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Title: Glass honey bears
Post by: danno on January 15, 2009, 12:23:03 PM
In Nov when I was in gatlinberg Tenn.  I saw sourwood honey in glass honey bears.  Anyone know who sells these
Title: Re: Glass honey bears
Post by: rdy-b on January 15, 2009, 11:13:05 PM
https://www6.qth.com/~bbhon2/products.php?iid=121&cid=37   
https://www6.qth.com/~bbhon2/products.php?iid=120&cid=37
found a bee and a bear- :lol: RDY-B
Title: Re: Glass honey bears
Post by: KONASDAD on January 16, 2009, 11:02:52 AM
I stay away from glass. Too expensive to ship and difficult to transport after filling for honey sales. I use betterbees 6oz bear. Shipping free on 200 lot, fill'm, put in 5gal bucket and on my way. Huge sellers.
Title: Re: Glass honey bears
Post by: mudlake on January 16, 2009, 08:07:54 PM
How about using them for gifts? I am going to have honey for 3 years before I will be able to sell any, between kids friends neighbors there won't be much left over for a while.  Tony
Title: Re: Glass honey bears
Post by: JP on January 16, 2009, 10:06:24 PM
Quote from: KONASDAD on January 16, 2009, 11:02:52 AM
I stay away from glass. Too expensive to ship and difficult to transport after filling for honey sales. I use betterbees 6oz bear. Shipping free on 200 lot, fill'm, put in 5gal bucket and on my way. Huge sellers.

Yeah, shipping charges these days are through the roof. Plastic's a lot lighter, so it gets my nod.


...JP
Title: Re: Glass honey bears
Post by: Julie Bee on January 18, 2009, 01:12:36 PM
I bought the 12 oz glass bear and bee from B&B Honey Farm in Houston, Minnesota. My customers love them! They are great for gifts and the bottle is more apt to be kept and reused rather than thrown away. I went online after I got them and there were people selling them filled for anywhere from $5.00 a jar to $9.50. Not a bad per pound rate! I figure the bottles cost about $1.05 each without shipping.
Title: Re: Glass honey bears
Post by: Natalie on January 18, 2009, 04:24:12 PM
You can buy them here   http://bee-outside.com/glassbear.aspx
Title: Re: Glass honey bears
Post by: KONASDAD on January 19, 2009, 10:22:14 AM
Quote from: mudlake on January 16, 2009, 08:07:54 PM
How about using them for gifts? I am going to have honey for 3 years before I will be able to sell any, between kids friends neighbors there won't be much left over for a while.  Tony

Absolutely. I use them to tip hairdressers, mailmen, muwsic teachers , teachers and teachers aides, neighbor who takes in mail or walks dog on a day you are running late. Its also how I sell so many. People just eat them up and 6oz is the smallest I have found so far. Also cost is nominal so people are likely to try it. ( $3/ea or 4 for 10).Return customers are where its at for me. 10% of my customers buy 90% of my product.
Title: Re: Glass honey bears
Post by: mudlake on January 19, 2009, 02:19:12 PM
Thanks I saved the web page    Tony
Title: Re: Glass honey bears
Post by: Ross on January 21, 2009, 12:19:52 AM
http://www.specialtybottle.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=17

They used to have glass honey bee jars as well, but no more.