Honey Harvest 2020!
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Come see our sweet honeybees and how we harvest all our honey! Even our kids get in their bee suits to help. I only got stung 2 times and we added a new product to our selection: honeycomb-filled honey jars!
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Your youngest daughter is so precious. So cute in that bee suit. God bless you and your family and your bees.
Thank you so much! That’s so kind of you 🥰🥰
Excuse me, how much is your honey per kilogram?
I'm having a bee night on youtube and found you. What a sweet heartfelt video. I really enjoyed it. Very well done. Thanks for inviting us into your amazing life.
That’s so nice of you to say, thank you! That means so much to me 🥰
I’m just so impressed with your girls helping you.
Karen Dowd Thank you!
How sweet to see your girls tending the bees with you! It's my first year beekeeping and my middle son and I are learning as we go along. Best of luck to you!
That's wonderful to hear! It seems like most beekeepers are retired folks so it's always great to see kids getting involved. Kudos to you!
@@TheLittleBlackShadeTree
Allah (God) says in the Noble Quran about bees theses Quranic verses: ( And your Lord inspired the bees, saying: "Take you habitations in the mountains and in the trees and in what they erect, Then, eat of all fruits, and follow the ways of your Lord made easy (for you)." There comes forth from their bellies, a drink of varying colour wherein is healing for men. Verily, in this is indeed a sign for people who think)
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So cool! Those bees were huge! The honey looks fabulous. 😍
newcalbeck Thank you!! 😍
It's so amazing that you have your own bees and honey! I would love to have a hive in my garden but do not really have a good place for one. Your kids where sooooo cute in those suits 💗
Thank you so much! Having bees has been so fun and we love the limitless honey in our kitchen 🍯 One benefit we’ve had is curing my girls fear of flying bugs. They used to be terrified of any flying inspect but since getting bees, they love them ❤️
wow very nice video. also your daughter so cute. watching from Philippines
Thank you so much! Hello to you in the Philippines!
Awww the cutest oompa loompa with Turkey legs
Love it.
Thank you!! 😍😍
Amazing God bless U
gagaalgeria-غاغا الجيغيا Thank you!
Beautiful family
I've never watched anyone do this, that is awesome an the honey looks amazing
Chastity Mathews Thank you so much!
Oh my gosh I love this video. Its my favorite honey harvesting vlog ever
Thanks!! That means so much! 😍😍
Omg your little daughter is adorable, god bless you guys and your bees 😍
That's so nice of you, thank you!!
I am Indian ❤️❤️
Thank you for interesting video. This is satisfying but it also makes me hungry for honey! Hi from Belarus bee's forests! 👍👍👍✊🙏
Thank you! Hello to you too! Thank you for sharing the bee love from your side of the world 🥰
honestly this looks so fun omg i love this I hope one day I can keep bees
Thank you! I hope so too!
Awesome!! I personally love jarred honey woth comb or cut comb honey.
Sweet! (Lol). Honeycomb is the best!
Wow 77 lbs!! Amazing
Thank you!! I still have some stacked in our bedroom because I haven't sold it all yet, ha ha.
Good wishes from India 🙏
rishabh agarwal Thank you! 🥰
I think honey i made by squeezezing bee 😂😂😂
This is so satisfying
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
What is done with the empty combs after new bees leave it? How are the combs that contain the honey that are ready to be collected?
I’m 12 years old and I want to start beekeeping one day so I want to learn some things about bees 🐝💟
That’s awesome! You’ll be a great beekeeper! When new baby bees hatch from the comb, then the queen fills it with another egg. Queens usually keep the brood (eggs and larvae) together and the honey mostly in a different area of the hive. When I harvest the honey, I give the empty comb back to the bees to repair it and fill it again. It’s hard for them to make wax so i try to save as much as I can for them. Does that answer your question?
@@TheLittleBlackShadeTree yes thank you so much ❤️
Why you don't use queen excluder ?
Good question! Sorry I am so late replying to your question. I do use a queen excluder sometimes but this year I didn't. I know they are helpful in keeping the brood in the lower boxes but I haven't had much trouble with the bees mixing the frames up and when they rarely do, it's easy to make a quick switch of location.
It’s beautiful! Very very good helper you have! How many years have you been doing beekeeping?? Thank for showing! You have a great time!
Alek Lysikov Thank you so much!! This is my third year beekeeping but I had fun learning from my dad and sister for several years beforehand.
This was so well-made and edited every part of it I loved
Wow, that’s very nice of you to say! Thank you so much!! ❤️❤️❤️
So dope! I wanna try a honeycomb so bad lol🤤 much success to your channel ! 🤘🏽
Thank you so much! That means a lot to me! 😍
@@TheLittleBlackShadeTree just subscribed !😍
@@BreonTheSinger Thank you so much!! 😍
tahts aamazing its so relaxing
I'm so glad! Thank you!
All good but arent they gone mix the sugar whater with honey i mean some of that sugar thater they are gone store 🤷🏼♂️ plz replay im new with bees
Hi! Welcome to the wonderful world of bees 🐝 You can mix the water with honey instead of sugar but honestly bees like simple sugar water more because it’s easier for them to digest. Honey is their winter and emergency food storage so it’s there when they need it but it’s not their favorite food.
@@TheLittleBlackShadeTree thx you
@@EM-ey9mm No problem! ☺️
What does capped mean? I've been watching some of these honey harvesting videos and they always look to see if its "capped" what does it mean and why do you need it?
Lil Spot Great question. Sorry I didn’t make that clear in the video. Capped means the comb is full of honey and the bees “cap” it off with a cover of wax. Comb that is not capped will show the honey (because the bees are still filling it) while capped honey will hide the ho way because the bees are done filling it and put a lid of wax over top.
@@TheLittleBlackShadeTree oh ok that's makes a lot more sense now. Thank you for answering my question! :D
No problem!
I notice you feed with sugar water but what natural sources do the bees also eat from like clover, flowers, etc... I know some beekeepers keep specific plants nearby like certain flowers which give the honey a unique flavor. Also how many times a year can you usually harvest honey?
Our property has several acres of clover plus a bunch of persimmon trees. We are up against 2,000 acres of national forest so we have tons of other sources for them as well. I love that our honey is sourced from clover and persimmon trees. The weirdest plant I've ever heard of beekeepers sourcing their honey from is Kudzu, but it creates a naturally purple honey!
Nice finished product with good clean packaging. I would buy that if I walked by your table at the farmers market. what size hex jar and how many ounces fit in it. Also where did you get the long dippers I was only able to find the small ones.
Thank you! The hexagon jars are 6 fluid oz but they hold 9 oz of honey. I got my long dippers on amazon but you're right, they mostly sell the mini's. I'll find the link and give it to you...
Here's the link to the dippers I purchased. Looks like they are not available right now but hopefully it helps for future purchases, whether you can find a similar product or it comes back in stock. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KZQG6X9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The Little Black ShadeTree thank you for your response.
No problem! Thanks for the questions!
That's not pure honey since you give the bees sugar water
That’s a good observation but the honey I harvest is not from sugar water. I let the bees gather and make it naturally. The honey they store for themselves for the winter is partially sourced from the sugar water but it’s been found to be perfectly fine for them and they love it.
How did you avoid the brood getting in the honey without using the extractor?
You mean with the extractor? I guess it doesn’t really matter what technique I use to extract the honey because at harvest time I never took out any frames that had any brood. Since you want to leave some honey in the hive for the bees, I just left all the honey frames that also had brood on it. My queens never ventured too far up in the hive to make brood in the honey frames a problem. Does that answer your question?
Aah! Not extractor. Queen excluder. Words 🤪
And yes it did. I wasn't sure if the queen would go all the way to the top
@@laurindamasonrealtor1925 Oh gotcha, ha ha. I thought I would need them but I never had any queens that laid high up in the hive. They always stayed down low except for a frame or so and I would just move it down to a lower box.
When your kids are outside, how close can they get to the hive without bothering the bees? My kids have a playhouse & swing about 20ft away from where I might build a new apiary. Great video.
Great question, my kids can easily walk around our apiary and look in the windows to see the bees without any problems but I probably wouldn’t put any of their play equipment that close because sometimes the bees can get extra aggressive (like whenever I feed them) or get a little too inquisitive. Bees don’t like the color black (the color of their enemy, the skunk) or strong smells like hairspray or perfume. Kids can be safe around an apiary but I wouldn’t set up permanent play equipment close by. Maybe 80-100 feet would be better?
@@TheLittleBlackShadeTree Oh boy. I also have skunks in my back yard. Thank you.
You can help protect your hives from skunks by putting skunk boards down in front of your hive entrance. They are basically boards with lots of nails sticking up to prevent them from being able to walk on it. It makes the skunks expose their bellies to the bees which is their vulnerable area. Skunks most likely won’t risk it and will stay away. Not that great to have around little kids though. Unlike bears, skunks eat the bees, not the honey.
Wow 👏 😮 👏
Ghostyboi Thank you! ❤️
@@TheLittleBlackShadeTree np
What the honey collecting mechine name pls and how much dollars your video is so so good🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👍
Thank you so much! 😍 The machine is called a honey extractor and they are usually priced at $150. I’m so glad you liked the video!
this is so sweet! i have a question though, is there a way to keep the brood frames completely seperate from the honey frames?
moira main Thanks! To answer your question: Absolutely! Beekeepers often times use “Queen excluders” which are wire grated that are placed in between the brood box and the honey boxes. The queens are too big to fit through them but the rest of the colony can happily move freely through the excluder.
@@TheLittleBlackShadeTree Could you please show the honeycomb harvesting? Im not sure how to take honeycomb without damaging the frames.
@@scuffd8734 Do you mean you want to know how to harvest all the comb and not just the honey? I use that method in the previous years harvest. You can use a spatula or putty knife to scrape everything off the frame. The wooden frames won’t get damaged and neither will the plastic foundations if you have them like I do.
@@scuffd8734 Oh, or do you mean how do I harvest the intact pieces of honeycomb? Most of my frames have a plastic foundation and cannot provide whole pieces of honeycomb, however sometimes I’ll give my bees a frame or two that’s too short for the box, such as a medium super frame in a deep brood box. The bees fill in the space by drawing out whole sections of honeycomb. Then when it’s time to harvest I just cut it off in one large piece and later cut into smaller pieces to fit in the jars. Does that make sense?
@@TheLittleBlackShadeTree I see, my grandfather used to harvest honey, but the bees died in the winter a few years back.
that looks so good 😭
Thank you! 😍
I've also had problems with my extractor shaking and I screwed legs down into a large wooden board and put heavy objects on the ends
Neža Flisek That’s a great idea. Anything would be better than our plastic kids table, ha ha. I definitely need to screw that extractor down to something :)
Is the honey up for sale?
I do have some for sale but it's too expensive to ship so I only sell it locally. Sorry :(
Hi
Is it okay to harvest uncaped honey
Good question, it absolutely is okay to harvest uncapped honey :)
Thank you
Thanks for the help, T-Rex Hunter!
What breed are those bees?
If my memory serves me right, they are Italian 😊
Allah (God) says in the Noble Quran about bees theses Quranic verses: ( And your Lord inspired the bees, saying: "Take you habitations in the mountains and in the trees and in what they erect, Then, eat of all fruits, and follow the ways of your Lord made easy (for you)." There comes forth from their bellies, a drink of varying colour wherein is healing for men. Verily, in this is indeed a sign for people who think)
I am Indian 🙄😭🙄🙄