First honey harvest.

[Webby]

Holy cow ! in $ NZ, that's about $29.40 / kilo

Factory honey in the shop here is $ 21 > 26 (This is multiflora, & not manuka with any activity value )

If I sell bulk to a processor. maybe $10.5 > 12 a kilo

would you be interested in fogging a coupe of 300 k drums off ?

As I only have two hives you might have to wait a few years!

 

[Webby]

when does the chestnut come out? I have quite a few sweet chestnut trees near one of my apairies.

Chestnut is and has been out over a week in the south east

 

[deanrpwaacs]

I have 70-80lb of dark yellow pungent honey from the tail end of last season . Still cant work out what it is . Very strong smelling . Not very nice at all . With the lack of nectar around i may feed it back to them .

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[Beefriendly]

(This is multiflora, & not manuka with any activity value

What exactly is it they measure for this manuka activity. I know it's something to do with antibiotic activity, but my understanding stops there.
No disrespect to New Zealand producers, but it's one hell of a price....I'd love to get that amount of money for my honey. Top ones sell for over £30 for 250g jars over here.
As an English honey seller Manuka is a dirty word in my vocabulary

 

[masterBK]

deanrpwaaca. Your dark yellow pungent honey may well be ragwort. Ideal honey to give your least favoured relatives if you run out of privet honey!

 

[deanrpwaacs]

deanrpwaaca. Your dark yellow pungent honey may well be ragwort. Ideal honey to give your least favoured relatives if you run out of privet honey!

Tastes ok but it has a smell about it . Its a lot to give away to the people i dont like [emoji2]

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[ladaok]

What exactly is it they measure for this manuka activity. I know it's something to do with antibiotic activity, but my understanding stops there.
No disrespect to New Zealand producers, but it's one hell of a price....I'd love to get that amount of money for my honey. Top ones sell for over £30 for 250g jars over here.
As an English honey seller Manuka is a dirty word in my vocabulary

there are new trial standards, up for discussion, published by MPI, ( ministry of primary industries ) this whole debate on what is ' MANUKA ' honey is, and how to identify it's quality &c The whole manuka industry is corrupt!!! ...where's there is BIG money, there's bad people ...RIGHT ? If this isn't sorted,it will leave a nasty taste in many mouths, and stain our reputation as great honey, ... so bang go any good export opportunities

https://www.mpi.govt.nz/growing-and-producing/bees-and-other-insects/manuka-honey/

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/far...ka-honey-definition-to-deal-with-fraud-claims

we now have the Aussies claiming that there honey from 'manuka ' type trees
is more potet than ours, ...what next ?

 

[REDWOOD]

The one thing I regret is never saving one jar from every harvest, just to see how the colour and consistency changes from year to year. Something you don't think about when you start. I would have had thirty five different jars by now!
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[Zante]

Pure chestnut honey is very bitter.

I'm planning to put a hive in a chestnut grove once I have more experience under my belt. I love that stuff!

 

[Jonathan]

As I only have two hives you might have to wait a few years!

I think he meant for him not to him

 

[Webby]

Holy cow ! in $ NZ, that's about $29.40 / kilo

Factory honey in the shop here is $ 21 > 26 (This is multiflora, & not manuka with any activity value )

If I sell bulk to a processor. maybe $10.5 > 12 a kilo

would you be interested in fogging a coupe of 300 k drums off ?

Yeah send it over. I'll pay once it's all sold ok