How honey is harvested - From beehive to jars
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Harvesting honey is the most satisfying thing I’ve ever done. Myself and my honey bees worked hard this summer and I am now rewarded with many kilograms of honey!
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This video got me emotional. Only Alex could make me smile so much about honey. Never stop sharing your passions bro.
Cheers bro. Thanks for weighing and tasting my honey. ❤️
Great video again. Thinking of getting a hive at my allotment now. Love a drop of honey in my tea.
Ps I'd buy a jar seeing as there's half left. 😉
Carl I thought the same thing i Love Honey 🍯 but didn't realize how much until I saw this video 🤤
You 2 guys are the most wholesome thing on RUclips about now 💙
Originally i was slightly put off from your content. but now I believe it was because I wasn't used to people posting genuine content. this is nice!
From the careful collection of the frames to the first opening of the valve to the visit from Carl to the extremely proud dad moment this video made my day Alex. Well done mate.
Thank you Fabian!
I did some work at a place called Bee Maid honey which you guessed it made honey. They had this huge vat with pipes evenly spaced running across the open top of this vat. They would take 50gallon barrels full of raw honey and pieces of honeycomb and open the tops of the barrels and place them upside down over these pipes to get the honey to slowly melt and fall into the vat. It was very relaxing to watch
Alex, you and Carl have been such an inspiration to me as I am growing up. Thank you so much!
Thats great to hear!
I cant believe you only have 60k subscribers, just found your channel and it's such a relaxing, educational and fun channel
Glad you enjoy the videos! Thank you!
dont worry, we are short of 200k now
quarter of a million now! amazing what 7 months can do eh. its a brilliant channel, keep up the good, hard work Alex
I've absolutely loved watching you on this journey Alex. Thank you so much for sharing it. I hope that you're proud of yourself, because you really should be.
My daughter and I watched the fishing videos with you and Carl when she was learning about fishing (she's 7) and we've followed you through the beekeeping, travelling and foraging now too. We love your content and it's amazing to watch you try new things and now succeed at this. Well done Alex. All the very best with whatever you decide to do next. My family and I will be watching and supporting you.
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When you opened the valve and the honey came out, a big smile covered my face because I was so happy for you and the culmination of your first honey bee collection. Congratulations!
Watching Alex harvest the honey gave me a craving for some raw honey, so I put the video on pause and went to my kitchen and made some toast and put loads of raw honey on... did anyone else to that? lol I live in Arizona U.S.A. wish I could visit your honey farm someday mate you are an inspiration. keep up the good work. nice to see young people doing something wholesome rather than ruining themselves with vices from the street life, I'm proud of you sir.
Locked the doors, those pesky bees opening doors. Good job brother, this was fascinating
Genuinely one of the most entertaining channels I’ve come across it’s real passion and enthusiasm and I can’t help but feel inspired to start the same hobbies
Well done Alex, your time and effort paid off and even I learnt something about bee keeping on the way!
Where you bay it.
i dont even eat honey as i dont really like sugary stuff (except dark chocolate) and still im emotional about the results!!! Alex you are awesome bro, im speechless. you worked incredibly hard for a year and went through a lot of problems and still succeeded. and you are such a nice person giving away the fruits of your work to the people you love. dont ever change. i cant wait for your autumn/winter adventures.
Alex, ive watched a few of your videos now, and you come across as such a nice person and your videos are great, i love that you dont edit your thoughts out or even your mistakes, its a brilliant watch and your dad must be super proud of both you and your brother.
Im not going to lie, when Alex announced that he was starting his own channel with a new venture i was sceptical if id watch the videos. How wrong was i! True inspiration for the passion that both Alex and Carl have shown in 2 different Topics that are excellent to watch. Alex i wish some of my family were more like you with the time and effort you put into your hobbies. It really shows in these videos. Keep it up 👍
PS. Can i order any honey? My wife loves it and would give me some free time on the bank 😅
Thanks for sticking around! Appreciate it!
Unfortunately I don't have enough to sell, next year however I'll try my best to have plenty for sale! :)
Thanks Alex, it’s my first season/year at beekeeping, I have had the experience of beekeeping from a friend however the harvest is upon me. I’m on with the job tomorrow. There’s such a lot to learn whilst trying not to make mistakes. I’m lucky enough to have 4 hives already after the help of my friend being on swarm watch in South Yorkshire 👍🏼
Keep positing more videos!
Thanks 🙏🏼
So good to see you thriving and enjoying yourself Alex! A pleasure as always to watch.
im so invested into this project! cant wait to see the results next year!
Cheers for watching the journey!
I am really enjoying this channel of yours Alex, it is so interesting, educational and so good to watch. I am looking forward to your next adventures around Europe. I can't travel but my eyes can see where you are going and doing. Thank you Alex.
Glad you enjoy it!
A tip of the hat to you mate, I vicariously through you felt so much emotion and satisfaction without doing anything except for touching my screen to watch your video. This is golden content and you are such a genuine spirit that I felt joy watching this video. Thanks for warming up my heart in these times . Cheers mate
Top job Alex. Some brilliant insights into your future travel plans too! Looking forward to seeing them come to fruition.
Thanks for watching!
Alex, this was very interesting. I often wondered how the honey is harvested and you did a great job of explaining it all.
When I lived in Germany as a teenager (US military parents) we had a neighbor named Ekhart who had a small beekeeping operation in his backyard. His bees would often show up at our flowers in our little garden out front.
On occasion, he'd give us a jar of his homemade honey... And it was the best honey I ever had. In the US, pretty much all honey you can buy in a store is crystal clear gold. His was cloudy though, and much lighter in color. But it has a texture almost like butter, and tasted insanely sweet. It was like a honey flavored icing.
I came to find out later that cloudy honey like that is usually the result of making the honey with little regard for separating any larvae out... So there's basically a ton of mashed up larvae in it, and that's what gives it that different color and texture.
... You know... When I heard that, I thought I'd be grossed out... And it is kinda gross to me (guess that's American sensibilities for you, please separate me and my food from the concept of the living organisms they came from as much as possible, lol). But then it hit me the larvae is also probably responsible for that amazing unique taste it had... And why should I find something so delicious to be gross? If I could find honey like that again in the states, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Really enjoyed this episode Alex. Never realised how much went into bee keeping.
I was sceptical when you and Carl parted, but I must say I now admire what you are doing and can’t wait for what is to come.
Thanks!
I crigned while watching you crank up the spinner. But you learned your mistake quickly and recovered well. There's no better way to learn. Good on you! I hope for you many years of good harvests. Very enjoyable Alex, thanx!
I like the way you uncap the honey. I’ve watched many people who only get the middle, and leave a lot.
The cutting is so satisfying! Cool to see Carl on the channel.
Amazing stuff Alex, congrats on your honey. Never any doubt you could do it. Pass on my regards to your dad, his garden is immaculate.
Thank you! Will do!
My grandpa used the make his own frames, and he used thnin wire that he put trough the flat( still unused) bee wax on 3 lines( up, middle and bottom) in order to strengthen the entire wax plate in the frame like an armature. He used low voltage electricity to blend-in the wires in the wax itself. And after, when the harvest comes you can spin as much as you want, take honey out as much as you can but the frame reamin fully undamaged and long lasting and yet it doesnt harm the bees at all.
Greatings from Serbia ;)
You can chew the capping like chewing gum. This is what we used to do. Really tasty and healthy.
My grandad started beekeeping many years ago and now my parents and my brother in law do it after he passed.
My grandmother grew up in the countryside of the state of Virgi,. She and my great-grandmother used to make pig feet in the oven. It's awesome to see how others on the other side of the globe in a different culture make them. And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.
I was gutted when you guys split the Carl and Alex channel, but it is so great to see you popping up on each others channels now. You were great together and really compliment each other, but i get that sometimes you have to do your own things. Keep it up bro x
Thanks!
Thank you Alex I’ve been on RUclips watching you and Carl fish you got me into fishing and it really made me appreciate nature I am now your on journey of honey bees and you’ve made me really interested I think I would like to do it but I don’t know where to start but you helped me with that I just want to say thank you
You are very happy when you can do what you want with your family and in the heart of mountain nature, this is a real life, appreciate it and enjoy it.
A simple curiosity is taking shape, as well as the direction your channel. I enjoy your content, thank you Alex.
I look at you and I see my self when I was 16 years old with my first hive .....( about 28 years ago ) some time is frustrating on what you do ...at first it may not to well as you wish but never give up. Keep your dream to be a big bee keeper. Later on down the road will be more easy and simple. I love your videos !
Love you two guys a massive inspiration to the younger generation
Hi Alex,
Congratulations on your first honey. The most satisfying honey as a beekeeper is your first harvest.
Really happy to see sid from toy story grew up and made something of himself.. good video
Really cool, ive recently bought some honey comb from the store. Its pretty cool to cut out a piece and just be able to chew on it. Its literally like chewing gum once all the honeys gone while your chewing it and it like doesnt disintegrate at all.
glad to see you got a decent harvest of honey. All the best from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Keep up the videos.
It’s good to see it finally in a pot and ready to eat I remember your channel starting and your been keeping journey
It feels great to finally have some honey! :)
@@just_alex I bet it’s lovely and the feeling with all the hard work
I never tire of watching your videos and I enjoy seeing old traditions being carried on or even taught to others. All the best in your bee keeping venture Alex and I hope things go well in that cabin in the Austrian mountains (It looked idyllic up there).
Thanks Matthew!
It really has been a truly interesting journey from construction to harvest love the channel love your ability to self sustain inspirational and educational ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I couldn't stop watching your bee keeping operation videos... infact I guess this is the fourth time watching the video over and over and keep me smile just to see when you were about shared your first jar to Carl.
Then look on to your dad expression while he tasted the honey from the jar. Perfect... Alex.
Alex... just want to let you know that, traditional bee keepers in Indonesia extracts honey from the hives using clorhes by squeeze them. The hive boxes are not as good as yours, but made of simple logs.
The honey extractor is too expensive ...
It's quite funny. The more I watch you, the more I find out how much our interest are alike. Keep it up. You did great work getting to where you are now. I admire that.
I've been thinking of beekeeping and you've really inspired me. I've already found a local place to my home that teaches and sells everything I'll need. It'll help the bee population as well as provide me with tasty local honey. Good luck on your travels, just remember, no May-June, lol.
i know this is a bit of an old video, im a bee farmer from south africa, put wire in your frames if you dont already have wire and rather cut out your wax and melt it in a sun melter to get the wax and the rest of the honey separated, that is better if you have a large scale farm and its good for frame quality inspection. sometimes you can sell your wax too
Alex, the last two videos about your bee keeping, I’ve got to say, have been fascinating. Rach and I have followed your journey over the past year and are glad to see that you are starting to reap your rewards. It has been both informative and entertaining. Think you now need a tow bar on that Caddy and a trailer to transport your hives around Sussex👌
Thanks so much! Haha, yes a trailer is next!
This's so amazing, congrats on the honey it looks awesome!
Thanks!
Hands down the only you tuber that puts a smile on my face, im so waiting for the videos of the update on the camper build!
Happy to hear this! Camper build videos coming soon, it's nearly finished!
Great work Alex, you explain everything so well
Cheers!
Thanks for help bro. Good luck makin some more honey I'll try to make it alot warmer next month.
Well done Alex, loved following this from start to finish. Keep doing what makes you happy, watching what you do what makes you happy, makes me happy. That’s lots of happy!
Many peers could learn a lot from you. What a great young man you are
Reading this comment made me even more happy. 😊😊😊 so much happy. Thanks for watching!
@@just_alex 😊😊😊😊
Maybe you could get Omi to design a label for your ALEX HONEY!!!
"Just honey. Cheers, Alex"
That would be epic!
I lived in Austria for a year and had a brilliant time - you will love it and I can't wait to see the content you create when you're there. Fab video!
Cheers. I’m excited for it!
Well done Alex, I watched my cousin jar his first ever honey this year, it's fascinating. Love the videos.
Amazing Alex.. I’m really buzzing 🐝 for you 👏
Your creating some great content in your own unique way and it’s a joy to watch.
Thanks!!!
Amazing Alex, must be so satisfying to jar up your first batch of honey!
Absolutely fascinating to see the process start to finish. Thanks for the educational ride and entertainment mate 👍🏼
Thanks! Yes it feels amazing! :)
Great job alax you gone from fishing to mushrooms to vans and now bees bro amazing we love all your adventures nice job
Thank you!
It’s lovely. I’m watching all the videos in the playlist and loving all of them. You just got a new subscriber
Well done, I would upgrade to a bigger extractor in years to come (if you're still into bees, first year apprentices usually give up) Also get a motorised one, you will extract much more honey out of the frames, less work too. When uncapping, use a strainer then you will get more honey from out of the wax. Filtering is so important. Always filter your honey, leave for a week in the bucket. Then heat up to soften the honey and filter again before filling the jars. Replacing the frames into the supers is good, but always make sure you leave them honey, I usually leave around 10lb of honey so they can eat throughout the winter. Lastly treat your hives for mites even if there are none. Good luck
Well done Alex on the honey looks amazing can not wait to see more of it 😀
It's almost as rewarding seeing someone else reap the fruits of thier labor as it is doing it yourself.
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i once saw a cool video of a person using a sun cooker, where he would lay the wax in a tray on top of kitchen paper, the tray had holes in the bottom and the wax would melt through it into a water bath, leaving all the gunk behind.
This was incredible to watch. Your storytelling skills are wonderful, thank you for this sharing this journey!!
Thanks for watching. Appreciate your comment. :)
I did an essay about the decline of bees back in 2010. My thoughts in the essay was the three B,s. Cellphone towers, Pesticides, and bee mites. My teacher really enjoyed it and told me it was very very good. He never said good so it was a compliment.
I don't know if I fell in love.. this was possible the most satisfying video since.. a long while 🤗
Alex’s smile is infinitely sweeter than honey
Me and my friend are starting a honey bee business in Croatia and your face when you harvested your first honey made me emotional 😅🥹 you helped us with your videos so much
Great video Alex. I like how both you and your brother are developing now as two separate individuals, but still brothers. Looking forward to more traveling. Big up selecta, raving crew.
Your bees are so well behaved and orderly. The frames come out very neat.
When he said "this one is for a girl I really like" 🥺it was sooooo cute
Awesome Alex! Sounds like you’ve got big plans fella, good luck man!
Thanks!
Thanks for the great videos about beekeeping. I'm loving watching it. Cheers!
To prevent breaking while spinning: first slowly, then fast but the other way around, then fast the first direction. Otherwhise the honey from 'inside' pushes to the outside and it breaks. Sorry for my bad english 😅
This video made me so genuinely happy. Joyful.
Cheers to you on a successful first honey harvest!! Loved seeing the process 🍯❤️
Hi Alex, big fan of you and your brother. If you need any help with the hives please contact me on private(I'm a certified bee keeper). For the centrifuge, I have some tips for you: make sure you balance the frames in the centrifuge (don't put 2 heavy and 1 lighter), always start slowly with the first round, and if the frames are heavy , don't push to the max, even if yo don't get the whole honey, turn them around and then again. Some tips for the winter ( from my experience): when it gets cold you might want to add some grills to the hive to prevent any mice to get in , also if there aren't other hives around you could harvest a bit more honey and give them some sugar syrup before packing for winner. This will stimulate the queen to lay some eggs and all of those eggs will be mature bees in the spring, giving you a better start .
Thanks for the info!
Lol I got all giddy and chuckled too at 13:30 😂 awesome honey flow
Alex,im not a beekeeper and ik and wanna let u know too,that too u ssid its for scrapping before cutting with the knife.That tool is used for directliy doing uncapping without anything else.
ruclips.net/video/YqcMe9pjdRM/видео.html
Do it as this guy is doing,u will loose less honey doing uncapping.
Congratulations 🎉, yayyyy, finally the honey 🍯!!!!!! Oh I'm so excited for you guys and so proud!!!
I bet hes buzzing 😟
Nice Vblog Alex, Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to your Austria Trip.
I was surprised to see your honey sieves here in Tasmania, so we bought a set. Thanks!😁🇦🇺
Hi Alex, first time viewer, fun video. When you extract frames tangentially you have to set the frames in with the bottom leading in the direction the wheel turns. Remember, the cells are tipped up (towards the top bar) by 15 degrees. If the frames are in backwards they will blow out. When you flip the frames to do the other side you also need to remember that the direction matters (speed is not a problem although when you extract the first side it's best to go slow to lighten the honey load pushing on the frame). Also, you mentioned the refractometer showed 19 percent, that's too high to bottle. You want below 18 percent.
Thanks for this info Jennifer!
Great video thanks, I spent my youth on the carp and barbel, but been on the bees for 20 years, though times feel that longer I keep them, the less I know! Never got bored with them though. Also beekeepers seem to be such honest sorts and glad to discuss the things to do go wrong. Lots of different views, no rights or wrongs, good to find a style that suits the beekeeper. Winter can be tricky. Ta again.
Excellent work Alex, a really good harvest for your first year. Your channel is superb 👍👍
Be sure to save the honeycomb caps in order to melt them and get clean wax, if the boards are made of pure wax, the bees will make combs faster also it should help with health of the bees. Melt all the frames in which there was brood for 3 years and replace them with new ones, this is best done when there is a lot of nectar intake. Over time, the cells decrease, so the bees are smaller and smaller, and that is not good at all. You can use the frames in which there was only honey much longer.
Start slow and gradually increase rotation. Remember it's not a propeller but a honey extractor, so when the frames are full of honey
and rotating at high speed will break the comb as the capped combs are usually heavy,
Cool to watch Alex. Enjoy your travels in the van.
6:17 "Probably didn't need to lock the doors..."
You never know. My cousin had his house invaded by a bunch of honeybees last year, they just picked the lock and turned off the alarm and now his entire Magic Card collection is gone.
13:10 - Moment of joy 🐝
Great staying power Alex. You've had your problems, but stuck it out like a champ.
Soooooooo amazing!
Cant wait for next season's honey & Ooooooooo Alex is love in the air?? 💛🐝
I love that each frame has quite a lovely distinct taste. I started with the extractor mish-mash soup honey method… then discovered Flow Hive. I’m now up to 8 Flow Hives and I can’t keep up with the demand for varied honey flavours. This was not supposed to be a business but life has taken a beautiful turn for varied tasteful honeys. My retirement was going to be as a quiet watercolourist instead I have made new plans for beautiful tasteful honeys… (but I have made enough this summer to plan and complete that new addition art studio upstairs this winter).
Sounds great!
ALES & CARL YOUR both inspirational guys who take it to the next level in everything that you do,its so enjoyable watching you guys,the best and honest people on youtube,you should be so proud having oneanother as a bro,,i love watching you both on diffrent channels,we are blessed to have you on youtube and hope for many of years to come,,,big up to you guys on being just carl and just alex :) stay safe guys you are the best
Thanks so much for your kind words, means a lot! :)
I am loving all the new directions your channel keeps taking and the enjoyment you are getting along with it. For any channel to be interesting I think the producer has to be able to share their passion for it with the viewer, and you definitely manage that. Keep up the good work mate and if you ever want to expand the beekeeping to Lincolnshire let me know. Take care bud.
Thank you so much!
You can also use a blower to blow the bees out. It doesn't hurt them at all and they will fly right back to their hive but it gives you a chance to remove the frames without the bees on them. With all the traveling and staying in these places for extended amounts of time you can't just leave the bees just because it's winter. They need to be tended to even in winter. Someone's going to have to tend to them when you're away to make sure they have something like pollen patties to eat. There's also things to watch out for like wax moths, hive beetles and yes mites as well. Wax moths can desimate a hive faster then anything where the bees can corral the hive beetles and keep them under control. Most beekeepers don't go away for extended periods of time but i do hope you enjoy your travels.
So happy for you Alex! Literally a sweet result!
Thanks!
Had me hooked by starting off with such an overkill knife that I love.