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Our youngest used to enjoy a 3am breakfast. I can’t for the life of me figure out why I put up with that 💩
I remember holding our first on my chest, wedged into the couch to keep us away from sleeping mum, until 2am when he fell asleep. Rewoke at 5am for a feed. Given to mum while I staggered off for 2 hours shuteye then off to work.
Got caught by boss staring at the pc screen through closed eyelids. How did we survive.
$4 is definitely not the norm for Manuka Mono 5+.
If there is so much honey in sheds, then why do those with stock not advertise or post the availability on a site like this?
it’s advertised on Facebook .
You sound like you don’t believe there’s a lot of honey in sheds ?
We have two seasons of honey in our extractors shed along with 2 seasons of other beekeepers honey.
Airborne are paying $3kg for dark polyfloral and up to $5 for good dew.
if I had polyfloral I’d rather tip it into a hole than sell it for that price.
Having said that at least Airborne are buying so if you are desperate to sell there’s some kind of money to be had there.
I think that statement rules out him being PB. PB is well aware of the honey mountain, and of the futility of certain types of advertising.
Ok are people selling at $3 to Airborne or is is just an offer? So where is the $4 for Manuka Mono 5+ being offered?
Not sure what PB means? If using every opportunity to advertise your available stock is futile, then stop complaining about the price and lack of sales.
That was my own gut feeling also Grant
.But, I've been known to be wrong before so didn't want to speculate
im not going to name names but will say it’s more than one buyer
yes people are selling for $3kg
I have also seen recent deals done by Airborne for a lot more than $3. It surprises me that they would bother if they have easy availability at $3?
Assume the $4 for Manuka 5+ Mono cannot be substantiated?
I can substantiate both prices as I personally know beekeepers who have both been offered and sold at those prices.
im not in the habit of telling porkies
I can't blame the desperate beekeepers who sell for that sort of price but that cheap honey ends up undercutting others who have paid a reasonable price and so the downward spiral continues. I agree with you on the manuka situation as well. There is tons of it out there that hasn't been sold and prices are way down. Such is the reality of a falling market because nobody wants to get stuck with $10 million worth of honey that's suddenly worth a few million less.
Good point John. On a falling market packers will clearly only buy as needed. Can't blame them for that.
With all due respect ..... Airborne offered us $6.50 for our Rata this year ..... we declined as we got a better offer elsewhere ...... I apologise for my lack of loyalty !
Honey Dew is trading for $5 plus .....
The issue seems to be the generic New Zealand Bush honey that is neither Manuka or Clover ...... the honey being produced by the half a million boomer hives who saw dollar bills dangling from Kanuka trees.
The secret , as ever, is to produce what the market wants .
We don’t produce Rata so don’t know those prices.
I did say earlier in the thread $5 for good dew .
I did say earlier in the thread $5 for good dew .
Which is also the honey that I enjoy the most.
The issue with it is inconsistency. It's make up can vary from one season to another, and one place to another. So the packer does not know what he is getting.
All the same, if i want some honey for my toast, give me a nice bush blend.
Just gonna add to that, in the retail outlets where I sell my bush blend, it outsells the other honeys, and has a loyal following who regularly buy it.