New Comb Honey Packaging- Whole Frame!
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2022
- I've been brainstorming since last year on a better way to package whole frames of comb honey. I was able to get this from concept to reality this season and I'm very pleased with the results.
There is one part missing to the final product, and that's a logo stamp. Hopefully I'll have one made by a local Memphis stamp maker very soon!
Big thanks to Triple 7 Apiaries (Skip Luttrell) for making up the stands for me. He also made up all my thin topbar frames.
These combs are available locally here in the Memphis area, limited supply!
Kelly's bees used to sell the wooden section honey and the box with a cellophane window was great. If the production costs were right one of these for a whole frame box would be perfect.
A great way for someone who doesn't have a certified honey house to sell their honey. Just sell the whole thing
Very nice packaging. I think the biggest risk in shipping is heat. Heat is probably quite unpredictable too. So some times you may get lucky and the frames get to destination undamaged. But if temperate is high (especially in seal shipping containers), the wax can become soft. Together with shipping movement, the heavy honey could break the comb. I think MannLake has a warning for shipping their wax foundations for this exact reason.
I had sold some whole medium frames like this in the past. All local deals though. I always use foundationless frames as honey frames. It takes some care for them to be drawn straight and some times they break in the extractor. But foundationless has worked well enough for me as my scale is tiny and I have a lot of time for just a few colonies. This way, if anyone wants a whole frame, I will sell them one. Otherwise I extract :)
Good luck with this :)
What is not to love?! I know you have been working on this for a long time! Cool to see it in a video.
Thanks man
Nice Gus 👍🏻
That’s a super unique and custom product Gus. Whole frame comb honey demands a premium given the challenge of shipping but I imagine it’s also a special customer that appreciates the special skills oof the bees in making this!
Id definitely be customer for the packaging that's nice.. market strong for whole frame comb honey
Hi Gus. I think you have a winner there. I can appreciate the amount of work that goes into developing something like that. I would love to have a market for comb honey in the frame but at this point it's all tray sections. Thanks for sharing this with us!
I like your videos and I watch your channel odten. Thanks for making these, I know that it takes time and effort to do so!
Thanks for watching and thanks for the feedback!
Great stuff, you have a talent and picking great subject matter. Can you do another short video on the clear seal you placed over the comb. What is it ?
The frame stands look amazing! The stamp is a nice option because you can use it on other packaging products, like bags or different sized boxes.
That's pretty professional looking to me, Gus! And with the stand,"That's Value Added!"
I believe if you marketed this to high end Hotels, Restaurants and special event catering companies in Memphis and Nashville, you couldn't supply enough.
Now here in Tulsa and I'm sure in Memphis you have Mosques and Middle Eastern stores. Pretty good connections there.
Thanks Malcolm
Novel and elite idea, Gus I'm just wondering if you'll find enough people with the suave and sophistication to support such a market for european style honey consumption, I salute you for trying to expand the american palate, I think I'd try and send 5 or so to Bob Binnie at Blue Ridge Honey, he has a lot of elite types come to Clayton GA. for his sourwood honey, Also I'd try to get some in these boutique mountain wineries that have sprang in N. GA., eastern Tenn. and western N.C., since wine, cheese and honey are tasters choice products, by nature. Anyways best of luck with this well thought out venture.
Gus. Thank you again for sharing tou knowledge and thoughts. I greatly appreciate what you are doing for us all.
That’s ingenious! Great job! Thanks as always for sharing.
I like it, great work Gus so many ideas for the future of my apiary. Another great video full of info, have a good weekend. Gus what about stickers with your labeling that you could use on most of your products? Blessed Days...
I’m not the best with that sort of stuff, anyone wants to design something and send it Ild be happy to look at it 😂
Love them, very original.
Looking great Gus.
That looks awesome! Thanks for sharing! I am looking forward to when your shipping them. ♥️🐝
Your packaging is awesome!
Looks like a well thought out system Gus.
That is really nice!!! ❤
I like it!
I drive a truck for USPS. Anything marked hazardous will ship completely separate from the other mail it's never put in with other parcels and is usually loaded on the back of trucks in it's on container and no extra charge. Just sayin....... 😆 I may or may not know someone who ship sugar cookies every now and then and I don't think they even lose a crumb off of them
Great tip!
Way to grow Gus!
I was searching for a frame holder for queen rearing and found frame comb holders that are placed on a slant and have a channel on the bottom to catch the honey runoff in a dish placed at the bottom.
Yes they’re very nice, I’ll be getting some of those to loan out to frame customers for events.
Will be interesting to see if they remain intact for shipping gus
When will you have more full comb available? I'm in the Memphis area and would love to buy 2!
I have some still available you can message me @ 2768700618
@Gus Mitchell- Cranes Nest Honey awesome thank you I'll be reaching out sometime today!
Is this a frame with wax or plastic foundation?? Curious. Thank you for sharing this! ❤🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
How do you market these frames? Do you sell them online or is it return customers? Do you have a list of customers you reach out to when they're available?
I have bulk comb customers but I’m not sure if that will run over into this.
It’s new packaging so no market yet, I have to develop that.
Did you have to special order the boxes?
No, to save cost I designed the holder to match an available size.
They look awesome Gus. How much for the frame of honey with the holder?
I set my price for the package at $60
Hi guys how much is the 5 gallon bucket of honey can you let me now please
Currently $215
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@@gusmitchellcranesnesthoney6529 wow, that's a really good deal. I guess this is close to whole sale price. Ian (Canadian beekeeper) mentioned that they are fetching $3.5/lb (probably Canadian money). $215/ 5 gallon translates exactly into $3.5/lb. I am only a backyard beekeeper selling very limited quantity. I am selling $20/pint (16oz mason jars), or sometimes discount to $15/jar. The math says that $215/5-gallon translates into $4.5/pint jar. lol.