Greetings
Yesterday I sent out a message about the availability of honey by the
bucket. David responded with some additional information that I
included below. So far, we have enough response for about three
buckets. Hopefully this message will spark your interest and make you
think about mead and take some action to gather raw ingredients to do
so.
...When I responded yesterday I was out of the office for the day and
couldn't give you much of an answer via my blackberry. All our honey is
from our own bees. We live in Champlin and have hives here, in the Rush
City area and up by our lake home up near Park Rapids. We sell to
everyone from our neighbors, homebrew clubs, food coop's, wholesale
barrels, and etc. This is a sideline business for us. We had approx. 60
hives this last year and are committed to just under 100 hives for 2009.
The honey I sell to the clubs and etc. is clover/ basswood honey (light
in color and very tasty). The Honey from our bee yards up by lake place
is mostly sun flower which is sold wholesale to our Wisconsin connection
who has a direct market for it....
So there you have it direct from the bee keeper. The price is pretty
decent at $95 per 5 gallon bucket (60 pounds). Let me know if you want
in on this and we will arrange for delivery to a club meeting.
Sincerely,
Rick Oftel BJS
(Brewer, Gentleman, and Sailor)
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