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TheLurker

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Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« on: 02 March, 2009, 10:24:58 am »
Can't find it in any of the Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsburys, Lidl, M&S hereabouts.

Is there shortage? 

Are the Greeks keeping it all to themselves?

Has it just become completely unaffordable now that sterling is approaching parity with the Zim dollar?

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Charlotte

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Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #1 on: 02 March, 2009, 11:08:27 am »
Bee shortage, innit?

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LEE

Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #2 on: 02 March, 2009, 11:19:03 am »
You get Nectar points if you buy it at Sainsburys.
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ScumOfTheRoad

Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #3 on: 02 March, 2009, 11:26:23 am »
Hive collapse syndrome I think its called. No more bees, no more pollination of crops.
The human race has four years or something once the bees have gone.

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TheLurker

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Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #4 on: 02 March, 2009, 11:32:38 am »
Colony / Hive Collapse Disorder. Yeah. I'd heard that UK bee keepers were having desperate problems with that and varroa mite, but I've not heard of problems elsewhere in the EU.
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Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #5 on: 02 March, 2009, 12:39:57 pm »
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Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #6 on: 02 March, 2009, 01:26:06 pm »
Quote from: Mrs Pingu on 02 March, 2009, 12:39:57 pm
AFAIK bees are suffering all over the world. :(
Honeybees under attack on all fronts - environment - 16 February 2009 - New Scientist
Oh Good Grief , something else to worry about , where's it all going to end ?

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Kathy

Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #7 on: 02 March, 2009, 04:12:16 pm »
Quote from: TheLurker on 02 March, 2009, 10:24:58 am
Can't find it in any of the Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsburys, Lidl, M&S hereabouts.

Is there shortage? 

My local supermarket was pretty much cleaned out of all honey (along with lemons, milk, eggs and flour) last Tuesday. Maybe they haven't restocked yet, especially specialist honey which has a low turnover normally. :-\
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m100

Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #8 on: 02 March, 2009, 05:11:19 pm »
From what I recall reading in the specialist beekeeping press (not the sensationalist daily rags) It was a really bad summer in Greece as far as bees were concerned.   Very hot and with numerous forest fires.

But you really should be buying locally produced British Honey though, none of this foreign stuff especially any from China which is packed full of antibiotics and other random chemicals.  Not that I have any honey for sale -  my stocks are now down to a dozen or so jars and I lost a hive last week.  Those British beekeepers that do have any stock are rationing supplies as they drastically eat into reserves built up in good years.  One I know who usually has 1000lb in reserve at this time of year and last year had 700lb is now down to less than 100lb.

Two bad years in a row, sometimes with only 15lb per hive rather than 100lb or more is nigh on a disaster.  But this could be a really good year for bees, but we were saying that this time last year, and the same time the year before. :(

If anything the cold weather these past couple of months has been useful, but anything less than a perfect spring and summer could be the final straw for many beekeepers.

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gonzo

Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #9 on: 02 March, 2009, 05:31:07 pm »
Oh yes, sorry, I meant to tell everyone here to stock up when I heard about the predicted honey shortage this winter.

Sorry!
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citoyen

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Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #10 on: 02 March, 2009, 06:10:36 pm »
Jill Archer lost her hives to badgers. :(
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pcolbeck

Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #11 on: 03 March, 2009, 11:22:29 pm »
Didn't know that there were Honey Badgers in Ambridge.
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Wascally Weasel

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Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #12 on: 03 March, 2009, 11:29:22 pm »
Honey collected from hives in cities is fantastic - local honey FTW!
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citoyen

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Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #13 on: 04 March, 2009, 01:24:47 pm »
Quote from: pcolbeck on 03 March, 2009, 11:22:29 pm
Didn't know that there were Honey Badgers in Ambridge.

Well, there are definitely llamas, so you never know...

Tbh, I think they just like blaming everything on badgers - if it's not honey raiding, it's bovine TB. They'll be trying to pin the credit crunch on furry, black & white bankers soon.

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Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #14 on: 04 March, 2009, 01:28:01 pm »
Quote from: smutchin on 04 March, 2009, 01:24:47 pm
They'll be trying to pin the credit crunch on furry, black & white bankers soon.
A bit like this one? :D
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ScumOfTheRoad

Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #15 on: 04 March, 2009, 01:33:05 pm »
Talking about local honey, I live next door to a city farm in London. We often get their honey - which is very nice. Lavender jelly too last time.
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Sir Tifiable

Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #16 on: 06 March, 2009, 09:52:52 am »
Oh yes, I get loads of different honeys at different times of the year, depending on just what flowers are in season. Same bees, completely different taste.  :thumbsup:
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pcolbeck

Re: Greek Honey. Where's it all gone?
« Reply #17 on: 06 March, 2009, 11:30:16 am »
Quote from: ScumOfTheRoad on 02 March, 2009, 11:26:23 am
Hive collapse syndrome I think its called. No more bees, no more pollination of crops.
The human race has four years or something once the bees have gone.

It seems that they now think that there is no such thing as Hive Collapse Syndrome. It's more like a perfect storm of several already known bee diseases and a shift to monoculture in farming.
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I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.
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