. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 322 THE BRITISH BEE JOUENAL. [Oct. 12, 1916. may be, and to find out, if we can, how far the prevalent idea, that honey from abroad tends to damage the market for home supplies, is justifiable. Your correspondent, Mr. Colebrook, has lately drawn attention to the greatly" in- creased value of these imports, which he roundly condemns, appealing to the home producer to meet the whole market de- mand; incidentally, he stigmatises all colonial and foreign honeys as being of very inferior quality, which appears to me unjust; but, putting th
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 322 THE BRITISH BEE JOUENAL. [Oct. 12, 1916. may be, and to find out, if we can, how far the prevalent idea, that honey from abroad tends to damage the market for home supplies, is justifiable. Your correspondent, Mr. Colebrook, has lately drawn attention to the greatly" in- creased value of these imports, which he roundly condemns, appealing to the home producer to meet the whole market de- mand; incidentally, he stigmatises all colonial and foreign honeys as being of very inferior quality, which appears to me unjust; but, putting that point aside, the main questions at issue are :—(a) How can the market demand be met by the home apiarist; and (b) will it pay him to meet it? Regarding (a), he may say at once that in the present disease-infested state of our apiaries it is temporarily im- possible to supply the whole demand; but, granted a return to healthy conditions, would it be economically possible for British apiaries to monopolise their own market? First, we must needs inquire to whom and at what prices is the present overseas supply sold? The answer, I believe, is that the purchasers fall roughly into three classes : (1) Manufacturing chemists; (2) confectioners; (3) grocers. As to the wholesale prices at which they buy, whilst I have no entry to trade secrets, an incident which happened prior to the war throws some light on this ques- tion. Wishing to extend my local custom I one day sounded our grocer on the sub- ject of selling honey. He held up a clear- looking sample in a pound glass jar. " Sevenpence," he said. " Colonial, of course," I replied; " well, now, I want to cut this stuff out. I'll sell you a decent sample of my own production at a cut price if I can. What's the figure you buy at? " "I get this at fourpence half- penny a lb.," he said, " and bottle it my- ; Of course, Ave did no trade, as I could place all my honey at 6d. a lb.
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