>You ask me for $8.00 a lb. and up and the burden of proof is on you.  You 
are no longer on a "conventional playing field."

I couldn't agree more.  If anything, I might want to phrase that point more 
strongly.  Generally speaking, I think $8/lb is ridiculous.  I sell my 
certified-only-by-me-and-according-to-my-own-standards organic honey for 
$9.50/quart at the farmers market.  That's my idea of a fair and reasonable 
price, and almost everyone that's even interested in local honey (around 
here) seems to find it very acceptable.

But I wasn't trying to prove that organic honey is worth any kind of 
premium.  I was trying to say that a good model of organic beekeeping 
success might not meet the standards of 500+ hives, a full-time living, and 
almond pollination--and that not meeting those standards shouldn't 
necessarily detract from its successfulness.

Eric

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