How much money do yall speand on honey?

[Lungus]

If it says pure honey on the bottle, that's what it is, pure honey. Now if your morning cereal or favourite B-B-Que glaze has honey listed in the ingredients there is very likely a good chance that honey was watered down with corn syrup, so I can see where these statistics may be driven from.

 

[TheVenerableMead]

I read n the paper the other day. A lot of honeys r like 1/3 honey and 2/3 corn syrup.

I'm pretty sure that if it contains corn syrup or something else, it has to be labelled accordingly.

 

[mdgagne]

Just bought a 5 gallon pail (60 lbs) of locally produced raw, filtered, WF honey here in Maine for $155. That's $2.60/lb. That beats any mail order pail I could find. I was very surprised, don't rule out the local sources without checking prices first!

 

[TheNoodlerHank]

From what I read and remember from the paper is that the company's r taking out the pollen. And when they do that u can't tell if it's corn syrup or honey. They r saying there isn't enough regs on honey.

 

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[DeviantBee]

The problem from China is that it's not honey or a very weak mixture of honey. Not to mention all the antibiotics and other chemicals that they have found in it. The US government really isn't doing a very good job on controlling it's entry into the country.

I.e. Honey from china is returned to sender for being adulterated, then they "repack" it and send through Mexico, where it is admitted into the country.

Of course, it doesn't help the local beekeepers that the EPA hasn't banned the Bee killing insecticides that several other countries already have. *shrugs*

 

[DeviantBee]

If it says pure honey on the bottle, that's what it is, pure honey.

Not always... Several honeys have been bought off the shelf and tested...

 

[Brutus Brewer]

Just picked up 15 pounds for $39 ($2.60 per pound) from a local bee keeper

 

[Lungus]

Not always... Several honeys have been bought off the shelf and tested...

I'm up north here in Canada so I'm not sure if our food inspectors catch it or not. I usually buy local but for large batch melomels I have gotten no-name honey from Superstore, which is a Loblaws subsidiary. So I gotta say hmmmm.

 

[pumpkinman2012]

i usually get a 60 lb bucket of Wildflower honey for $3.00 per lb. direct from a bee keeper.
I recently got 30 lbs of orange blossom honey direct from an Orange grove in Fort Myers Florida for $3.00 per lb as well.
Great Score!

 

[TheNoodlerHank]

i usually get a 60 lb bucket of Wildflower honey for $3.00 per lb. direct from a bee keeper.
I recently got 30 lbs of orange blossom honey direct from an Orange grove in Fort Myers Florida for $3.00 per lb as well.
Great Score!

Does that orange blossom have an orangey taste to it?

 

[ivegot2legs]

I'm finally getting into mead. Mostly because I found 60 pounds of basswood for $105. I called and they're actually harvesting the day I pick up.

 

[TheNoodlerHank]

I'm finally getting into mead. Mostly because I found 60 pounds of basswood for $105. I called and they're actually harvesting the day I pick up.

Dang I was I could find a deal like that.

 

[MarshmallowBlue]

Does that orange blossom have an orangey taste to it?

The good stuff will have a slight orange twang to it, but its certainly more honey than orange. Edit: its a good all around honey.

 

[MrJames]

I got 20# of Sourwood Honey for $6.00/lb...he threw in an extra 4-5 lbs for free... I put it all into a 7g batch of Mead.

 

[TheNoodlerHank]

The good stuff will have a slight orange twang to it, but its certainly more honey than orange. Edit: its a good all around honey.

Ok thanks

 

[gratus fermentatio]

I'm about to start making mead and it's hard to find raw honey around here. Help plez

Honey prices around MT average out to about $3/lb & up. For finding a LCL honey source, you could search or you could check here:
http://www.honeylocator.com/locator/find/
Regards, GF.

 

[pumpkinman2012]

$3.00 per lb - Fresh unfiltered, straight from the bee keeper. I usually get a 5 gallon bucket fill, approx 60 lbs.