I think the 'fair' price depends a great deal on (1) the beekeeper's price
for a one-pound container and (2) how anxious she is to sell pails.

In my case I prefer to not sell pails and my one-pound (wholesale) price is
$2.30 a pound.  I sell several pails (more than 12 and fewer than 100) for
$2 a pound and have not had any complaints.  One of the large packers nearby
will deliver a pallet of 24 pails at a price that works out to $1.35 a
pound, but that honey is labeled 'product of US, Argentina, and China'.

-- 
Lloyd Spear
Owner Ross Rounds, Inc.
Manufacture of equipment for round comb honey sections,
Sundance Pollen Traps, and producer of Sundance custom labels.
Contact your dealer or www.RossRounds.com

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