I expect to feed my bees sucrose this fall and have been been looking
around for cheap sugar. I will need about 500 lbs dry weight.  Better
Bee (near Albany NY) offers bulk sugar for around $0.25 but they are
out of it. Restaurant suppliers actually charge more than supermarkets!
So far, the best I can do is US$0.28 per lb at a chain called Aldi.
 
About 25 years ago, there was a sugar shortage in the USA that made
it clear that the price of cane sugar in the US was significantly
higher than that of the rest of the world. I remember that the price
had reached $0.40 per lb. in the US but that Mexican supermarkets had
offered it for only $0.08. Right now, US sugar at the commodity market
(112,000 lbs) sells for about $0.225 per lb while world sugar sells
for about $0.11.
 
I live within a 2 hour drive of the border. Would one of our Canadian
BEE-l subscribers let me know what sugar costs in Canada? It might be
well worth my trip.
 
 
Conrad Sigona
Newport, New York  (smack in the middle of the state)
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