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[5Australorpasaures]

Might be wrong but I believe the plastic containers such as the honey bears cost less than quart jars.

They are less expensive. But for me, Get ready..........THEY'RE PLASTIC! 

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Whatever the grocery stores are charging, you can charge higher for local honey especially if it meets the qualifications to be sold as raw honey.

Honey is normally sold by weight, not volume. A 12 oz. honey bear will hold 12 oz. of honey or 8 oz. of water.

Here local honey has $1 to $2 mark up in the local grocery stores. People pay for the convenience of grabbing as they shop.

 

[R2elk]

Pints only roughly a pound +.

Pints hold 16 oz. of water. They should hold 24 oz. (1 .5 lbs.) of honey.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Pints hold 16 oz. of water. They should hold 24 oz. (1 .5 lbs.) of honey.

Spring Honey here is lighter in weight and color than fall by .75 to 1 ozs on average per pt. In a Mason pt jar after a tare, by volume is still maybe 17 ozs. If I weighed out 16 ozs in a Mason and sold that way folks would think I had my finger on the scale. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4d/6f/cf/4d6fcf825063f1abdb39d5622631c3b7.jpg

 

[5Australorpasaures]

That's always the way it works...lol

Yep

 

[Sally PB]

but I'm still in the hole, sorta like what your first egg costs

Or, I could figure my first egg cost $3000. And then the rest are just the cost of food and other upkeep.

So our first harvest of honey cost us about $1400.

They are less expensive. But for me, Get ready..........THEY'RE PLASTIC!

Yeah, we don't want to store honey in plastic, so that's why we're going with mason jars.

 

[R2elk]

Yeah, we don't want to store honey in plastic,

I have had zero issues with storing honey in plastic.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

I have had zero issues with storing honey in plastic.

It's not that there's problems, I just don't like plastic. It's the same as being a carpenter I didn't like working with metal studs or aluminum windows and doors. Who's Quirky? ME, ME I am! Just ask DW.

 

[R2elk]

It's not that there's problems, I just don't like plastic. It's the same as being a carpenter I didn't like working with metal studs or aluminum windows and doors. Who's Quirky? ME, ME I am! Just ask DW.

I have issues with plastic. Plastic water bottles make the water taste like plastic. I have not found honey to develop a plastic taste.

I don't like the PETE plastic bears as they are too rigid but the LDPE ones are very squeezable.

 

[R2elk]

I have issues with plastic. Plastic water bottles make the water taste like plastic. I have not found honey to develop a plastic taste.

I don't like the PETE plastic bears as they are too rigid but the LDPE ones are very squeezable.

Another thing that I really like about the LDPE honey bears is that if I accidentally drop one, it doesn't shatter into honey covered glass shards.