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Extraction fee

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#1 ·
What would be a fair price to pay to extract a couple supers?

I'm thinking of running this by a neighbor and would at least like to offer something.

Prices in dollars or a percent of the honey would be helpful.

I'm just trying to get a feel for this.

Thanks
 
#7 ·
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.

David
 
#9 ·
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.
 
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