Poly Hive
Queen Bee
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2008
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- Location
- Scottish Borders
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 12 and 18 Nucs
Can some one check this please?
Just done a bit of research here.
Th**nes are saying for 1lb of wax they will give you 3 and 3/4 sheets of National brood. Their standard foundation sells at £7-62 per ten sheets so as they round up their sheets, very generous of them one pound of the bee-keepers wax is worth they say, £3-05 or 76.2p times 4.
Generous hmm?
I would like some one to check my calc but as far as I can see that is what it works out at.
So my £11 odd ten years ago is not looking so very dusty? 10 years ago I was selling 35 grams of wax at 90p which gives a cost of £25.71 per kilo or for easier working £11-69 per lb.
At the time it was worth more to me in clean form than traded for foundation. A deal I always thought suspect and never did.
PH
Just done a bit of research here.
Th**nes are saying for 1lb of wax they will give you 3 and 3/4 sheets of National brood. Their standard foundation sells at £7-62 per ten sheets so as they round up their sheets, very generous of them one pound of the bee-keepers wax is worth they say, £3-05 or 76.2p times 4.
Generous hmm?
I would like some one to check my calc but as far as I can see that is what it works out at.
So my £11 odd ten years ago is not looking so very dusty? 10 years ago I was selling 35 grams of wax at 90p which gives a cost of £25.71 per kilo or for easier working £11-69 per lb.
At the time it was worth more to me in clean form than traded for foundation. A deal I always thought suspect and never did.
PH
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