Packing Up Your Honey

Large beekeepers can not make a profit when they restrict their market to their local population. Beekeepers who’ve a number of colonies must be able to sell their merchandise at bigger grocery stores and supermarkets if they would like to stay financially solvent.

In order for beekeepers to advertise their raw honey to a larger market their packaging has to meet particular USDA standards.

The very first thing beekeepers ought to determine is what type of bottle they want to utilize to contain their honey.  The usual size of bottles made use of to promote honey are measured in pounds. The usual quantity of honey offered to the purchasers may be as small an amount as a half pound or as big as 5 pounds of honey. A few shops perfect to market honey that’s measured in gallons, these stores provide their customers the option of buying a bottle of honey as small as a half pint or as big as 1 gallon. If, as a beekeeper, you’re attracted to novelty containers you can pick from quite a lot of fun containers like skeps, bears, and plastic squeeze bottles.

After you have settled on the right container for your own honey you ought to design an equally ideal tag. Before you begin designing a tag for your very own honey check together with your state government, the majority of states have a number of laws and requirements regarding how tags seem on products. Make sure that the word honey is written in bold letters throughout the tag. The word ought to stand out and truly catch the casual shopper’s eye. Most graphic designers suggest that the honey ought to run parallel with the container’s base. Do not authorize a label if the design doesn’t incorporate your name (or your farm’s name) and your address. If you make use of a packing or distribution company their name and address need to also be incorporated on the label. The ultimate thing that has to be visibly printed on the tag is the net weight of the honey. If the honey you are selling weighs between one to four pounds then the weight ought to be written in both pounds and ounces. The print measurement utilized to indicate the net weight is not random, the font measurement is determined by the dimensions and form of the bottle.

If you’re a beekeeper who harvests your very own honey at least once a season you might be able to print what flavor of honey you are promoting. You may have honey that is flavored with clover, alfalfa, or apple blossoms.

Labels that have words such as unfiltered, natural, raw, and areanic refer to honey that has not been processed.

Beekeepers who have USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) grades written on the tag have passed a set of USDA grade standards. Honey that has a USDA grade of A has passed the exacting government standards. Honey that has a USDA grade of D has passed just a bare minimum of standards. The USDA grades honey based on the amount of moisture in the honey, clarity, flavor quality, and defects.