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- From: Becky Bollinger <beckyalis AT gmail.com>
- To: "Orange County, NC Beekeepers" <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [ocba] [Fwd: [Fwd: Re: Honey]]
- Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 15:35:00 -0400
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- From: tom wright <twright AT vicksbug.com>
- To: Becky Bollinger <beckyalis AT gmail.com>
- Subject: [Fwd: Re: [ocba] Honey]
- Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 14:40:21 -0400
Here it is. You might want to pass on to potential vendors.
Tom
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Subject: Re: [ocba] Honey Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 17:16:25 -0400 From: tom wright <twright AT vicksbug.com> Reply-To: twright AT vicksburg.com To: Laudemans <chrisandlisa AT laudeman.com> References: 4822E79E.7060709 AT gmail.com"><4822E79E.7060709 AT gmail.com> <052601c8b45a$86d1c590$0201a8c0@URSAMAJOR>
Laudemans wrote: >Hi, > >We harvested our first round of honey yesterday......43 pounds from 14 >shallow super frames. > >We have many folks that would like to buy the honey but we are unsure of >what to charge. Do any of you have any suggestions for pricing our honey? > >Thanks, > >The Laudemans > >_______________________________________________ >ocba mailing list >North Carolina Beekeeping >http://www.theocba.org/ > > > > > First, you need a nice label. A catchy title is locality, such as Orange county or Brushy Creek etc Wildflower Honey on the top line in bold caps. Follow with: This 1980 100% pure natural wildflower honey contains wildflower pollen and has not been pressure filtered or heated in normal type. Follow with your name address, phone number and email (generates new customers and helps repeats find you again. Use clip-art to put a few bees, a skep or flower border on label for color. You can print on stick-on label sheets. I think there are nine or twelve/sheet. You can use clean used (no label glue residue: put through dishwasher and 10% chlorox dip rinse and thoroughly inspect before using )glass mayonaisse or pickle jars so long as they are standard measure, qts, pts, etc. Watch out for odd sizes such as 3 cup=28 oz). Always use new white lids, obtainable from bee suppliers or you can purchase jars and plastic "honey bear" containers. Standard mason jars from Grocery are fine but expensive and you have to leave rings on and rings are hard to find, although you will pay shipping on things from bee suppliers. Comparison shop. I have been known to pilfer jars from recycle bins to hold costs down. After you bottle be sure and skim off any foam. Inspect each bottle for stray bee parts or wax debris. Now for cost. You are selling a premium product but still have to be reasonably competitive. Go to Wally world or other grocery and price the honey. You will find it is sold by weight but you are selling yours by volume. Buy a jar and measure the volume. You can then convert the price to fluid oz. That will give you a ballpark. Look at the labels of the honey you buy. Find one that says something like, "May contain honey from China, Mexico, Viet Nam, etc) Not that there's necessarily anything wrong with it, but one never knows. Show this label to purchasers. It will keep them coming back. Don't forget to use the cappings and old comb for candles or to trade in for foundation. Congrats on what appears to be an excellent early harvest and I trust that you put the empty frames back on the hives for refill! Good Luck, Tom Wright
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- [ocba] [Fwd: [Fwd: Re: Honey]], Becky Bollinger, 05/21/2008
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