Hi  billy bee
 
I am a Beekeeper in South Africa
 
   Well, It seems that everybody else charges for everything that they
do.
 
  My 2 cents worth? Never charge UNLESS, its a really difficult one.
Then
>  charge a token fee just for all the trouble.
 
We charge for every swarm we remove minimum price if I just have to
walk in and take away a swarm that has moved into a carton or
something R95.00 (+- $21.00) if its in a tree or house and pretty
easy R185.00 ( $40.00) the higher I climb and the harder the more I
charge.
 
I have even come up with a brilliant idea 4 years ago and that is I
charge to place out catch hives at hotels and houses that have a
constant problem with bees, this works brilliantly as when the hives
are full client phones and we collect within 14 days, here I charged
yearly depending on how many boxes I think are necessary starts from
roughly R250.00 ($55.00) per year to R1500 ($300).
 
Everyone has to live
 
Dave
 
Dave Du Toit
Amrit Apiaries
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