Would anyone here be interested in wild raw honey? First of all, I can assure you that the honey is 99.99% pure (100% is not possible lol). Its raw honey and only filtered through multiple layers (traditional clothing filtration process). Nothing else is added. I can actually attest to this. I’ve seen bee keepers at work at their homes. I had some photographs of an uncle at work but I seemed to have deleted them to clear some memory.
Anyway the reason I’m posting about this now is because this December (probably next week, I’m currently not in my best health) I’ll be going to my grampa’s village which is located in a very rural area in the hills where there is no cell reception. The villagers communicate using radio handsets The nearest town is about 40mins to over an hour depending on the weather. If it rains then it’s almost impossible to traverse on the roads using motor vehicles. That’s how rural it is. I live in North-East India btw.
Before going into a deeper discussion about the honey I want to talk about the honey being sold by branded private companies in India. You already know that their TOP priority is to make profit and often they will resort to whatever means necessary. There are also local honey in which sellers out of greed add candle wax. That’s how they are able to keep the prices lower than actual. I’ll just link an article by The Hindu with some quotes from the article.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...t-finds-cse-investigation/article33230094.ece
"10 out of 13 honey brands fail ‘purity test’, finds CSE investigation"
Those are the main differences between the honey being sold by corporate companies to make profits and villagers selling surplus to help support their family. The surplus is mostly provided to non-local mahajons with connections to manufacturers and they supply to them via Guwahati-Assam and Dimapur-Nagaland (since these two towns have railways).
Now let’s talk about the prices. From what I know local honey prices go up and down depending on the climate. Private companies are able to keep the prices virtually unchanged or raise a bit higher because of the foreign ingredients to keep costs down. I believe the price is lowest during summer/spring. I paid 1000rs for a litre of honey (bought it from a relative) over a year ago during the summer season when I went there. Also pure honey is very expensive when sold in exhibition. I’ve seen 500ml bottles being sold for 750 rs and not lower.
I honestly don’t know how much it will cost right now being winter and how much you guys will be willing to pay for it. I’m sharing with you guys because many of you live in the cities and I honestly don’t think that you will have access to cleaner and better food. Also supply will be limited. Bees don’t go producing honey every day.
For packing, I will use clean transparent plastic bottles with bubble wrap/sponge/styro whatever is available at value prices.
Shipping will be extra but I’m not sure how much. It will obviously depend on the weight and distance. I want to make it buyer’s preference so there is no complaint about shipping issues. You will receive an image of the shipping receipt.
I will of course be charging extra fees for my time and energy and material cost (for packing). I will need to travel to and fro at least once a week (in case you guys are interested) mainly due to the fact that communication by phone is virtually impossible. My role here is to act as the middleman (who will take orders and ship) and I don't think that I will make any profit from this. The price is already high as it is. I might be open to voluntary donation.
Let me know what you guys think.
AMA!
Anyway the reason I’m posting about this now is because this December (probably next week, I’m currently not in my best health) I’ll be going to my grampa’s village which is located in a very rural area in the hills where there is no cell reception. The villagers communicate using radio handsets The nearest town is about 40mins to over an hour depending on the weather. If it rains then it’s almost impossible to traverse on the roads using motor vehicles. That’s how rural it is. I live in North-East India btw.
Before going into a deeper discussion about the honey I want to talk about the honey being sold by branded private companies in India. You already know that their TOP priority is to make profit and often they will resort to whatever means necessary. There are also local honey in which sellers out of greed add candle wax. That’s how they are able to keep the prices lower than actual. I’ll just link an article by The Hindu with some quotes from the article.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...t-finds-cse-investigation/article33230094.ece
"10 out of 13 honey brands fail ‘purity test’, finds CSE investigation"
(For context, honey is said to boost immunity hence they are even more popular this year because of the covid pandemic).
Those are the main differences between the honey being sold by corporate companies to make profits and villagers selling surplus to help support their family. The surplus is mostly provided to non-local mahajons with connections to manufacturers and they supply to them via Guwahati-Assam and Dimapur-Nagaland (since these two towns have railways).
Now let’s talk about the prices. From what I know local honey prices go up and down depending on the climate. Private companies are able to keep the prices virtually unchanged or raise a bit higher because of the foreign ingredients to keep costs down. I believe the price is lowest during summer/spring. I paid 1000rs for a litre of honey (bought it from a relative) over a year ago during the summer season when I went there. Also pure honey is very expensive when sold in exhibition. I’ve seen 500ml bottles being sold for 750 rs and not lower.
I honestly don’t know how much it will cost right now being winter and how much you guys will be willing to pay for it. I’m sharing with you guys because many of you live in the cities and I honestly don’t think that you will have access to cleaner and better food. Also supply will be limited. Bees don’t go producing honey every day.
For packing, I will use clean transparent plastic bottles with bubble wrap/sponge/styro whatever is available at value prices.
Shipping will be extra but I’m not sure how much. It will obviously depend on the weight and distance. I want to make it buyer’s preference so there is no complaint about shipping issues. You will receive an image of the shipping receipt.
I will of course be charging extra fees for my time and energy and material cost (for packing). I will need to travel to and fro at least once a week (in case you guys are interested) mainly due to the fact that communication by phone is virtually impossible. My role here is to act as the middleman (who will take orders and ship) and I don't think that I will make any profit from this. The price is already high as it is. I might be open to voluntary donation.
Let me know what you guys think.
AMA!
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