Honeycomb

[Erichalfbee]

It sets like concrete, so it should be fine; I'll send you some of it works out. Had quite a few ivy Ross Rounds last autumn, but they weren't filled enough for sale, so I'll put them back on today for finishing on the ling.

Thank you

 

[Gilberdyke John]

I would add a clothes peg for the customers nose to the pack as well ...

Maybe sell combination packs? Honey and gorgonzola or other strong blue cheese

 

[Paulypaul]

Maybe sell combination packs? Honey and gorgonzola or other strong blue cheese

Opened up a hive in the back garden this evening. No gloves, just a vale, as that colony is usually very relaxed.
Unusually, they started headbutting my hands. Then I remembered I'd just been eating some rather ripe Stilton.

 

[BugsInABox]

Add to the label a nudge to re-use the container.

But if the primary produces aren’t/can’t use re-used containers what hope is there for the next owner. For as long as we sell them they will keep producing them and once produced they are here for almost ever. There is only so much reusing that can realistically go on.
Let's not kid ourselves if we are actually adding to the problem.

 

[judy12]

I'm hoping that when I put this sort of plastic into the recycling bin that. it is recycled into something useful. You're quite right - I'd much prefer to present my honeycomb in a small purpose-made waterproof cardboard box with a transparent top - but I've never come across it.
And it does seem that more and more plastic is entering beekeeping.

 

[BugsInABox]

I'm hoping that when I put this sort of plastic into the recycling bin that. it is recycled into something useful. You're quite right - I'd much prefer to present my honeycomb in a small purpose-made waterproof cardboard box with a transparent top - but I've never come across it.
And it does seem that more and more plastic is entering beekeeping.

 

[ericbeaumont]

purpose-made waterproof cardboard box with a transparent top

Card containers for hot food look good but I don't know how long they would remain leak-free. This 500ml Kraft box is shallow enough and has a clear plastic lid, but be wary of concluding that cardboard has a lesser environmental footprint than plastic.

 

[Garry R]

How about putting comb in honey jars and then filling the jar with honey?
It's then postable and in a recyclable /reusable container.
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I thought that was chunk honey and I have seen it for sale all over the place. For show purposes I believe that the bottom of the jar is heated and the chunk put in perpendicular and the wax at the bottom of the comb chunk sticks to the hot jar. The jar is then filled with liquid honey turning and tipping the jar which lets any air bubbles escape. Being stuck to the bottom of the jar the chunk does not float or touch the lid.