> Your comments on the situation are the first I've read which shed > any light on this "magical" disappearance of Chinese honey. Can you > shed any further light on the subject? > An interesting comment was made at our convention. I've wondered about repeating it, but will if all understand it is just an anecdote and not substantiated. Someone asked a speaker if the increasing prices of honey were being passed on to Chinese peasants who produce it. Apparently an official inside that country had been asked the same question and the reply had been to the effect that if the prices paid to producers in the country exceed the price of sugar there they would have a quality problem. Just like the good old USA? ;-) (Ease off, patriots, I'm just kidding - (I think)) Regards Allen W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper VE6CFK RR#1, Swalwell, Alberta Canada T0M 1Y0 Internet:[log in to unmask] Honey. Bees, Art, & Futures <http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~dicka>