Thread: Would you buy honey online?

I'll pick some up net time I come through on the way to Taree.

with 4 kiddies they eat alot of everything but especially honey.

I'll PM you. I even have a big bottle to refill.

Cheers

Matt

Originally Posted by Fluids

Would I buy honey online ?

Yes.

Bring it on !

You obviously love your honey Kev.

Originally Posted by digger

bugger we just bought 2 kgs!

Where did you get yours from digger?

Originally Posted by Xtreme

In order to avoid the postage, how about you bring a few kilo's along on the 19th May
I'd be happy to pay for a 2 or 3kg 'sample'

Oops ........ ignore the above please Mods .................... I probably should have said that in a PM to Mr Ploppy .

I just realised with your post that we may be getting close to flouting the rules here. So maybe I should be putting this is the vendors section??? I am sure the mods will let me know.

Originally Posted by richard4u2

could you get into wa

Richard I believe there are restrictions with getting honey into WA but I havent looked into it fully, though I would imagine the postal costs would be the killer.

Originally Posted by 33chinacars

For me it would also depend on what sort of honey. Redgum, Bluegum, Leatherwood, Clover and so on.

Gary

Thanks Gary - as said before I think this is important for people to know what it is, where it is from and when it was extracted etc.

Originally Posted by mattg

I'll pick some up net time I come through on the way to Taree.

with 4 kiddies they eat alot of everything but especially honey.

I'll PM you. I even have a big bottle to refill.

Cheers

Matt

Ok I think we are getting very close to going over the line here of the forum rules so I will put something in the Market or Vendors section. It wasnt my intention to gather peoples interests in buying my honey but merely to seek people's thoughts on buying online.

It seems to be a popular idea though so it is defintely a goer. I might get out of psychology sooner than I expected .

Would be happy to if you could get it to WA.

Originally Posted by Mr Ploppy

Richard I believe there are restrictions with getting honey into WA but I havent looked into it fully, though I would imagine the postal costs would be the killer.

Honey is one of the main things the border quarantine checkpoints search for...

I believe there is a bee disease on the east coast that is not present in WA.

EDIT:

Quarantine Requirements
INTERSTATE MOVEMENT OF BEES, HONEY AND HIVE PRODUCTS INTO AND OUT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA ARE PROHIBITED OR ARE CONTROLLED

Western Australia is free of European Foul Brood disease and other economically important exotic bee diseases and mites that can adversely affect the bee and horticulture industries and quarantine measures are in place to prevent their entry.


Prohibited
All honey, honey comb, beeswax, pollen, bees, used beekeeping equipment and used appliances, queen bees queen cells, package bees or other apiary products are prohibited from entering Western Australia.

Note:- Western Australian legislation relating to quarantine is in addition to Commonwealth laws.


Restricted
HONEY AND BEE PRODUCTS

Pasteurised honey (heated to 65 degrees Celsius for 8 hours) may enter subject to interstate health certification. This can be arranged through the Department of Agriculture or Department of Primary Industry in the State of origin.

Honey from overseas may enter subject to specific quarantine protocols and prior approval of the Chief Veterinary Officer.

Honey in queen candy, bee collected pollen or food for bees (pollen supplements) which contain any bee products must be irradiated to 16 kilo Gray to inactivate all infectious agents and must be accompanied by an interstate health certificate to enter the state.

http://agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/ento/bee8.htm

I've just started buying honey online recently and have been very impressed with the pure & unprocessed stuff. We buy from a small family run business as well and they have sample jars for 99cents which is a good idea to try them out. Check out the website anyway for ideas Ketura's Honey and Honeycomb - About our Bees...
Our favourite is the desert flower honey but the summer & spring honey are good as well but this years stocks may be low as they no longer seem to have the 700ml bottles I was buying.

Originally Posted by Mr Ploppy

This is my ticket out of psychology.

I think we need you here!


2.5 tonnes. By heck, they are busy little bees.

Originally Posted by Discomark

I've just started buying honey online recently and have been very impressed with the pure & unprocessed stuff. We buy from a small family run business as well and they have sample jars for 99cents which is a good idea to try them out. Check out the website anyway for ideas Ketura's Honey and Honeycomb - About our Bees...
Our favourite is the desert flower honey but the summer & spring honey are good as well but this years stocks may be low as they no longer seem to have the 700ml bottles I was buying.

Thanks mate. Yeah that is the kind of thing I think we need to do.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I think we need you here!


2.5 tonnes. By heck, they are busy little bees.

Mate I am still happy to be the resident AULRO psychologist . My main piece of advice to most problems though is "get over it!" .

2.5 tonnes is a good starting point for our first year. The bees are amazing critters. We owe them a lot.

I am a lover of honey. In answer to your question, I would not buy on line only because I have never had the need or ever thought to look. I frequent Beechworth from time to time, and a visit to the honey shop is always on the "to do" list when there.

I also find honey vendors at at weekend markets so between all of this always have a good supply of quality honey. I never buy it from the supermarket.

Having said this, if I lived in a remote area and did not have this access, I might look at online but would probably deal with a vendor that I had met in my travels, and been able to sample their products first.

SWMBO does buy jam on-line but this is because she visited the place at Barossa and had a taste, bought some and now restocks on-line.

Dave.