Honey Prices

Little John_NC · June 07, 2009, 02:06:08 PM

Whats the going prices for your table grade honey :? Quarts and Pints. Here in North Carolina this season the honey in my area is really light color this season. Last season we got 16$ for a quart for the poplar honey which is dark amber.

asprince · June 07, 2009, 02:20:30 PM

I have been getting $8.00 per pint this year. My first harvest was 40% clover, 40% blackberry, and 20% wildflower. It is very light and tasty. Sales have been good so far.

Steve

homer · June 07, 2009, 02:35:14 PM

Quote from: asprince on June 07, 2009, 02:20:30 PM
I have been getting $8.00 per pint this year. My first harvest was 40% clover, 40% blackberry, and 20% wildflower. It is very light and tasty. Sales have been good so far.

Steve

How can you be so sure of those percentages?

asprince · June 07, 2009, 02:44:20 PM

Nothing is exact. 40% came from supers where the hives were located on located 300 acres of clover, 40% of the supers harvested were from hives on a u-pick blackberry farm, and 20% of the supers harvested were just whatever was blooming in the area.

When it is sold, it is just honey. If the customer asks, the above is what I tell them. I am not that sure but that's my story and I am sticking to it.

Steve

homer · June 07, 2009, 03:09:19 PM

Quote from: asprince on June 07, 2009, 02:44:20 PM
Nothing is exact. 40% came from supers where the hives were located on located 300 acres of clover, 40% of the supers harvested were from hives on a u-pick blackberry farm, and 20% of the supers harvested were just whatever was blooming in the area.

When it is sold, it is just honey. If the customer asks, the above is what I tell them. I am not that sure but that's my story and I am sticking to it.

Steve

Good to know. All the places that I have my hives have such an abundance of different thing around them that I could never guess what they might be getting into.

Kurt

JP · June 07, 2009, 04:37:20 PM

$5.00 a 12oz no drip squeeze bottle is what I'm selling, like hot cakes! Honey is a yellow golden and very tasty!

...JP

sc-bee · June 07, 2009, 04:49:47 PM

>Last season we got 16$ for a quart for the poplar honey which is dark amber.

Say WHAT!!! ;)

You guys kill me with these prices!!! I'm lucky to get $5 a pint ---- will go to $6 this year.

And John you are always crying the po-mouth :-X ;)

Little John_NC · June 07, 2009, 05:34:09 PM

And John you are always crying the po-mouth :-X ;)
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I is a po-boy SC... :( Ifin it aint worth 16$ a quart Ill feed it to the bees. Didnt get but 32 quarts off one hive :shock:

TwT · June 07, 2009, 07:07:30 PM

I have been selling for the same price for 4 years now, I only sale pints and its $6.50 a pint or $6.00 a pint in a case of 12.