Propolis in Oz?

[chorrylan]

Is there a market for Propolis here in Australia?
Is anyone collecting and selling it?
If so.. to whom?

Quite a few retailers seem to be selling propolis mats but a google search looking for someone to sell it to is much less productive

[divemaster1963]

check with your local herbalist.  i sell mine to them. they use it in tenurs. you may have to figure a fair price for it. I know it goes retail for about 4.00 us dollars for a half ounch if cleaned and graded.


john

[Andersonhoney]

There is a market for it here, but it's hard to compete with the cheap Asian import product. How many hives are you running with propolis mats.?

[chorrylan]

. How many hives are you running with propolis mats.?

I don't have any prop mats yet.. I'm curious and trying to decide if it makes sense to do so.



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[Andersonhoney]

It should be a good autumn for it. Good luck.

[rawfind]

Is there a market for Propolis here in Australia?
Is anyone collecting and selling it?
If so.. to whom?

Quite a few retailers seem to be selling propolis mats but a google search looking for someone to sell it to is much less productive

If there  is i have one hive that has always made heaps of the stuff, dont know  why they make so much but its been like that for 5 years now, maybe its the location?

[PhilK]

If there  is i have one hive that has always made heaps of the stuff, dont know  why they make so much but its been like that for 5 years now, maybe its the location?

I think it's just individual variation - I have two hives side by side and one produces much more propolis than the other.