Why is honey so damned expensive?

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$3.99 for a 12-oz. bottle? That used to cost $1.49.

[malta blue]

1. The bees formed a union?

:shrug:

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4. Damn pinko leftie commies. I saw those black and yellow stripes.

[malta blue]

6. LOL

:rofl:

I haven't bought honey in years - ever since I got my little one to give up on trying to drink the bear shaped bottle. She is an addict...can't keep it in the house.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Gee, I Guess The Conservatives Are Right!

Labor costs are the problem! Good One!
The Professor

[malta blue]

10. Now, if only they can get illegal bees to emigrate to the US

to produce it for less...

Oh goodness, I had better get my flame suit on...this is all in jest people!

[ProfessorGAC]

12. Now, That's Deep Thinkin'

Good plan. Let's coordinate the honey marketers and we'll figure sumpin' out, you 'n' me. We gotta make sure we don't get none of those killer bees, though. That would be bad.
The Professor

[malta blue]

20. what about the terrorist bees?

[ProfessorGAC]

26. Killer Bees = Terrorist Bees

What'dya think i was so skeared of? (Hey, it's fun writing in freeperese. Don't have to think. Don't have to spell correctly. Don't have to use proper grammar. Big fun!)
The Professor

[malta blue]

27. you can even go and get yourself a really bad haircut

And to think - those bees - they bow down to a FEMALE!

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23. Worker bees of the world unite! Overthrow your queen. All hail the hive!

[Darth_Kitten]

28. heh heh, that's what I was going to say.......

you know, and those rising pension costs. ;)

[Tyler Durden]

2. Only time I get charged that much, I'm buying pure buckwheat...

or thistle.

Where are you shopping?

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5. Vons grocery store in San Diego (chain is owned by Safeway stores)

[Tyler Durden]

13. That explains a lot.

The local Kroger in Owosso, Mich. carries it under the house brand.

Granted, it's a mix of US/Canadian/Brazilian, but it tastes like honey to me. There's a local apiary where we get a lot of oddball honeys. The Buckwheat is so good and so strong it makes a KILLER barbeque glaze.

[elperromagico]

3. A number of bees' nests took a heavy hit last hurricane season.

That's why the honey companies have been lobbying heavily for honey exploration in Alaska.

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7. So Bush wants to drill for honey in Mexico, to reduce our dependence on

foreign honey?

[elperromagico]

29. Yes, but he also wants to make honey out of corn.

Corn: Is there anything it can't do?

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30. Actually that's already happened, in a way: at KFC, if you ask for honey,

you get packets of "Honey Sauce," which are made with high fructose corn syrup, and little bit of honey, and artificial flavorings, etc.

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. I buy mine at Aldi's for about $1.59 a bottle.

:hi:

[Tyler Durden]

14. Gotta go to Aldi's.

We have one locally, but they don't accept my Debit done as Credit Card and I don't write checks much or usually carry cash.

You know most banks charge $2+ to use their debit cards at stores, but NADA to use it in the credit mode?

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. I always use mine as a credit card, even though the stores tend

to try to steer you toward debit. For Aldi's I usually take out $50, because I know it's never more than that and then I pay cash.

[Tyler Durden]

17. I do the family shopping. BIG bill.

Usually between $125-$150 every other week. GIMME DEM SALES! STOCK UP, STOCK UP!

They got good fresh veggies? Don't mind two stops.

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. While they don't have a large selection of veggies, what they do

have is excellent. I always buy my lettuce, onions, potatoes and green peppers there.

[Tyler Durden]

22. You know who always has good Red Leaf and cheap califlower?

Meijers in Michigan. Go figure.

[buddhamama]

11. because the bees hate us for our freedoms

[leftofthedial]

15. repukes deregulated the bees

and gave huge tax breaks to the queens

[SteppingRazor]

19. I'm surprised it was that cheap...

"Gettin' some honey" usually sets me back $80 for dinner and wine, $20 for a movie and then a stiff bar tab on top of all that!


Hey-o!

:rimshot:

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21. Don't you ever get stung?

[AngryAmish]

24. Have you ever tried to milk a bee?

I think not. First you have to round up the bees with a net, then you have to put them in tiny milking pens without hurting them or getting yourself stung, then you have to sit on a tiny three-legged stool and carefully milk the bees. Then pouring the honey from an individual bee into a bigger bucket takes forever because honey flows so slowly.

I tell you I spent some long hours on the bee farm keeping the likes of you in honey. Now when us bee wranglers finally make a few bucks you start complaining, you ingrates.

[MrsMatt]

25. Parasitic mites

decimate the colonies. Fewer honeybees means lower production.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varroa_destructor

[badgerpup]

33. DING DING DING DING!!!!

Wish there was something they could do about that...
Honey's awful spendy when you have to buy 18-20 lbs at a time for mead-making.

I get mine at Costco, so it ain't too bad, but there's not a lot of variety in the flavor.
LOVE to make mead with some buckwheat honey...see how that turns out.

[Deja Q]

31. Because most honeys have their price?

:yoiks:

[Generator]

32. Bee spit don't come easy, honey!

[ElboRuum]

34. Africanized Honeybees...

Apparently the beekeepers in southwestern apiaries are getting hazard pay. It's driving up costs.

:yoiks:

Well, OK, maybe not really.