mark berninghausen wrote:

>That's quite a good price, Randy. You must live in an area where alot of people can pay well and are demanding of the honey they consume. Good for you.
>
We have a vibrant natural foods community to sell to.

>   
>  What are your "organic " standards? Are your bees foraging on an organically grown floral source? Are you "Certified Organic"? Or self certified?
>
I don't call it organic--I was being brief for the List.  I tell buyers 
that I cannot obtain organic certification, since my bees forage locally 
over houses in the country, where someone may spray.  Otherwise, I use 
no synthetic miticides, and process in a 90°F room without additional 
heat (for my "natural" honey).  That seems to be good enough for the 
buyers.  However, the main selling point is always the word "local."

>  You must be well situated to be able to sit on drums of honey until the price goes up. I've heard of such folks, but never met one.
>
Not by choice--I pool my drums with a friend who sells by the semi 
load.  I'm waiting on him, and he will wait for a good price.  When the 
price spiked to $1.50 two years ago, he was sitting on 300 drums of 
honey worth about $1000 each.  The proceeds paid for his new 9000 sq ft 
honey house, heated by a geothermal well.
Randy

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