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<blockquote data-quote="James" data-source="post: 12319" data-attributes="member: 212"><p>Hmm .... Matters of concern ..... we been quite busy lately . What with the Big MAN truck being still out of action the little Beanie truck has been doing o vertime getting the last of the honey home ..... and then we got an invite to shake bees for packeages to Canada, so we cracked in and did that as it was quite a good way of shrinking the bee population rapidly so we did'nt have to feed the hives so much.....</p><p></p><p>And it got me thinkng. Live bees are worth $50/kg to us, and we shake about 750 gm per hive . They go into a package and get shipped over to the prairies where the Canadians pay $238 per package of 1kg bees plus a queen.</p><p>Old mate over there tells me that is goood value as hives with live bees in them are trading for between $350 and $400.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, down here I can't even give my hives away. Old mate suggested I book a refrigerated container and send them upto him .</p><p>Interesting.</p><p></p><p>But seriously .... if anyone wants 1300 colonies for next to nothing, give me a call.</p><p>I have a ticket outta God Z Own for begiining of May, and something needs to happen to them or they'll become another statistic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James, post: 12319, member: 212"] Hmm .... Matters of concern ..... we been quite busy lately . What with the Big MAN truck being still out of action the little Beanie truck has been doing o vertime getting the last of the honey home ..... and then we got an invite to shake bees for packeages to Canada, so we cracked in and did that as it was quite a good way of shrinking the bee population rapidly so we did'nt have to feed the hives so much..... And it got me thinkng. Live bees are worth $50/kg to us, and we shake about 750 gm per hive . They go into a package and get shipped over to the prairies where the Canadians pay $238 per package of 1kg bees plus a queen. Old mate over there tells me that is goood value as hives with live bees in them are trading for between $350 and $400. Meanwhile, down here I can't even give my hives away. Old mate suggested I book a refrigerated container and send them upto him . Interesting. But seriously .... if anyone wants 1300 colonies for next to nothing, give me a call. I have a ticket outta God Z Own for begiining of May, and something needs to happen to them or they'll become another statistic. [/QUOTE]
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