Extracted my first honey

[Cars]

I have today extracted my first honey and surprisingly the kitchen floor is not too bad !!!! My wife is very surprised at how little mess I made, although I still think that the floor will need another wash.

The question that I would appreciate comment and views on, is -- How much does one sell a pound of honey for ? From what I have heard it is about £5 to £6 a jar, is that right ? I should add that I only have a few jars, 3 frames worth, so am unlikley to impact the value of Honey Futures.

All comments would be very much appreciated.

 

[Onge]

Same I don't get any honey on the floor and I sell for £5 a lb. I have done for the past 4 years so I think I should put my price up a bit.

Grats on the First harvest it's great isn't it

 

[huntsman666]

A bit early to be taking their honey as they may need it if this weather continues.

 

[Cars]

I only took 3 frames from the top super. The second super is nearly full and they are storing in the brood box. Lots and lots of bees and loads on nectar coming in !

 

[TOBY-3652]

Selling mine for £3-00 a pound mates £3-25 and someone i knows selling for £3-50 thats the going rate around here

 

[oliver90owner]

A bit early to be taking their honey

One might even say a bit late - if it includes any OSR.

There is likely quite a bit of honey in the brood box for their current needs - one of the down-sides to running 14 x 12s (if one is looking for maximum production). That said, there is no reason why the beekeeper should not be monitoring stores levels whenever there is a period of inclement weather or dearth of forage. It is all part of my inspections.

RAB

 

[Poly Hive]

£3 a pound?

You are having a giraffe aye?

Double it please.

PH

 

[VEG]

I agree £3 a lb is way too cheap.

 

[freethorpe bees]

 

[Rosti]

Horses for courses peeps.

PH I am guessing that you are in a position to actively market and are in a full time role that positively targets contact with the public on the back of which you can sell your honey - and good on you. In such a circumstance continuous marketing and sales effort is a fine fit and so is £6 / lb.

For me selling from home I don't want to be constantly answering the door and having polite conversations about bees with strangers, I want to shift it quick and get back to normality, hence £3.50 / lb, sell the lot in a couple of weeks and get the sign down again (actually £10 / 3lb is a common multiple I sell at).
Others will be in the middle ground and some will be giving a shop keeper a margin as well, what mark-up do they take 30%?

We'll all decide on our input effort, our reason for sale and set our price, there is no wrong price, simply what suits. R

 

[For want of a better word]

Market forces.... If I lived down the road from you I would have to give it away for free to put you out of business and then push the price up to £6 per jar to recoup my losses.
Scandalous maybe, but a £3 per Lb I can not see any way that you are covering cost, not that I am suggesting you should as a hobby beekeeper profit from beekeeping, just price the product sensibly... or give it away to friends and family ( that is where most of mine goes!!)

 

[TOBY-3652]

Wish i could sell for more than £3-00 within a ten mile radious i can think of 8 people selling and the dearest is £3-75 a pound and thats in a country store shop i know who supplies and he gets £ 2-75 so if i put mine to £5-00 a jar i wouldnt sell any at all

 

[Foxylad]

I moved to Norfolk three months ago, the going rate round hear is £3.50lb. Thats the price in the butchers and the local village.

The next door neighbour said she payed £3.50 last year and felt ripped off!!

 

[For want of a better word]

Curious as to why honey is only £3 per lb in Lincs?

How much is a large Cornish pasty up there?

 

[VEG]

I was offered £3 lb for bulk in a bucket!

 

[For want of a better word]

I was offered £3 lb for bulk in a bucket!

Did that include the bucket!
??​

 

[VEG]

I get buckets cheap lol

 

[Baggyone]

Boston - £5.00 a lb minimum in where i work and at the cafe we supply. Another beek sells his elsewhere in the town for less I think but thats his choice. He does manuka honey and various single flower honeys (which I simply cannot achieve) not sure of his cost price to shops of course.
There are other beeks selling to a health food shop but they mainly do 12oz jars where the price exceeds £6.00 a jar.

However, the OP says that he wishes to sell his honey and get back to normality. Sorry your a beekeeper now and normality has gone forever.

 

[fincaazul]

You are selling for too little. The cost of hive, foundation, frames, extractor, and many hours of attention should command a premium price. At £4.00 a jar I am asked why it is so cheap, but I sell a lot

 

[viridens]

Manuka! Liquid gold £12 a jar? I wish some PR or ad agency could do a similar job for good honest UK honey and talk up the benefits (and price!)