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Title: What are bees worth?
Post by: Understudy on April 17, 2007, 04:05:06 pm

http://www.columbiatribune.com/2007/Apr/20070416Life002.asp (http://www.columbiatribune.com/2007/Apr/20070416Life002.asp)


The nursery rhyme on what a swarm is worth.


Sincerely,
Brendhan

Title: Re: What are bees worth?
Post by: imabkpr on April 17, 2007, 06:50:27 pm

The serious side--until the last 3 or so years the asking price for a 2 story colony of bees was in dollars, the amount that the honey packer was paying for a pound of honey in cents.

If the packer paid .80 cents a pound for honey, a 2 story colony of bees was worth $80 dollars   Charlie