For those of you who sell your honey at fairs or the like, may I suggest that
you try bottling a few one pound jars right from the extractor. There are
always a few people who want everything as natural as possable.
 
I explain that there are bits of wax, propolis, pollen and possably an
occasional bee leg in with the honey (I try to keep out the stray bee that
winds up in the extracting process). I charge 50 cents more for a pound of
this super raw honey.
 
There was an article in "Bee Culture Magazine" a few years ago about a fellow
who sell's his honey this way and calls it "Really Raw Honey"
 
For any of those who do educational programs on beekeeping may I suggest
this.
 
Last month I did a family progaram at our local Audubon Center  one Saturday
afternoon on extracting honey. Your average person has no idea how the
beekeeper gets the honey from the hives to the jar. This program was well
attended. I also picked up some more steady honey customers.
 
I took a two frame extractor, a few frames of honey a uncapping knife and
some paper cups. As the frames were uncapped I let the kids take turns
cranking the extractor doing all the hard work as I spoke to the group and
answered questions. At the end of the program everyone got to take home a
paper cup of honey from the program. Needless to say  everyone thought that
the honey was the best that they had ever tasted.
 
 
 
Ralph Harrison
Western Connecticut Bekeepers Association
Milford, CT USA