Matt, for eight years I have been getting 5.00 per super if I keep the cappings and 7.00 per if the customer wants the cappings. Currently I have 15 customers every year +/-. I love my bees but for reasons I cannot explain extracting season is most relaxing to me.
I agree with Michael too, I have been known to barter extracting for a portion of the honey.
I wouldn't do it for any of the rates listed on previous posts. I had a guy ask me to do 14 supers. 14 X 35 = 490lbs.
490 X $.10 a pound is $49.
$1 a frame --- 14 X 9 frames = $126.00 what about the handling of empty and partial frames?
$5. a box = $70.
On a small scale these rates would not pay me a living wage to even setup and cleanup the equipment, much less equipment rental. Maybe on a big scale of thousands of pounds.
Extracting other beekeepers honey is a major effort. I use to extract six other sideline beekeepers honey while trying to extract my own. It makes an already very busy harvest time that much busier. Over the years I have always charged between fifteen and twenty cents per pound of honey extracted. Some beekeepers I know charge as high as thirty cents per pound.
does your local bee club rent a extractor ? are bee club rents one for $10 a day good luck
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