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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 
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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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