> explain to  customers why cheap honey  around 
> $1.00 a pound in drums is likely from outside the USA. 

There is a more general rule of thumb that applies here:

Food from China, that isn't Chinese food, isn't FOOD at all!


Here's the story of the day on that subject from the
Chicago Tribune:

http://tinyurl.com/4rzyj4
or
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-coffee-recall_satsep27,0,
1265148.story


But the specific answer to your question can be found in
the "price per ton" data.

Excel Spreadsheets, including 2007 data:
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/Sugar/Data.htm

For data from 2006 and earlier:
http://apitrack.com/noticias/honeyreport052006prices_en_open.htm

The 2006 data above may be much easier to use, in 
that it shows prices paid for each nation's honey,
in prices per ton.

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