“I’d be sooooo pissed if I were a bee and someone took all my hard-earned honey and put it in a container shaped like a bear. A bear is my enemy. You mock me”
Honey bear shaped squeezable containers for honey are very popular. The first bottles were created in 1957 by Ralph and Luella Gamber, founders of Dutch Gold Honey (from Pennsylvania). Bears don’t produce honey, but they love to eat it, and the Winnie-the-Pooh bear character was popular at this time.
This comment was posted on X/Twitter by erin chack on February 26, 2024, and it received over 56,000 likes:
“i’d be sooooo pissed if i were a bee and someone took all my hard-earned honey and put it in a container shaped like a bear. a bear is my enemy. you mock me.”
Dutch Gold Honey
The Original Honey Bear
Did you know the idea for the very first squeezable honey bear was “born” in 1957 at the dinner table of Ralph and Luella Gamber, founders of Dutch Gold Honey? After sharing the evening meal with Woodrow and Rita Miller, fellow beekeepers from California, the conversation turned to brainstorming ideas for novel honey packaging. In the era of teddy bears, Winnie the Pooh and Yogi Bear, the honey bear would soon become an industry icon.
Plastic molding technology was in its early stages and it was not uncommon for the original bears to leak from the seams at their ears, or out of their noses. The honey bears’ eyes and nose were hand painted on each container and sometimes red lips were applied (much to the chagrin of Ralph).
Reddit—Explainlikeimfive
[deleted]—February 10, 2015
ELI5: Why do we use bears as a symbol for honey (i.e., bear-shaped honey containers)? Wouldn’t a bee seem like a more logical choice?
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AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM
@ctrltx
but why is honey shaped like a bear and not a Bee ??
10:20 PM · Nov 21, 2023
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erin chack
@ErinChack
i’d be sooooo pissed if i were a bee and someone took all my hard-earned honey and put it in a container shaped like a bear. a bear is my enemy. you mock me.
12:21 PM · Feb 26, 2024
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Landon Mccarter
May 15, 2024 at 9:47 AM ·
I would be so pissed if I was a bee and someone took all my hard earned honey and put it in a jar shaped like a bear. A bear is my enemy. You mock me.
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Big Dawg Bam👑
@tamrynlov03
why is honey in a bottle shaped like a bear & not a bee ??
11:37 PM · Mar 28, 2024
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Peter Stellavato
July 28, 2024 at 5:10 PM ·
Sunday musing: Why are honey bottles shaped like a bear instead of a bee?
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Dan Szymborski
@DSzymborski
I still think it’s weird that so many honey containers are shaped like a bear but I never see any shaped like a bee or a hive.
11:31 AM · Sep 9, 2025
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All You Can Eat
February 20, 2026 at 12:44 PM ·
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