Harvesting Honey: Cut Comb Honey Beginner Beekeeper Episode 29
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- Опубликовано: 31 авг 2020
- Is cut comb honey for you? Are you willing to take frames from your bees and cut them up to sell? Do you have a favorite way of eating cut comb honey? leave us a comment!
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I'm going to try this! I love the look of those honey squares and they will make great christmas gifts (as they wait in the freezer). But then I wonder about freezing these, will it destroy the beneficial properties of the honey?
If I may add, if I am going to do any work with honey frames, taking them out and leaning them against something (away from the hive) while eating breakfast or lunch gives them an hour to clear off for home. No damage to fragile wings and less stress on the bees makes me feel better about harvesting:)
I really don't know the answer here. It might change the properties of the honey but I don't believe so. It's not like we're cooking it and we're not introducing more water under the caps.
If we could lean the frames up we would but too many insects here would get at the frames. Plus that video was recorded on a 95F degree day.
Let us know how it goes. Bows and ribbons on boxes are always awesome!
@@RascalApiary Thinking some more about combs freezing, up here it freezes hard in winter but the bees still get the benefit out of their honey, so it's likely all good....at least until my theory is proven wrong, lol.
I see up here we are lucky as far as bugs go for harvesting. At this time of year here we only have wasps that come in and they bamboozle as soon as I go near it. Sorry you have to deal with so many dfferent kinds where you live. Thanks for clarifying why you brush combs. Good to know why folks brush!
That's really the only use for that brush. We got it years ago and I couldn't find a reason to use it. We just used bee escapes. Same goes for smokers. We used them the first year. Now it stays in the honey shed.
@@RascalApiary Me tt! I bought a brush but then saw a person use a feather then someone setting the frames aside to let the bees go home and the brush is collecting dust now after one use, lol.
How do you not use a smoker? This is my first year and if I don't the bees get agitated. Am I doing something wrong or is there something I need to do? I'm gentle with them but they sure swarmed me the first few times, I think it's getting less but might be my imagination too:)
I don't think you're doing anything wrong. It's about reading your bees. Finding out if they are really being defensive or curious. Nobody talks about the bees being curious but ours are and there's some small things you'll notice after awhile. If it's your first year I'd still have the smoker at the ready. We're in and out of a hive in 5-10mins. 20 mins you'll notice you've been there too long. Try setting a timer to see how long you take, and note when the bees start coming at you. If it's immediately, I'd ask you. Are you in a dearth?
nice work! do you use fishing line to help the bees build straight and then pull the fishing line out?
We do not. We have some frames that have foundation in them. When we need the bees to draw new comb, we’ll put an empty frame between two already drawn foundations frames or between two frames with foundation.
That honey looks great and do you have a military discount lol?
Lol we're honored to sell some to you! Hope the kiddos get some!
I just love your videos.
Do you sell the comb-honey by weight, because I see the comb has many different thicknesses? I wish I could raise bees here in the high mountain desert of central Idaho our annual rainfall is 6" to 8" and our winter temperatures can be as low as -40ºF so nectar flows are scant.
What about using 'better comb' frames on those hives where you harvest comb-honey?
If we sat at the farmers market we would sell at different prices per ounce. But we sell to the local farm market and let them resell so we tell them $10 per box, since we have the market cornered.
We haven't tried the better comb. We tried the thin wax at one point but it's just as easy for us to go without it.
Idaho! We used to live in Issaquah, close to Seattle. Our daughter lives in Pullman now. Is there a local beekeeping club near you? Most are free to go to and beekeepers are always looking for a few hours help. That way you can give it a shot but not have to own bees.
@@RascalApiary No local bee clubs. There are clubs in the valley areas about 3 to 4 hours drive away from us in most directions.
Do you sell online anywhere like Etsy?
Not yet. We are selling local right now. Once we both retire we're going full beekeeping all the time
Put your nicer scripts in a jar then fill it with honey. Chunk Honey sell well in my area.
Nice! We only did chunk honey once. It sold ok but not as great as comb honey.
What area are you in?
Where did you get those labels I’m trying to find some for my Hogg half combs please help
We made them at home on our Cricut. You can find some generic ones at Betterbee if I’m not mistaken.
Joe May uses turkey flight primary feathers instead of a bee brush, saying that the feathers are less disturbing to the bees than a brush. I find that Joe’s advice is generally sounds, so I took some of those feathers from my fly tying materials and tried them. My experience matched Joe’s. If you have friends who hunt turkeys they can probably give you some feathers (be sure to reward their generosity with some honey). Otherwise you can find a dozen feathers online (try eBay) for the price of a bee brush.
I love comb honey and sell chunks in a jar of honey. It is a beautiful presentation and gives your customer their honey both ways.
Some people are put off by the wax. If so they should spread the comb honey on something - a piece of warm toast will do the trick. It breaks up the comb and softens it. Some people - like me - don’t mind the comb and are delighted to eat a whole chunk as is. Give it a try.A lot of beeks use special frames such as Ross rounds for their comb honey. It makes packaging easier. I find the method described here to provide excellent results and to be less costly and less of a hassle. Give it a try, you will love the results. Stu
We rarely use the bee brush I did for this video since our material is geared towards beginners. I love the turkey feather idea!
Any reason the voice over only appears to be in the left channel audio?
We're hearing audio out of left and right
Why do you brush bees off here? Do you assume the bees are foragers and will fly off to their hive?
They are, since there are no brood on any of the frames and within 20mins of finish brushing all the bees were gone. You can see the increased traffic at the hive we took the frames from.
If there was brood I wouldn't have chosen those frames.
Unless there's something I'm missing?