Huge Record Setting Honey Harvest (Part 1) Pulling Honey

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • Honey harvesting and processing is the pinnacle of our beekeeping season and and had a great time as we pulled honey for our huge record setting honey harvest! Great friends from as far away as northern Utah to pull a lot of honey. We pulled honey using both bee escapes and fume boards. We also applied Apivar strips. Burt mostly we just worked hard and and got the job done. It was so much fun and so satisfying. I simply could not do this beekeeping thing at this level without great friends who are not afraid to work. There is nothing quite like the beekeeping community. The bees truly are the conduit to the people!
    Here are the other two video links for this 3 part series:
    Part 2 (Honey Extraction): • Huge Record Setting Ho...
    Part 3 (Storing Comb and Honey): • Huge Record Setting Ho...
    #brucesbees #honey #honeyharvest

Комментарии • 66

  • @donbearden1953
    @donbearden1953 2 месяца назад +5

    Bruce, those girls worked hard for you! With a lot of wooden ware and a lot of Queens you could double the number of colonies you have because those boxes are bursting with bees!

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      True but I am about maxed out with what I can physically do. If I retire from my full-time job maybe I can examine a bit more.

  • @TracysBees8713
    @TracysBees8713 4 дня назад

    Awsome harvest

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  4 дня назад

      Yes! Good times🍯😎

    • @TracysBees8713
      @TracysBees8713 4 дня назад

      @@brucesbees can’t wait to pull some next year. 🐝

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  4 дня назад +1

      @TracysBees8713 hopefully your supers will be full and you will have a nice harvest!

  • @jessicafairfax_Bens_Bees
    @jessicafairfax_Bens_Bees 2 месяца назад +1

    What a harvest 👍😁🐝💜🌼🍯 kudos to your ladies for all their hard work and also to you and the crew that helped you. Thanks for sharing.

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад +1

      Absolutely. What a great day!

  • @keithspillman
    @keithspillman 2 месяца назад +1

    Fun to watch!!!!! GREAT pull Bruce!! Congratulations!! Time to get sticky!!!!!

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад +1

      Oh yeah. That video will drop as soon as I can get it ready! Good times…

  • @adamsoutdoors
    @adamsoutdoors 2 месяца назад +1

    Great video Bruce. 200 boxes that is Amazing.

  • @brianbennett4374
    @brianbennett4374 2 месяца назад +1

    Good stuff 😊 Thanks for sharing 👍

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      Thanks for watching!

  • @RePetesBees
    @RePetesBees 2 месяца назад

    So awesome! Great teamwork! Excited for the extraction vid :D

  • @kennith.
    @kennith. 2 месяца назад

    Bruce, some of those hives were packed with bees. Wow I am happy for you. Glad you got some help, can't imagine trying to do that alone.

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад +1

      Would have been impossible alone!

  • @gingerbrimer8486
    @gingerbrimer8486 2 месяца назад

    Great video. Glad you had all the help

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      Oh me too. Could not have done it alone.

  • @sonofthunder.
    @sonofthunder. 2 месяца назад

    Awesome harvest

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      Yeah it was a good one. Lots of work. But also lots of fun.

  • @DrAudet-eh7hp
    @DrAudet-eh7hp 2 месяца назад

    Congratulations Bruce.

  • @EileenClarkWhatley
    @EileenClarkWhatley 2 месяца назад

    Loved this! New Beek in South Central Florida. My In-Laws were from Dothan and my Mother-in-law's Maiden name was Brackin!

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      There ya go! It was a great day. Stay tuned for the extraction video. Should e dropping later this week as soon as I can get hit edited and uploaded.

  • @Userxyz-z2d
    @Userxyz-z2d 2 месяца назад +1

    Omg, Im just finishing a jar of Farmers Daughter honey!

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      Awesome! Thanks for watching!

  • @jasonseaward8506
    @jasonseaward8506 2 месяца назад

    What a great haul. How many hives do you have now?

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      Total of around 140 I think. 95 to 100 production colonies. I think we pulled from 75 or 80 that day.

  • @royboyd717
    @royboyd717 2 месяца назад

    Unbelievable, Bruce. I only pulled 30 supers by myself in 90+ temps and had moneys all over my back.😁

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      Yep. It was awesome. What a great crew and fun times. Still have one yard to go. But what a day!

  • @hamburghoney
    @hamburghoney 2 месяца назад

    Thats alot of bees in the air!

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      Yes it was a wild day. But so much fun!

  • @matthewsweeney2577
    @matthewsweeney2577 2 месяца назад

    Good stuff
    Good crew
    👍

  • @beekeepinggarden165
    @beekeepinggarden165 2 месяца назад

    Great job Bruce 👏👏👏👍🍾🎺🐝🐝🐝

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      Thanks Sebastian. It was a great day.

  • @jasonpinnix1905
    @jasonpinnix1905 2 месяца назад

    I don’t care as much for the honey as I do just preserving the Honey bees 🐝.

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      That’s the beautiful thing about keeping bees. There are so many reasons to do it! And each has their own purpose and “why?”

  • @jasonguerra3763
    @jasonguerra3763 2 месяца назад

    I didn’t realize you had so many hives nice work I don’t know how you’re keeping up with that all by yourself between my job and my wife jumping on me about spending to much with the bees I can barely keep up with 20 hives awesome video keep them coming

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      Yeah it’s a lot of work. I justify the time spent by the money the bees bring in. It has actually been a profitable endeavor for me.

  • @mkirkland616
    @mkirkland616 2 месяца назад

    Wow

  • @jimwaldele9084
    @jimwaldele9084 2 месяца назад

    great video,, with that amount of bees then stripping all supers giving them no room ,,now,, do you worry about swarming or will add them boxes back on to give them room back,, thank you awesome videos ty,,

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      No shouldn’t be a problem. We are going into a dearth.

  • @garycorlew2080
    @garycorlew2080 2 месяца назад

    I watch Brakens channel also! I sure never expected to see him on your channel!

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      Yes! It was so much fun! Would love to get more folks in from other areas but logistically it can be tough.

  • @rudolphdavis2387
    @rudolphdavis2387 2 месяца назад

    Hey Bruce good help is hard to fine😂

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      Yep. We had a great group!

  • @dcsblessedbees
    @dcsblessedbees 2 месяца назад

    Busy days Bruce.

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      No kidding man whew!

  • @bradyjames2786
    @bradyjames2786 2 месяца назад

    how long do you leave the escape boards on per box?
    I've always been told 1 day per super

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      These were on for 2 days. I would hesitate to leave them on more than 2 or 3 days here in the south.

  • @grantsimpson9211
    @grantsimpson9211 2 месяца назад

    How many hives to produce 200 supers? Good looking hives!

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      75 or 80 give or take.

  • @jimallen1176
    @jimallen1176 2 месяца назад

    Congratulations on a good honey crop, Bruce! We had a bumper crop in S.C. as well. How did you get so much help pulling honey?

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      I have some great friends that are willing to go through the torture haha. But is a great time!

  • @MrTillerman22
    @MrTillerman22 Месяц назад

    Im from Massachusetts so im not real familiar with the process. When to take the hives to get the 🍯 dont u leave anything for the bees

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  Месяц назад

      Yes there is still some left for the bees. Here in Alabama if there is too much space or honey left in the hives the pests can get the upper hand.

  • @aaronparis4714
    @aaronparis4714 2 месяца назад

    You better feed them boys

  • @aaronparis4714
    @aaronparis4714 2 месяца назад

    Why was that queen above the excluder ?

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад +1

      Not sure. Beekeepers error. I think we found 3 that way🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @aaronparis4714
      @aaronparis4714 2 месяца назад

      @@brucesbees you had a army vet on one video you give him a swarm how is he doing ? I like that you are helping him out 👍🏾

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад +1

      @@aaronparis4714he is ok. Those were bees that were in a water meter on his property.

  • @wadebarnes6720
    @wadebarnes6720 2 месяца назад

    I wish you would wait till after the debate to start

    • @brucesbees
      @brucesbees  2 месяца назад

      Yeah probably would have been better. Fortunately folks can watch after the debate if they want.