Our First Honey Harvest
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- www.patreon.com/user?u=117814... have harvested our honey! We began as beekeepers in early summer and were delighted to be told, by our beekeeping mentor, that we could harvest some honey as the bees had more than enough. Such a thrill but very sticky work. The honey harvest tastes delicious and will be ready to put in jars in the next couple of days.
We like to live as close to nature as we can and keeping bees was the next step for us. We wanted to offer them a lovely place to live, where they could forage safely and just be - pardon the pun! We never imagined we would be able to have honey in this first year - honey is not our objective at all. We also grow our own vegetables and fruit - have a look at the website - www.danusirishherbgarden.com/
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My father was a beekeeper in S.england.he lived to 101.
When taking the caps off the frames put the shavings on a muslin cloth over a clean container so the honey can drip through and not be wasted.
My dad built a solar wax box which melted the cappings
into a cake tin.he then sent the wax to the place where the foundation was made.
In september there was a competition to see who had the best honey and dad came first for several years. Love your shows, thank you❤
A solar wax melter is now on our to do list xx
I too am not a honey person but would gladly have hives to help the bees if I didn't have a mother bear living in the forest behind my home. She almost always has cubs with her. Everyone in the area who has tried to have bee hives has given up. Even layers of electric fence fortifications are insufficient to keep a hungry bear at bay. Thank you for the lovely video and blessings to you both and the bees!
Hi Gail-Elizabeth - a shame for the bee-keepers but lovely to know that there are wild bears with cubs roaming around. Of course I have only ever seen cartoon bears going for honey pots - thought that was an exaggeration but evidently not xx
@@DanusIrishHerbGarden He he, "hungry bear", or simply greedy ? ^^ They love fruits and sugar.
I so relate as I live in Bear country also, bears daily with a bit less action in the depths of wintertime.....
I sure do delight in watching the variety of bees in the blossoms throughout the summer, yet being a beekeeper has just been a dream.
Bears and bees, certainly love them both.....
I too understand. We toyed with the idea of having bees but are also in bear county.
@@TEPO-- How do humans live safely in bear habitats?
I love Bears and Bees too! ☘️
Hope you gave the spun frames back to the bees to clean up! I’ve been keeping bees for fifty years, it’s become more and more difficult now with the mites and chemicals that are being applied by homeowners and farmers. Glad to see you’re giving it a go, well done and best of luck! There’s nothing like your own honey from your bees.
Yes I did. It is shocking how selfish people have become and insist on having to rid their place of weeds. We hope our hives offer the bees some safe haven and thanks for the tip. Xx
We do that here, we don't mow until the dandelions are done blooming and leave more than half the acreage natural.
I will be planting native flowering plants this spring. My bees will love it. We have deer and wild turkeys passing through most days in the warm months.
I love your show, btw, my grandmother was a healer. Blessings@@DanusIrishHerbGarden
Keeping bees can become addictive! I just wanted 2 hives and I am up to 12. They are awesome creatures.
Ha ha! I can imagine! It is such a fulfilling thing - they are indeed amazing xx
@@DanusIrishHerbGarden Their buzzing is at 432mhz which is calming to humans I have read. Maybe that is one reason why we enjoy them.
Hello Terri and Lol, and all the living creatures in your garden! It is unfortunately, the OGMs, but, those who do it have a very serious agenda and a definite goal. We are what we eat!!! By taking care of the bees, by bee-ing, we are taking care of ourselves and our state of consciousness!!! I greatly enjoy seeing you talking to the bees, they need to love you to want to stay and produce honey. I am not surprise at all that at your place they produced so much honey right away!! I will be back to work soon, slowly getting better!!! Thank you so much for all your help, believe me, I can see it and feel it on each video, all the love and peace and care you send out to the viewers!! Blessings and more blessings and a rain of prayers to you guys and your beloved Ireland!😃🙏🌹
Carry on getting well! Sending lots of love and good wishes xx
Praise the Lord God for his beautiful creation! God is so good! 🙏❤️🐝
Blessings to the Bees!
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You will taste your garden.... and your daughter will taste her garden❤❤
I hope so! A nice way to put it xx
Thanks so much! For taking the time for the honey bees! Enjoy your sweet harvest treat! ❤❤😊😊
You can also use a serrated knife to help take off the wax cap. You won't struggle as much. Please tell me you are going to render down the wax. The wax has so many health benefits for you as well. You can add it to your skincare products when you make them and you can also put it in your soaps to help make a harder bar. Plus it makes some lovely smelling candles. In my local area we have a couple different bee farmers that have enough hives they can sell local honey and make other productus using their honey and beeswax. My area has a local bee and honey festival each year and different bee farmers from around the area come and sell their products and we can get educated on bees and different bee friendly flowers and stuff like that. It's really intresting.
I am most definitely going to render the wax. It smells so heavenly - I hope to make a candle or two and maybe salves if there is enough of it. We have several neighbours who are also keeping bees - mainly for the bees sake and that is good to know. xx
There is a bee keeper living above me. I quit using anything to kill bugs on my plants to protect his bees. I am planning to sow more Dutch white clovers in my yard. The clovers will help build my soil and feed the bees (and many other things). Buying, and eating raw honey (from my area of the County) has helped ease some of my allergies. My Grandfather and two of my Uncles were bee keepers. There was always honey on the table when my grandfather was living.
Glad to hear your allergies have eased and hope they continue to do so now that you are eating the raw honey xx
Bless you Terri and Lol for the beautiful hive…saving our bees is so important. The bees have returned their appreciation with lovely honey. Enjoy the true fruits of your labor and maybe some candles too 🧡🙏🐝🍯 🕯️💛
Bless you too Leslie! We might get a candle too xx
The great Goddess brought the bees. It is a very sacred and ancient practice. Very healing in many ways and propolis has extraordinarily healing powers. We made the nectar of the gods, Mead! Excellent for wheel of the year celebrations. Congratulations and the bees love you for your intentions and care. Thank you Terri and Lol.
Hey Carolyn, yes I agree, mead is lovely for Wheel of the Year celebrations. I thank the Goddess Brigid for bringing the bees from the Other Realm. Hope you and yours are all well - big hugs! xx
Grunewald is a beautiful place. It was my place of work when i lived in Berlin. Went on a holiday and stayed 17 years. 😊 Magical surroundings. Grunewald means ' 'green forest ' Check out the lake its amazing. Great to see you visiting Good old Berlin. ❤ lots of love Teresa ( ireland )....love your garden and all your wonderful teachings. ❤
I a senior in highschool and have been wanting a homestead or hobby farm for the past 4 years. Bees are definitely on the list, if not for their honey, for their contribution to the local ecosystem
Plus if I have a pollinator garden, it would make sense to home some pollinators nearby 👍
Exactly. Fair play to you. Keeping fingers crossed for you xx
Oooooh, congratulations on the gift of honey from your busy bees!!! They are obviously very happy in your garden. I am considering having a hive, and learning from your journey. We must save the precious bees and provide them with everything they need in order to be healthy. Here they put the hives on great big trucks and move them all around from farm to farm to pollinate the crops. I worry that the bees are exhausted and confused. It soothes my heart to see your happy productive bees. Well done, Teri!
I think they are exhausted and confused and it is so unnecessary. did you know that Italy exports most of its almonds to the US and California exports most of its almonds to Europe! And if they didn't grow massive mono-crops the bees would have a better diet and be healthier xx
😮 All the more urgent to caretake and cultivate our lands with diversity and wildness. @@DanusIrishHerbGarden
Thank you, dearest Terri. I have never seen this marvel of extracting the honey these magical creatures, the bees, give us so generously. God and Goddess bless you all for taking care of their precious creatures. Thank you from the heart.
You are so welcome - I agree, the bees work so hard and are indeed so magical xx Blessings to you too x
Thanks so much I loved watching how you extracted the honey
Love bees forever
Glad you enjoyed it xx
Lots of wax too for candles =-) My garden is planted for bees, butterflies and birds . so at times an amazing wonderland. Take care =-).
Thanks to both you and Lol for sharing so much of your life with us. Much love.💗
🐝Hi Teri!! Hi happy bees! I'm delighted, I didn't know the harvest could be so quick. You'll have a lot of wonders to do with this treasure. What a gift you are sharing! ! Now I'm going to learn more about honey with you!! 🐝🐝🐝
WE didn't expect any harvest so it has been a thrilling time xx
Amazing, thank you bees 🐝
Wow, Terri, your very own bee hive, how exciting! Thank you so much for sharing. where I live I know a couple from the Buddhist temple who have hives. I've bought some of their honey . I noticed all that beautiful Beeswax your getting from the process, I'm curious to see what you'll do with the Beswax, Maybe candles, or an herbal lip balm? Please do some videos on what you do with the beeswax, Id love to see that. Have a blessed honey harvest! 😊🧡🙏🐝🏵
Honey is powerful medicine. 🐝❤🐝
It is! I have allergies and started using my raw honey, just a little in the morning. I have not had to use allergy medicine for months.
As a 7th year beekeeper, there is nothing like your own honey that you harvested. I still have a small jar from 7 years ago.
How wonderful. We must do that too. Xx
Once I hear the first chords of your intro music, I instantly feel relaxed & at peace. Although I love bees, I don't think I could handle maintaining a hive. I do have several bees that frequent my little yard, especially bumble bees. I let the clover & dandelions bloom at will - despite the nasty letters I get from the city telling me to "cut the weeds", I think the bees appreciate it. The bumble bees in particular seem fascinated by me & always hover near me when I sit on the porch. I'm a ginger & I hear that bees are attracted to us (although I've never been stung). I just greet them & tell them I'm not a flower, so they can't pollinate me. They lose interest after awhile & fly off. My neighbors think I'm a bit crazy, but I relish my reputation as the eccentric, witchy redhead.
What a reputation!! Go girl go! Your neighbours are lucky to have you xx
I loved going on your honey harvest adventure! That honey absolutely looks delicious and you have a beautiful happy beehive! You amaze me how you just forged through into everything it takes to have honey bees and honey harvest with confidence 💖
Lovely Sunday video. Wish I was a honey bee 🐝 in your garden😄
"start where you are with what you have"....this is a great demo to show people they can do things w/o the all expensive equipment. Community is an essential part of simple living. Knowing your daughter lives in your area made me smile. My thank for helping th bees.
You are so right. We can't do all things alone. Like the bees , we must support each other in what we do. xx
So interesting! Thank you for this video. It reminds me to seek out pure honey (as opposed to the grocery store substitute), to be mindful while I eat it, and to thank the bees for their hard work😊
Great point Jenny - to be mindful! I am very mindful now especially now I know a little more about bees, they are incredible and we are very grateful to have received so much xx
Very interesting to see how you extract the honey 🍯 I let my vegetables go to flower as well. It's such a joy to see how the bees 🐝🐝🐝feed on them.
It is a joy - in our garden the bees really love the brassica flowers xx
Stuffing the entrance to the hive with lemon balm was brilliant 👍
Got the top from one of the commenters here 😉
Wooow dear Terry 💛 Congratulations for this amazing result!!! I can just imagine the great emotion to eat your own honey, coming from your beautiful bees and from your amazing garden, after all this working process 😎 Thanks for sharing precious informations and wonderful experiences 🌼🐝🐝🐝 Big hug 🤗
We have been so lucky! It is a wonderful thing though, to think that this honey came from our garden xx
How exciting! We want to get bees someday, just waiting till we have time and can find a local bee group. You'll be able to use the wax for your lotion bars. I was given wax scraps by a bee keeper once, I melted them and poured off the clean top stuff. The dirty blackish bits at the bottom I smeared all over double layered kitchen towel, let it cool then tore it up into small pieces. I'm going to use them for fire lighters. You can make all kinds of firelighters from your wax if it's not clean enough for lotion bars.
That is such a great tip - I will try that too xx
Thank you for the music, Terri and Loll.
Thrilled that you are enjoying it xx
Fantastic. We are first year bee keepers 🐝 too but didn’t get quite as much honey! Well done! We did put the wax scraped from the frames back into the hive and the bees clean the honey off it, leafing just the wax behind after about a week. We’ve then used it for candles, balms etc. 👍
I put the frame back for them to clean off but never thought to put all the scraped wax in too. Got some honey out of it and am now in the process of rendering it. xx Good luck with your hives xx
Isn't that honey gorgeous? Congratulations! Blessed kindred bees.❤️💐🐝
Thanks for watching xx
I always helped with my Grandpa with the bees. Some of my fondest memories! I love honey!! Thank you Terry!
I can imagine - we will be getting our grandchild involved too so that he can make happy memories as well xx
So beautiful ❤️ Thank you Terri ❤️ I am so happy for you and for the bees 🐝! I am always so grateful for honey 🍯 and beeswax candles 🕯️Blessings to you dear Terri ❤️❤️❤️
Oh my gosh. All that beeswax for wonderful candles, too.
There should be enough for a candle and some salves xx
Thank you Terri beautiful Video x
Glad you enjoyed it xx
I loved watching this. We've been keeping bees for 2 years now, and they had a surplus this year and could share a little with us for the first time. It's amazing how much they can make and their lovely wax too. We put the frames back above the crown board for them to clean but it was during the ivy flow and they started filling them again! The scent of the ivy is amazing.
Wow! I put the super back too - I didn't put it above the crown board though - that would be the better way probably?! It is all so interesting and we are just privileged to watch them at work xx
If you can use a large carpenter metal hack saw blade unit - with the large "C" shape. Remove the tiny, thin metal hack saw blade - and replace by wrapping a sturdy but thin metal wire between the prongs - like a large cheese wire cutting utensil. One can then easily hold the saw onto both sides of the wooden frame and pull across the comb, the cut-off comb portion intact, far easier (and less wasteful) than a hot kitchen knife, or a hot honey knife. By draining out the honey from this cut-off portion, one can then reattach that into a new frame, versus the modern honey comb wax plates - and the bees will readily go to this already honey-smelling comb portion and rebuild the honey comb in the frame. This saves all portions of the honey comb and wax. If you spin or drain the honey comb, you get honey, but if you want intact honey comb and honey, then cut out the portions of the honey comb and put into jars with extra honey. This destroys the honey comb in the frame. So using a honey comb wire and cutting off the tops on both sides, spin or drain the honey comb, and you have the intact honey comb frame to put back into the hive. The 2 honey comb caps can be put into new frames saving having to buy a wax honeycomb plate. Also, it is less effort of the honey bees in recreating the comb structure with the intact comb, and only need to make new wax caps onto the comb. I was raised doing honey bees, and extraction, and this seems the less destructive and helping-hand to the bees with their honey comb making operations. Less construction time, more honey gathering time for the females.
Thanks for the tip - it will be good to save the bees from extra work. xx
Wow! Absolutely beautiful video 🐝 Thank you for sharing 💖
You have inspired me to revisit my desire to have bees 🐝
Delighted to hear that
Absolutely wonderful and heartwarming to see such nourishing and dedicated hard work (and the Bee's hard work) come to fruition. Very lucky Bees to be living with you Terri 💗💗💗
I love that you are mindful of the bees and what they need ahead of your needs, it was wonderful of them to share their bounty
We feel very blessed indeed. xx
🐝🍂🌻Thank you for all of the care you put into preserving nature Terri!
So nice of you to say - it makes my heart feel good to work and co-create with Nature xx
dear Terry what an adventure..wishing you all the best for this project.........xx........Blessings and Greetings from Daggy,Kiel,Germany☘☘☘
Thanks so much Daggy. xx
Bees! Honey and light! Honey benefits are many, but the beeswax make lovely candles that produce a light within the same spectrum as the sun… Plus they clean the air…Not to mention the lovely scent! Loved your video today. (Maybe an upcoming video on candle making??😉)
I will do that and look forward to lighting it now that I know that they clean the air and produce a form of sunlight. Amazing! xx
Enjoy it. It’s so lovely to see you getting nice returns for your sincere work. Hopefully it keeps growing and one day you would be able to share or sell it too, well at least with your followers. Looking forward to that day. 👏
Amazing that such little creatures can produce so much honey in such a short period, it truly is a wonder of nature! Enjoy your harvest!
It's a miracle! We are so used to going to supermarkets we forget all the miracles involved. xx
Hi Terri.. when moving hives pick a time when bees are less active..at night or on a cool drizzling day...
You'll put less stress on the hive. 💕 How wonderful you have bees..
Also next bee box you get could be a draining honey box.. you loose less bees in honey harvest.
Much love 🌴🤠
Thanks for the tips! Very grateful to you Beth xx
My daughter in law told me Sourwood trees make a great honey. The bees love this tree. If they will grow in your landscape (which I feel they would)they are beautiful trees with nice flowers.
Thank you - not sure what that is but will check it out. xx
@@DanusIrishHerbGardenit is an understory tree. In my yard it is in the wood line just peeking out to get the sun but protected by the taller trees.
Love this!!! How interesting! Your bees are very happy. Honey makes a great face mask, too.
My goodness me terri,,the beautiful (wild weed honey ).it certainly does look like liquid gold,,very well done to you both for your first time,,mmmm! I can just imagine having a slice of home baked bread and your wild weed honey!,I love that you extract it the old fashion ed way,, pure delight, thanks so much, happy Sunday, thanks for lovely film,love to you and your family, xxx
Morning Hetty - Lol is just making bread as we speak so might try a little dribble later xx Happy Sunday to you all too xx
Bee energry is thrilling and glad i bet 🐝they 🐝already appreciate you!Extracting honey low tech is quite to process. Congratulations on managing the steps. You're fortunate to have bee neighbor and your local bee council to learn with.
We are very fortunate to be able to call for help and to be able to access such vast knowledge xx
What a gift. What a life! 👏💕🌿
I don't know the bee species I have, but they are super friendly and sweet. Very forgiving too. It takes a lot for them to go aggressive on you when near their hive. May be because my body doesn't release smells or something (thank my Chinese side of the family). I actually got really close to a near by hive and the bees were just so relaxed and sweet. I have so much respect for them so I just leave them be. Plus they are a small hive so they aren't making that much honey to begin with. Thank you for your video. Would be interesting how to be a bee keeper seems like a wonder skill to add to ones resume. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯
These bees are Connemara bees - also known as the European Apis mellifera mellifera. They are very gentle and passive unlike hybrid bees that tend to be more aggressive. I did a bee-keeping course years ago but I think that you need a mentor and that you learn more as you work with them. xx
How nice you have bee hives. Your garden is a lovely place for them. Many years ago, my uncle had honeybees. Sold the honey to family and friends. Since my name, Melissa, means honeybee I always got a jar of honey in my Christmas stocking. Enjoy!
How lovely! In Irish myth, the goddess Brigid brought the bees from the Other Realm s to bring sweetness to the people. Women and bees have been entwined since ancient times xx
What a lovely cat . They like boxes to lay in.
The box is on the way to the compost heap - put down any box or container and the cats jump in😂
Imagine the unique candles! I had a friend that raised honey. I got 2 quarts. I took a teaspoon every!Best tasting medicine ever!
I will attempt to make one candle at least - depending on how much wax there will be. Looking forward to the smell of it xx
What a lovely sanctuary for the bees. Thank you for sharing the honey extraction process❤
Glad you enjoyed it - still a lot to learn xx
Learning a lot from you Lady, thank you.
You're welcome Elizabeth xx
Happy Sunday with bees thank you ❤
Happy Sunday to you too xx
Thank you so much for this lovely video, so interesting. I am a honey lover and I just didn't realise how much work goes into the process of extracting and filtering the honey. Apart from all the work the bees do to give us this amazing product. Thanks again Terri, see you soon 🌼🐝 x
You are welcome Gina. Glad you enjoyed it - yes, we never appreciated all the work either. It was not hard work, sticky though! But definitely makes us appreciate the bees even more. xx
Love bees, and love their honey. Thank you bees. xxx
Same here - lots of love to bees xx
Another problem that I learned this summer from my local beekeepers is the industrial use of bees. We have other neighbors who contract their beehives to California for pollination then they get shipped back two states north to Washington state. The issue is that they were infected with mites and then affected his hive. His production was down 70% because his bees were stressed. The mites burrow up under their abdominal segments. I sure hope my neighbors don’t quit beekeeping but they were pretty discouraged this year. The honey was pollinated by Fireweed. That is some of the best honey I’ve ever had!
All this shipping bees here, there and everywhere stresses them out and then their immune systems suffer and then they are prone to mites and other problems and then their colony collapses. All because of greed and a disconnect from Nature.
@@DanusIrishHerbGardenThe neighbor just has them just sitting in an empty field without anything around. No flowers or trees. So sad. But it makes my heart swell to see them thriving in your garden. Thank you!
Why would they even do that?
@@DanusIrishHerbGarden Well-said Terri! 🕊❕️
Bless Mother Earth and her flora, and fauna, and Bless the humans who cherish her! 🕊❕️❕️❕️
How wonderful you havx a harvest already! I am thrilled for you! Enjoy! 🥳💖🥳
Thanks Moira - we are thrilled too xx We will think of you while we enjoy it xxx
Blessings to the the bees and the beekeepers! ❤
Many Happy Returns xx
What a fantastic outcome can’t wait to see in jars.
Will run it off tomorrow and show you later xx
If you like butter you'll love blending butter & honey into a smooth paste for toast.
I also leave some honey for our bees overwinter and give them mite paste protection & extra food from 'Hive Alive.' I also take out some frames from the brood box in the middle so they can ball up inside the center of the hive in the really cold weather, nobody else I know of does this but it makes sense to me.
The anti- mite paste container is empty by the time the spring honey flow is in but only supers (honey frames) placed then are used to collect future honey so as not to mix the possibly mite paste infected honey with the unaffected new honey. . . it is poison after all but saves the hives and little bees from annoying and eventually fatal mites.
Well done!
Hugs from N. Tipp xxx
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Hugs to you too in N Tipperary!! . All the best with your hives. We are not using any anti-mite poisons, we wouldn't do that to ourselves so won't do it to the bees. Our local bee-keepers club encourage us to be as natural as possible and interfere as little as possible. Hopefully all will be well😃
Gm Terri, it's wonderful that you are getting honey already! So exciting 💚🌙🌿
We have been so fortunate - beginner's luck and great busy little bees. xx
Excellent! Enjoy all that beautiful honey!
We will! We are so lucky! We will make good use of it xx
Oh my! What a wonderful harvest! How enjoyable!💖💖🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
Thank you for the😊 update on your bees! Lucky you to have a wax harvest too. I make body and lip balms with beeswax. Everyone says it’s the reason my products are so good on the skin. Even my dogs’ pads on their feet are softer with a rub. Fresh honey for infusions is delicious. I’m making honey garlic bread today. ❤
Bread sounds tasty! Have to work with the wax now xx
Honey garlic bread? Googleing now!
Oh my one of the most wonderful life events I’ve always wanted to do but stings and I don’t get along too well … my daughter in law is doing it and I’m so excited to see the results from the first years harvest… yes liquid gold I totally agree I’m not a honey lover either and never had a desire to enjoy as others do but as I’ve aged and matured I realize the incredible gifts the bees share with their honey.what a perfect paradise
To share with them no drugs and chemicals to harm them… I don’t remove any blossoms or compost until I’m certain all nutrients have been gotten from these plants for these precious workers… I plant with the benefits and end results in mind for them and the butterflies …no pesticides no dangerous sprays at times my garden looking quite forlorn as it does now in late autumn but the rewards are magical…can’t wait to see your harvest in the next video…blessings sent across the miles to you and your hard worker bees … may life continue to bless you all
Same here with us Isabella - why garden otherwise? Blessings on all you do xx
Fantastic Terri, well done! Kx
Thanks Kate - the bees did all the work😂💚
This was so educational! Learning they can outgrown their box makes me feel less guilty buying honey. I am 62 and never cared for honey until about 2 years ago. But admittedly, all I had ever had was the processed store bought honey. I have been surprised how the taste of honey can be so different from one bee keeper to another. Congratulations on your harvest! 🐝🍯
I love natural honey. Not a sweet person but when I want honey I want it straight from the hive like you’ve done Terrie. Thanks for the video.
I really enjoyed this film. I live on my grandfather's Ranch which had many avocados, a few orange and lemon trees with wild oak everywhere. My PaPa planted the larger jade succulents and red geraniums here and there throughout the grove so bees thrive around here since the late 60s. I am piquing the interest in my son in law to consider raising bee hives. Bought him a few books and he has joined a beekeeping on line chat. And he will be getting this video as well. Boons of Blessings to You and Your Loved Ones.
I am a very honey person, like almost all kind but the ecological mountain honey is the best for immune system.
Thanks, I love watching you. Take care! Xx.
Hi Terri, how lovely, the honey is looking superb, another free natural product from Mother Nature, We have a lot of bees, since I planted some comfrey on the roadside, now it has spread far and wide, enjoyed watching, wonder if you will make candles with the wax? have a great week. xx
Great idea to sow Comfrey - bees love it. I hope to make a candle and some salves . xx I will let you know xx
Bees are such awesome little creatures aren't they? It's nice to see how well your girls are doing, lots of honey and wax to keep you busy!
Yes they are! Little miracles. And you are right - so much we can do with honey! xx
Thanks for sharing your honey 🍯 extraction! Very educational....but boy what a delightful reward!!
We are blessed! Never expected to, never imagined we would get so much xx
Happy capping. Thank you.
You're welcome xx
Congratulations, Terri! I can’t wait to see how many jars you end up with. What a beautiful new hobby. Enjoy!
I will let you know and how the wax turns out xx
I met a beekeeper yestterday. I bought 2 quarts! It is soooo clean! It is local! So excited! My grandmother raised honey! I wasn't allowed over there! Big Big rattle snakes! So I lost the opportunity to learn from her!
Well you can learn from your beekeeper if he is willing. xx
How lovely Terri, really enjoyed seeing your bees and to see you collecting their hard work. Well done in giving them somewhere lovely and healthy to live, I also want to learn about and have bees now, thank you both as always for an interesting episode from your garden, have a wonderful day X
Glad you enjoyed it Pierette. Hope you get to do a bee-keeping course - it is worth it just to watch them going in and out of the hive. xx
Love it! I'm hoping to have my own bees someday, but for now I'm growing herbs to feed them and cheering you on! Bee blessed! 🐝
Thanks so much and blessings to you and your future hive xx
I really enjoyed watching this video Terri and it was very relaxing watching the process from hive until pre bottling. I have a lot of honey stored up as part of my preps but I am so grateful to be able to watch your happy bees doing what they do best and I am grateful when I see someone who doesn't just take for granted the blessings we are blessed with! Honey is so valuable and can be used in many ways either for enjoyment or for its medicinal properties and the beeswax has a variety of uses as well. I cannot imagine a world without bees which would conclude in a world without people! I'm looking forward to next week's video! From country NSW Australia.
So glad you enjoyed it Michelle. Honey IS so valuable and some people would say it is a spiritual food also; and through time, honey has often been what saved people. Our bees are vital xx
@@DanusIrishHerbGardenThey, bees, are indeed valuable! Thank you for replying!
Thank you Terri and Lol for this video. Truly a labour of love. Great for the landscape and for the soul. I keep raw clover honey and buckwheat honey in my pantry year round. So medicinal and great for winter oxymels and tonics. Have a great week. 🐝
Wonderful! Great tips! Enjoy your week too. xx
I was just reading that the native bees are more in danger of extinction than the honeybees world wide...I thought that was interesting. We keep a single bee box every year and we use the russian deep box because of our climate in Connecticut USA. We only take honey every other year cuz we got a large 10 gal bucket last time - that will last 2 years! We have a couple meadows that we intentional plant with native pollinator favorite plants we call our meadows: "Meadows of Opportunity" or MOO! LOL
It is horrific what is being done to bees and pollinators, when you look into it. It is wonderful to think that you got enough to last two years. Planting the favourite plants is a great way to give back. xx
How very wonderful. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it! xx
Terri found this to be invaluable. I'm not in a pristine place but like you have planted out bee attracting beds or wilding beds in the garden...and although I do get bees, there are not as many as I'd like.
I'm going to look into buying a hive... I have that fuchsia plant and will grow more from cuttings and plant about the garden. This is exciting as summer is on the way here in Oz...your success is brilliant, that's a happy hive. Thank you for sharing...now to seek out a hive and mentor...x
I wish you lots of luck getting a hive and a mentor. Take your Fuchsia cuttings in Autumn - they grow pretty fast compared to other types of cuttings. I am sure your garden is a wonderful haven for bees and more will come as your plants grow. xx
This is how I first started with my one hive of bees. Love watching this. I have now kept bees for 20 years. Eventhough I now have 20 hives, this was wonderful to watch. You love your girls.
I love them already. I hope we are still at it in 20 years - congrats! xx
Such hard work Terri, for everyone involved !! Thanks so much for sharing ❤ and have a very good week !!!
Sticky work!😂 xx
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Very interesting! I had no idea how that was done. Jars of your honey will also make lovely Christmas presents for your friends and families.
Us neither! Learning on the job!😂 YEs, that is where many of the jars will be going. Great feeling xx
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As a kid, I liked to chew on the honey comb. Dad would buy a quart jar of honey, with a chunk of honey comb in it. Yumy!
Hope this brought back happy memories xx
How fabulous Terri 😀l never knew the process so found it very interesting Lucky you
I know - I feel very lucky. xx and the process is interesting xx
@@DanusIrishHerbGarden l think because you improvised and didn’t have all the specialist equipment it makes it more relatable and accessible thank you 👏
Hello to you both, what an interesting video, I think it's great you turn your hand to anything Terri, nothing seems to phase you. Your hard work is paying off in dividends . Congratulations both.
Hugs and Blessings.💚🌹
Hugs and blessings to you too Linda xx
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Fantastic to see the wonderful Bees at work & thank you for giving them a safe calm home 🥰 just relaxing to watch all of your videos the beautiful Herbs & Flowers gently swaying in the breeze , your pets & chickens are so sweet & the music , you clearly work hard to achieve all of this Terri & Lol thank you for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it xx