In a message dated 3/9/99 5:43:53 PM EST, [log in to unmask] writes:
 
> My thoughts - If you treat your honey like a commodity product, then don't
be
>  surprised if you can only get commodity prices for it.
>
   The commodity honey is on the shelves of the big foreign owned supermarkets
here in Connecticut USA. (Shaws, Stop and Shop)
It is my benchmark- If I can't put a better than supermarket flavored honey in
a jar then I feed it back to the bees and sell a few nucs.  I can get $10 US
for a qt jar direct and I get $8 from my retailers who keep a dozen jars on
the counter for me.
    I only keep 30 colonies and I think I would damn near cry if I had to sell
honey in  55 gallon drums at the prices the big guys get.  I guess they have
to sell pollination or go belly up.