The price of honey depends on several factors. Among them - the type of product, its useful properties, sales region and even "age". The cost of honey is also influenced by weather conditions, which determine how successful a particular season was for beekeepers.
Honey to honey - strife
There are elite varieties of honey that can be mined only in a certain region, therefore the highest price is set for such honey. So, chestnut honey, extracted only in the Krasnodar Territory, stands in the districts remote from the south of Russia of the order of 1500-2000 rubles. per kg, while in Krasnodar itself and the environs it can be bought for both 400 and 500 rubles. per kg, according to advertisements on the Internet.
Wild honey also belongs to elite varieties of honey. This extremely healthy variety is distinguished by the fact that it ripens without human intervention and therefore contains more vitamins and trace elements than traditional varieties. All the time before extraction, it is stored in the honeycomb of the hive, so it turns out to be thick and concentrated. It is appropriate to set an adequate price tag for such honey, and although most proposals end with the phrase "negotiable price", with a clear conscience this variety can be offered for 1300-1500 rubles. per kg.
Another expensive and rare type of honey is with royal jelly. The healing properties of royal jelly are legendary: it both rejuvenates and is a cancer prevention, has antimicrobial and bactericidal properties. In combination with honey, royal jelly is able to work wonders for human health, so the price from 1000 r. per kg is quite justified.
The average price is around 500-900 rubles. per kg - it is appropriate to put on such varieties of honey as lime, acacia, taiga herbs. These are traditionally high-quality varieties that are often found in bee production.
The lowest cost - from 300 rubles. per kg of product - in the following types of honey: melilot, buckwheat, herbs (Altai). They are the most common and relatively easy to obtain by humans.
The farther from the apiary, the more expensive
The more distant the sales region is from the honey production region, the more expensive honey is. In this sense, buyers from the north of Russia were not lucky, where honey prices reach their maximum. However, taking into account the delivery costs, and also remembering that the northerners have higher salaries than in the land of honey producers, an increase in the price of this useful product is quite appropriate.
Honey of lower prices is also on sale (less than 300 rubles per kg). In this case, most likely, the product is diluted with sugar, water or even condensed milk. Another option is old honey, which was pumped out more than 2 years ago. It is ethical to warn the buyer about these cases and sell such honey at a lower price.
In the production of honey, there are good seasons when the weather was favorable and the bees did a great job, and unsuccessful ones, when, due to the rains, flowers and herbs did not grow very violently. It is clear that honey is sold more expensive in bad seasons.
Ultimately, only the seller can know the truth about his product - did he buy honey from the Altai people who collected it in 2010 and lazily waited for a buyer to appear, did he dilute his honey with "left" substances, how many resources does he have? spent providing honey delivery to the regions of sale. Therefore, the question "At what price to sell honey?" largely remains on the conscience of the seller himself.
