Honey Sales Soar in Israel to Record $30 Million

Jerusalem by Idele Ross...

The honey market in Israel is sweet indeed and estimated to be worth some $30 million dollars in sales a year, about 60% of which take place in the month leading up to the high holidays. This season, demand is expected to reach 1,900 tons of honey and sales of over $10 million, similar to the previous year. Prices were supposed to decline by 10% ahead of the holidays, but Yoram Paz of Emek Hefer Apiaries said that the fires caused by the katyusha shelling of the north damaged the hives and many of the areas where the bees pollinate flowers, increasing the forecasted loss to between 200-300 tons of honey. Paz noted that 15% of the honey is sold in gift packages and the rest in supermarkets. The annual consumption of honey in Israel is about a half kilo per person. The main products are pure honey and honey enriched with queen’s jelly. Israel produces many different kinds of honey including eucalyptus, avocado, citrus, plum and light honey for weight watchers.

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