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RandyMM

May 04, 2012, 11:58:36 PM
I'm wondering how much my fellow beekeepers are selling their honey for? I'm in southeast TX. Thanks, Randy

beehappy1950

#1
May 05, 2012, 12:12:10 AM
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.

hardwood

#2
May 05, 2012, 11:43:52 AM
$10 per pint (20oz by weight) retail $2.50/lb by the barrel.

Scott
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Theodore Roosevelt 1907

Jim134

#3
May 05, 2012, 12:09:36 PM
In Massachusetts  you have to sell honey by weight I get $7.50 a lb.



    BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)
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"The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways."
John F. Kennedy
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AndrewT

#4
May 05, 2012, 01:37:15 PM
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.
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hardwood

#5
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
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Theodore Roosevelt 1907

AllenF

#6
May 05, 2012, 03:28:33 PM
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.

Jim134

#7
May 05, 2012, 03:51:20 PM
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  :)
"Tell me and I'll forget,show me and I may  remember,involve me and I'll understand"
        Chinese Proverb

"The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways."
John F. Kennedy
Franklin County Beekeepers Association MA. http://www.franklinmabeekeepers.org/

BlevinsBees

#8
May 06, 2012, 04:10:19 AM
$12.00 a pound in San Francisco.
President, San Francisco Beekeepers Association
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NasalSponge

#9
May 06, 2012, 01:23:45 PM
$10 a pound in Oklahoma City.

RandyMM

#10
May 06, 2012, 02:01:48 PM
Thanks for the replies. I see honey prices vary greatly from region to region, etc. -Randy

AllenF

#11
May 06, 2012, 03:34:14 PM
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.

robthir

#12
May 14, 2012, 09:38:57 PM
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.
R

sterling

#13
May 15, 2012, 11:57:01 AM
Average in my area is $6 LB, $8 pint, $16 quart. And is worth even more. :-D

asprince

#14
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
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AllenF

#15
May 15, 2012, 10:31:20 PM
If only to be fair to your friend.    :-D

divemaster1963

#16
May 15, 2012, 11:34:46 PM
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

WPG

#17
May 16, 2012, 12:44:46 AM
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!
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