekeper.
" A pint's a pound the world around." Most liqueds are close to that.
That gives around 8 pounds a gallon.
Give or take an ounce.
wayne
Hmmm, never weighed any honey but around here the locals sell a quart of honey as 3 pounds and a gallon as 12 pounds. I saw a 3 pound jar at Wal Marts the other night and it looked pretty darn close to being quart sized....
A pint is a pound doesn't apply to honey. It is denser than water obviously, so it is about 3 pounds per quart or 1 1/2 pounds per pint. I sell my honey for 4.00 a pound, 5.00 a pint, and 9.00 a quart. I figure most people want a bargain, so the more they buy, the cheaper per pound. However, I could get more judging from the reaction of people when they pay for it...
Most people don't even blink at six bucks a pound.
The pints a pound the world around is true for most liquids except honey. In the case of honey a 12 ounce water container will hold 1 pound (16 ounces) of honey. My daughter bought a 1 pound jar of raw honey during a vacation in Eastern Washington (Alfalfa country) for comparison purposes for $3.98.
I've been getting 7 per pint, 12 per quart, and 20 for half gallons. I've been told by a couple customers that I should raise the price
im getting $6.oo a pint and $3.50 for a 8 oz jelly jar, I dont sale quarts unless some are pre-ordered
Thanks guys,
I just finished pouring the last three gallons into bottles...until I extract tomorrow...one gallon is twelve pounds according to my scale. My jars hold 542 grams of honey minus the jar weight. Now I need to guestimate how much honey is in my last two deeps... :shock:
thanks, steve
I have 2 pound bottles I use. They say that each one holds 3 cups of honey.
At that weight and volume (after the proper geeky conversion factors), a gallon of honey translates to 10.66 pounds. That is significantly different from what you got from the scale, so I don't know what to tell you.
Here in utah at Jones Bee they sell for $2/pound in the 3# and higher bottles for most honey types. Pretty good deal that. However, the small hobbyist could definately sell for more.
Honey is 11.7 lbs per gallon
is it possible to be so exact with the weight of honey since every crop is different?
It's my understanding that the moisture content is what makes it so dense, not the honey type. The higher the moisture percentage the less it weighs per gallon because it is no longer as dense as it was. :)
David
8.33 per gallo you can find more information here :
howmanypoundsinagallon.com
I weighed my gal buckets and got avg.of 12.7 lbs. But it depends on how thick the honey is. I get 10.00 dollars per pint that weight avg 1.5 lbs 18.00 for quarts.65.00 for gal buckets.
John
No one blinks at price for raw natural honey.
The 8 lbs per gal. is water, honey is heavier. I sell mine $7.00 for a pint, I have a few customers that want comb honey, it is $10.00 per pint. I have two customers that want comb in quarts it is $20.00 per quart. It doesn't take long to sell out if you don't have many hives.
It is better to have to many jars than not enough. They will keep. I usually have a few cases left over.
On the weight, if you are putting a label on your honey you can put less weight than what the weight is, but don't put more on the label that what it weights. I have 1.44 lbs on my pints and 2.88 lbs on the quarts.
Good luck to you and your bees,
Joe D
Honey is usually about 12 lb per gallon. I varies somewhat with moisture content, but the general rule of thumb is 12 lb/ gal.
I sell mine for $6 for a half pint and $10 for a pint.
I got 5$ for a half pound and 8 for a pound and I sold out in 3 days and I had 22 pounds and sold 20 I also had people say that I need to raise my price lol
I sell 1# jars for $8. I also sell 2-oz. honey bears for $2. Most folks don't mind paying $8 for a good local product. Consider how much you invest in keeping bees and bottling honey. For the hobbyist, or smaller scale sideliner, selling at less than $8 per pound is probably barely going to get even. Especially if you suffer big losses next year and have to build your stock again. On a smaller scale, you can offer the costomer a closer "relationship" with the product. You can tell them where the honey probably came from, and when. You can inform them of your processing, or the lack of over-processing. You can assure them that they are not getting sugar syrup "honey." The smaller scale beek should be able to sell their premium product at a premium price. If you are under-selling, in the end you may be hurting yourself and other local beeks. When big losses come, you have less money to reinvest in the business. When that happens, where will people get local honey? It won't bee there.
I'll share what I've been told along the way. I'm up to about 30 hives this year. My goal should be to run out of honey next year just as I'm getting ready to extract. If I hit next spring's extraction, and I still have a lot of honey in stock, my prices are too high. If I run out well before next extraction, then prices are too low.
I understand this rule doesn't apply to smaller operations, because you don't have the stock. But still, how long does it take to sell what you do have? What are other local beeks selling for? Are they giving it away? Last year I spoke with a local beek who has been keeping bees for many years. They had not raised their prices in several years, and were selling too cheaply. They were spending a lot of money on the bees, and needed to raise prices to keep up. I encouraged them to raise prices a bit, and they did. It has worked out well for them.
$8 a pint & $15 a quart. Some folks around here complain about it being too high. The last person who sold honey around here was selling it for $12 a quart. That was a couple of years ago and folks ain't forgot it. Like chux said you can be hurting other beeks & yourself by selling it too low. Not to worry I tell them, it'll sell. Folks in the city, especially with the FD and PD, will jump on it in a heart beat. Like I tell folks, I'll feed it back to the bees and sell the bees. Ain't no money in honey - the money's in the bees.
> The last person who sold honey around here was selling it for $12 a quart. That was a couple of years ago and folks ain't forgot it.
Tell them to go find that person and buy it for $12 a quart. Of course they can't find them now... I think we do no one any favors including ourselves when we sell it too cheap. That "$12 a quart" guy didn't do any other honey producers any favors...
it is about 8.3 you can find more information here :
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Dang....somebody drug an old one up....2006. What happened to Brian Bray, a great poster. He was putting together a book a while back, right?
I'm selling my honey for $11 a pint. I only got about 15 gallons. Could not afford to sell it for much less. I am almost out, down to the last case of pints.
Jim
It seems like a lot of people are getting fluid ounces mixed up with weighing ounces. :wink:
I do know in all states of New England you need weight of honey on the label in pounds and in grams....
I am pretty sure this is a federal law.
BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :smile:
Quote from: zinvest91 on October 03, 2015, 05:51:43 PM
it is about 8.3 you can find more information here :
http://howmanypoundsinagallon.com/ (http://howmanypoundsinagallon.com/)
This article is referring to the weight of water not honey. As mentioned, honey is about 12 pounds per US gallon.
By volume, sugar and water weigh the same.
When you add sugar to water the sugar molecules inter mix between the water molecules and do not displace them. This is why honey is 1 1/2 times the weight of water.
Jim