Beeswax and Honey Harvest - Using a Wax Spinner!
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- čas přidán 27. 11. 2019
- I finally got around to extracting the last of my late summer honey harvest and began the process of separating and drying all my wax cappings. Jake at MAXANT INDUSTRIES was kind enough to offer me a brand new Junior Wax Spinner and I was very excited to try it out. It's a tool I never thought I'd need, but after using it just once, I knew it would be one of my favorite tools ever. I love tools that just WORK. This thing works! Part 2 of this video will show you how I process and clean my beeswax.
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We ended the year with just about 400lbs of honey and I am going to try to figure out how to offer it for sale to you guys. Please stay tuned. Once I get the logistics worked out, I will announce it in a video.
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Hey you could Make a Mold of a Hexagon shape with "VinoFarm" On it and make little candles!
Wow. It’s amazing to see the amount of growth you’ve had since starting out. I too would love to purchase your honey.
Hey thanks for the shout-out... Jake beesos. 😂😂lol
I just spent the last few days watching all your bee keeping videos. I would love to keep bees but I can't where I live so I'm living vicariously through you. I was SO EXCITED to hear you would be selling your honey to us. Yes please and thank you!
i would love to be able to try the honey. I've been watching for 2 years now consistently after catching up on the first 2 years, and I have never been this invested in bees and honey. Continue the great work!!!
im surprised that that maxant cappings extract doesnt have an interchangeable drum for spinning frames would give maxant more options to sell accessories!
I came down here just to say that. haha! I'd imagine that someone with a little bit of craftiness could fashion something similar to fit inside their regular extractor.
Brilliant idea, especially for the home hobby beekeeper. One good machine, and accessories as needed!
This is what I was thinking, too. I will tell Jake to get on it!
Just a perforated metal cage or something the same size as a super frame would work. dump cappings in it, throw them in the honey extractor after you finish up with the frames. More of a pain to clean out then the big drum, but if it saves you the cost of another machine. Probably perfect for the medium-small size operation market where someone could justify an extractor for the frames, but not a 2nd capping extractor.
We use a couple of heavy nylon mesh baskets that hook into the slots where the frames would go in the extractor. Fill them with cappings, make sure the extractor is balanced and give them a spin. This system works well for us hobbyists. Here’s an example: www.trademe.co.nz/business-farming-industry/farming-forestry/beekeeping/auction-2421701905.htm
we support you because you teach us alot! invest in your farm, learn more and share it with us. you are very inspiring and we love how you do it! thank you!
Karla from Oklahoma. This is my first year into my addiction. Love it! Thanks for for all you taught me. Saved me lots. By the way, love your music. Makes you smile.
I will totally buy your honey. I love honey and after watching the episode of Rotten on netflix about honey production...I don't really want to buy the stuff in the stores.
I wonder how many orders he will get and if he will have enough honey for the people who want it. I would love some too, but how much depends on the cost of shipping.
The big issue is where I can legally ship raw honey. Lots of regulations and restrictions. I have a lot of research to do.
Vino Farm sell it as a topical cosmetic then it’s up to the consumers with what they do with it
These videos are always amazing! Thank you for what you do and happy thanksgiving from florida!
That wax spinner in pretty sweet 👍
Happy Thanksgiving! And thank you for another brilliant video
I have been subscribed since the beginning of your honey journey, can't wait to get my hands on it!^^
Congrats on this year harvest. The bee love you. You can make candles out of beeswax. I learned a lot from you.
I look forward to trying to get some of this honey into my kitchen! Also I look forward to see what you do with all that wax, there's so many things you can do with beeswax and you got plenty to play with!
Just sit all the capings out on a warm day and the bees will get all the honey out of those cappings for you and they will get a little honey back in the hive! Really enjoy your videos!
That would be an option if it weren't 25ºF right now (and for the next 4 months.)
This is not a sanitary thing to do and is not allowed in Australia because it spreads diseases
that's awesome that your hives are doing so well and that you got a nice surplus of honey. I'm always on the lookout for good honey so i look forward to the chance to buy some from you.
very cool channel! greetings from Ukraine. Eastern Europe
Thank you... Welcome to the channel!
I’m watching Your channel from episode number 4-3 years ego. Flow hive unboxing and Assembly. That’s how my adventure start with Your channel!! I’m so happy how quickly Your channel grows.And now I would looove to try Your honey 🍯.
Happy Thanksgiving!! Thank you for the videos!
Awesome to hear about the honey and wax! Can't wait until I can order some... love the vids. My fiance' makes art using beeswax, so I'm interested in buying that too!
O: wow that wax spinner is awesome!
Wow!! That's a $1700 gift. Well done!!! Goodness knows you work for it - love your videos.
Hi Vino Farm, watching your videos couple of days ago.. I had started bee keeping recently and I find your videos and adventure really educative.. BTW Im from the Philippines. Thanks for sharing your experience!! keep safe and stay humble. :)
Love your vids
I drove over to Maxant in late August to buy an extractor. Jake was very helpful and gave me a great deal on a 3100 4 frame machine. I made sure to mention your channel. Although I have enough honey to get me though the winter I would like to help support your channel and buy a couple pounds of honey. Thank you for all the great info on beekeeping.
Christmas is coming early! Some Vino Farm honey! Can't wait to buy it!
I’ll buy the honey !! You and Mr. Dunn are my faves . Make candles!! .
Cant wait to get my hands on some honey, and there are lots of uses for bees wax so I cant wait to see what yall come up with
I'm excited! I'd love to buy your honey and wax, although I don't know what the customs would be to import into Australia 😂
From the comments I'm getting, international sales don't sound promising. Bummer.
Shevaun Handley bee products are highly restricted in Australia I’d say it would have to be irradiated and that kills any enzymes then it’s no longer raw.
Ill have 1kg tubs available but I’m waiting on stickers to sell it
I would absolutely live to buy some beeswax from you!
I would use it in my home made soap and balm bars.
Very cool! ...and i can see your apiary growing into that machine! Looking forward to (possibly) getting some Vino Farm honey! :-)
Happy Thanksgiving can't wait to buy some honey from you all I bet it taste like none other yum.
Great way to start my Thanksgiving morning!
Happy thanksgiving!!
Man I love your vids my dad has done bee ceping for like 20 years but I have just started with my dad
Try an uncapping roller. They look like a small paint roller with spikes all over it. You will save all the effort of cleaning the wax. It is faster than a hot knife and you can roll the caps directly over the centrifuge. I used an electric hot knife for decades and thought the roller was a gimmick until someone bought me one. What a surprise it was, I don't think I will ever go back.
Hi from upstate NY! I have been watching your videos for 3 years now. If you ever sell your honey locally in your area it would be a great excuse for a road trip 😁. Have a wonderful Christmas and winter. Thanks for sharing your great videos.
Omg yes to the honey!
as always' awesome
Make hand a lip balm with the wax. Super easy and fun to experiment with different essential oils.
I recently had a client gift me honey from her 2 colonies in upstate New York. She also sent me wax capping that I chew kinda like gum then swallow. I’d love to buy the cappings you don’t render for wax. It’s a sweet and chewy snack with pretty notable nutrients
some local beekeepers have giant metal barrels that keep the honey heated constantly and have a faucet nozzle to fill up honey jars. there are also cameras all around the apparatus
Happy Thanksgiving
Oh!yeah! I’d love some of your honey! And I live nearby, so I’d be willing to come pick it up.
I don't intend to do beekeeping. And I don't like honey at all. Yet I still watch all of your videos.
Awesome!
I cannot wait to order some Vino Farm honey!
I am in for a bottle. I buy local farmer's honey in Hollywood, FL but I sure want to try your New England honey. It would cap off a great Bee video year!
Love the honey season videos this year. Inspirational for sure. What are you doing with your supers over the winter?
Great video. I have been watching since I found you making sourdough bread. I want to buy some honey!
I'd love to buy your honey! :) great video
Careful of import/exports Jim! You need to make sure you limit to US only... and even then only specific states. Honey is one of those things that not every state likes receiving even if they like eating it! (Don't even get me started on international shipping - of which I'd happily be your first customer!)
Yes, I need to research all that stuff. I'm sad that not everyone will have the option to buy. Oh well...
I loved the sound effect when you forgot the secondary screen.
Nice separator Jim - I wish I could afford that
Would be good to have a removable frame spinner that you can switch with a small wax extractor drum, so the small scale bee keeper can use it for first extracting, and then spinning out the capping.
I would totally purchase your honey!
Yay! Honey!
Hey Jim looking good brother!
to utilise the wax you can buy an embosser and make your own wax foundations.
If you can keep the white virgin comb wax separate it’s worth a lot for making cosmetics, yellow wax sells for around $30-$40 per kg the cosmetic grade can fetch 5x that
I have 4 bottles of various types of honey in my cabinet that I got from the local farmers market, but there is always room for more honey in my life!!!
I would say the first thing you'll need to decide is size of container, shipping costs can become prohibitive if the size of the honey container doesn't fit in the Priority small or medium flat rate box. 8 dollars roughly for the small and a little over 14 for the medium. Using the priority flat rate gives you better overall prices on shipping instead of having random boxes and having to calculate weight and distance ect. for each individual customer. (trust me, I ended up losing my shirt doing ebay without using priority flat rate boxes)
Go to the post office, pick up a small and a medium flat rate box, they are free. Get a couple prototypes of the sizes of containers you are thinking of shipping the honey in, wrap it in bubble wrap and see what fits in what size box.
Also at some point you need to do a test run. If you're using a glass jar, you need to bubble wrap it a lot and make sure there is no shifting in the box. Mail a container to a friend that isn't local, so the box can have the whole experience of cross country travel and multiple distribution points, where it goes by plane, truck, and carrier. Then have the friend report on the condition of the box and its contents.
Trial runs and testing boxes and honey containers on a small scale before ramping up to a bigger sale can really help you minimize stress and make sure none of the honey or your money gets wasted.
All that said, Sign me UP! when you do start selling, I'll be first in line. :D
Now you just need to figure out how to do worldwide shipping and I'm in :)
Get some Honey to Norway. I've followed it through 4 years. Time to taste it?
Thank you!
great video as usual ! have we ever seen u without a hat before:P didn't recognize u in those pics till I realized it was u without a hat on lol!
I'd love to purchase some of your honey! I've been watching the channel for over two years now and feel like I've made this journey with you. I'd love the taste of that sweet honey!
I saw a larger version of this on a canafian bee keepers youtuber. He used a similar (MUCH LARGER) machine as a melter too to drain the last bits of honey and process the wax.
Hey Jim.... first off... super jealous about the gifted cappings spinner, but your video has just solidified my decision on getting one, so Jake wins..haha. Second, I just wanted to make a point to swing by and let you know how awesome it is to see your ideas and influence being used across the beekeeping community. I see people posting pics about prepping their hives for winter, with the exact same set up you use. When I say exact, I mean down to the corrugated awning you use on top your hives, Vivaldi boards with burlap, corrugated wraps, insulted wrap and straps with corrugated corner protectors underneath...haha. They might not give you credit in their post.... but I know where they are getting those ideas. You’re doing great things, and I look forward to continuing to watch your influence and channel grow! Happy thanksgiving!
Ha ha... I got so much crap for my winter setup the first year. Then I started having success! I make no claims that I invented anything... I just saw bits and pieces from other beekeepers and came up with my FrankenSystem. I see pictures here and there and I'm happy people are trying! So many people my first year just said "Bees living in trees don't need foam insulation!" When I hear people say they have 50-60% losses over winter and that they didn't even try to insulate it makes me sad. This stuff isn't hard to do, it just takes a little time and effort. Thanks for watching and writing! If you see more photos like you described, @ tag me so I can see it!
I love your videos and I would love to get some of your honey!!
If you use the plastic foundation and you loose the combs to wax worms you can re wax it with your wax and reuse it.
Thank you! That wax capping extractor sure looks handy. Any thoughts on the best way to store all the extracted frames so they are protected from wax moth and critters? I was able to make room for 10 in my freezer, but that's it, Last year I put some in sealed plastic bins in the outdoor shed for the winter, but they got moldy, no doubt from freezing and thawing with no air movement.
Awesome
Sorry I missed this. I was minding my own.
Heh.
It would be awesome if you could make the honey available to Europe too!
The regulatory side are too much to ship honey out of the country.
Great video I would totally buy some honey from you.
I have been watching since you got your flow hive. Love your content and watching the progression of your farm. i would love to taste your honey Keep doing your thing!!
Hi Jim , Vino Farm Golden Honey and soon to be released Vino Farm 100% Beeswax Candles - Vino Farm will light the way for you when in the Dark ! LOL Happy Turkey Day Jim !
Selling your Honey....YES!!!
Hey Jim, great job that’s a lot of extra honey to spin out of the wax clippings! I would love to just taste a little of your honey. You’ve really came a long way with your apiary. I’m so jealous over your bee pond or watering hole that you made with the big bolder! You could sell your honey and wax on Etsy or eBay. I’m a hobby beekeeper with 4 hives at this time and I’ve personally bought wax on eBay when I first began to re-coat some plastic foundations.
Keep up the good work and I hope all of your hive make it this winter!
Thanks for your support! Good luck with your hives!
could you not put that mesh liner inside a normal frame spinner and chive the same result? genuine question?
you could do a website with preordering the honey that way you have a heads up on how many people want to buy your honey and you can set a cap on how many can purchase so you don't oversell and if you undersell you can sell the left overs to a local supplier or something.
The plan is to bottle everything we have and count the bottles. We'll know exactly how many we can sell before we offer anything. Our big hurdle is figuring out where we can legally ship raw honey. I have some people I'm going to be contacting to figure all that out. I have a feeling it will all be sold very quickly! I just want viewers to have first dibs.
In my experience with the wax that I've rended... it worked great for coating my flow frames to encourage my bees to use them. While in a liquid state, I dipped a basting brush into the wax and "painted" each downward-facing side with the wax to keep the wax from dripping deep into the cells. Then, I put just a light coating of honey over the wax. The result was a bunch of bees "fixing" and using the frames as if they were extracted wax frames that were returned to them. You could also make foundations for frames if you can obtain, or make a mold. I don't think it would matter too much weather the foundations were smooth, or for the lack of a better term... studded in the shape of comb. I would think they'd build on it one way or the other.
I am looking forward to having a significant amount of wax to experiment with. Over the past 3 seasons, I've saved a total of 2lbs of wax... hardly enough for a few candles. This year we'll have options!
question about when you pull your supers and extract later...... Where/how do you store your filled boxes till you extract?
They were stacked in the dining room for three months. Mrs. Vinofarm was thrilled.
Make the bees wax wraps that are an alternative to plastic wrap. Maybe your wife or someone who likes crafting can try it out for you. I’d do it, but I’m a bit far away. You can sell your beeswax crafts on Etsy, or even Amazon if you produce enough. Probably the honey as well, although there are food laws to deal with.
I really like my Maxant product, and if Jake at Maxant wanted to gift me a junior wax spinner, that would be awesome. The two pieces of equipment I still want are a wax spinner and a chain decapper. I have a lot of honey sales ahead of me to afford those babies.
Do the wax combs filled with honey help to insulate the hives and preserve the bee heat in the winter? And, does honey freeze or can they get their nutrients and necessary moisture from the honey in deep winter. I am loving learning about bees and I hope as people get educated they will be more concerned about protecting bee environment.Your channel is informative and interesting!
Zsystems can be a great thing. Just ordered 50 hives for spring
Zsystems?
Cell phone typo
We should get a code from them and you should get a %
Wondering if I should order bee scapes...
Thanks for the information. And would love some of your families honey and also interested in framed bees wax as I would love a frame ready with comb for my swarm box I am making. I am trying to get set up to catch my own swarm of bees this spring.
What causes the difference in shade/colour of the honey?
Awesome and 400 lbs.
Thank you again for the wonderful video :) . And I would like to let you know, you were instrumental in convincing me to start beekeeping (I will begin in spring!). I do have a question though. What video editing software do you use? I will most likely keep following your example and pass on what I have have learned from you and other beekeepers like you (But tuned for the weather here in Quebec).
Keep on the good work! :D
I edit with Final Cut Pro on an iMac. My first year on CZcams was edited with iMovie. Thanks for the kind words!
Hi, nice video. I'm considering purchasing the Maxant Junior Spinner. I harvest honey from log hives in the forest, and it arrives at my processing facility as crushed comb. I plan to melt it with a melter capable of handling 500 kilograms in one batch at 49 degrees Celsius. After melting at this temperature, I would obtain 325 kilograms of separated honey and a 175-kilogram honey-wax mixture. I aim to use the Maxant Junior Spinner to separate the honey from the wax. If I proceed, how much time will it take to separate the melted honey-wax mixture of 175 kilograms?
Just droping an idea from a person that would love to buy your honey and wax but lives in Brazil. Maybe sachet packets with small sized samples so that it can be shipped for a cheaper pricing, instead of bottles would be a good idea. ;)
I will legit buy your honey.
Hey Jim, How was the clean up?
Yes! Vino Farm Honey. Are you going to sell any of the Balboa reserve? Completely understand if you don’t. Long live Balboa!
Logistics are going to be a challenge but if I can figure out how to sell a raw food product across state lines, yes... I'll have a few bottles of Balboa for sale. I have no idea if I can even sell this internationally.
You may have answered this already but in your next vid about rendering wax can you tell us what happens to the honey that is mixed in with the wax ?
ps, I'm not a bee keeper just fascinated about it watching your channel ..... thanks :)
You mean the honey that dripped out? Or the honey that is still mixed in that is stuck to the spun wax? I'll go through all that on the next video. I still need to shoot it!
@@vinofarm hi again, I was referring to the honey that is still in the cappings after it has been spun.
I didn't see a link to the capping extractor or their website.
www.maxantindustries.com/spinners.html
I would love to buy your honey, but I bet getting it across the border to the frozen north would not be easy. Though if you ever made candles I might get some for the wife.
The first thing to do with your wax, is to rinse it and use that water to make Mead. You won’t regret it
I understand it's for safety, but it seems that the grate in the lid for the capping extractor was acting as a bit of a roadblock as well. I wonder if they could take the cross grates out and slightly increase the spacing if that would help. For the wax it would probably be easiest for you to make them into bricks to sell to hobbyists.
The grate breaks up the globs so they don't fall in all at once and unbalance the machine.
I don't use a spinner to clean the wax, I let the bees do it themselves. With all this extraction & spinner equipment, do you think Flow Hive would be cost effective? Yes, you don't get wax, but... It would be interesting to see a cost/ratio analysis. I guess if the Flow Hive folks want to 'sweeten the pot', they need to ship you some free hives too. :) . - Keep up the good work. 'Hope this last snow storm didn't make it hard to get out to your hives. - time to invest in a snowmobile. -your 20-mile-away-eastern-neighbor.