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<blockquote data-quote="frazzledfozzle" data-source="post: 12333" data-attributes="member: 57"><p>Yes agree [USER=30]@tristan[/USER] the opportunities are not like they used to be.</p><p>what’s the point in working your ring off just to store honey in someone’s shed Or be paid a pittance for it.</p><p></p><p>If the opportunities were still there you would have no problem selling hives.</p><p></p><p>Back when we first started we Worked for a commercial operator and bought a few hives which we split from each season building slowly.</p><p>we worked in the winters at the local fish factory.</p><p></p><p>We got paid under $3kg for our honey.</p><p></p><p>The difference today is compliance costs, costs of running a business and good old cost of living have all gone though the roof but the price of honey now post manuka boom is $4kg.</p><p></p><p>what’s the point in carrying on ?</p><p>we will keep going because we still make enough money from other beekeeping avenues other than honey But we are and always have been a small diversified beekeeping outfit.</p><p></p><p>Theres no way I would get into beekeeping today that’s for sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="frazzledfozzle, post: 12333, member: 57"] Yes agree [USER=30]@tristan[/USER] the opportunities are not like they used to be. what’s the point in working your ring off just to store honey in someone’s shed Or be paid a pittance for it. If the opportunities were still there you would have no problem selling hives. Back when we first started we Worked for a commercial operator and bought a few hives which we split from each season building slowly. we worked in the winters at the local fish factory. We got paid under $3kg for our honey. The difference today is compliance costs, costs of running a business and good old cost of living have all gone though the roof but the price of honey now post manuka boom is $4kg. what’s the point in carrying on ? we will keep going because we still make enough money from other beekeeping avenues other than honey But we are and always have been a small diversified beekeeping outfit. Theres no way I would get into beekeeping today that’s for sure. [/QUOTE]
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