Comb Honey Cutting & Packaging

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  • Опубликовано: 17 дек 2024

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  • @JeffHorchoff
    @JeffHorchoff 3 года назад +18

    Man, that is some beautiful looking comb! I’m going to have to hide this video from the monks though, there’s no way I’m gonna be doing that stuff. Great video Mike see you soon. God’s peace brother.

    • @cherylcarnes4207
      @cherylcarnes4207 3 года назад +3

      Come on Jeff you could do it in you're copious free time. Remember you're retired now with medicare.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +4

      I'll be taking a couple of free samples over to the Abbey gift shop. Want to see if they can get some just like it but from Abbey Bees. I know they have a beekeeper over there that needs some more time in the bee yard.

    • @donbearden1953
      @donbearden1953 3 года назад +2

      @@MikeBarryBees take samples to all of the Monks!

  • @beverlysteen
    @beverlysteen 3 года назад +1

    Just love your clean Honey house.

  • @stevennoland3996
    @stevennoland3996 2 года назад +1

    Thank You for the Video Mike!! I have kept bees for 30 years and this is the first year for comb honey for me. I learned a lot from your video, thank you!!! God Bless you back! Steve from Idaho, I have 20 hives ready for winter.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  2 года назад +1

      Thanks Steve and I'm so glad you enjoyed the video!! Glad you got something form it. I could sure learn form your vast experience. 30 years!! wow! I am humbled. Best wishes for your overwintering!! Gets mighty cold up your way and I sure hope to be vacationing up there in and thru Idaho one day!!

    • @stevennoland3996
      @stevennoland3996 2 года назад

      @@MikeBarryBees I did cut comb honey using your video for a guide and ended up with 25 3X4 inch combs. I went 3X4 because that was the size of the clear containers I bought in bulk. I had a lot of fun making them, thanks again!

  • @thesidelinebeekeeper-craig6924
    @thesidelinebeekeeper-craig6924 3 года назад +1

    Another great video Mike. Comb honey is an art to itself. Beekeeping has so many specialties. I think that’s why it’s had me hooked for so long. Stay safe Brother.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +1

      Thanks Craig!! Yea, so many fun things to do as a beekeeper. Just not enough time and money to do it!! LOL!!

    • @thesidelinebeekeeper-craig6924
      @thesidelinebeekeeper-craig6924 3 года назад

      @@MikeBarryBees Amen Brother. They say it’s all about the honey! Seems it’s all about the money lol. Time and money is the truth.

  • @OutdoorsandCountryLiving
    @OutdoorsandCountryLiving 3 года назад +1

    Looks like some good honey. Nice work and thanks for sharing. Stay well.

  • @billyrowell6056
    @billyrowell6056 3 года назад +1

    I really enjoy your videos, my comb honey and cut comb has been hit and miss the last two years. I use shallow boxes with a starter strip and am considering using full sheet of thin surplus wax. I am in southeast Georgia and this was my fourth year keeping bees. I thank you for always saying GOD BLESS at the end of your videos, may the GOOD LORD BLESS AND KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Thanks so much Billy!! Yessir, I can relate to the hit and miss. I use the thin surplus full sheets. It’s just easier for me to use those and put them on and leave them alone.

  • @keithfaithful3989
    @keithfaithful3989 3 года назад +1

    Looks great 👍 thanks for sharing.

  • @gregoryscott5063
    @gregoryscott5063 3 года назад +1

    Another awsome video, keep them coming Mike. May the good Lord bless you and your family. From the bee keeper in the Fl Keys. 🐝😎

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Thanks so much Gregory!! Love the Keys. Lived there a couple years and will always remember the fun. Could not imagine year round beekeeping!!

  • @tomkingsley4398
    @tomkingsley4398 3 года назад +1

    Hey Mike, another great video! I think that's pretty nice looking comb honey, you should be proud. I used queen excluder but had upper entrance and got scatteted pollen cells in my comb. I cut 1" squares and put them in small plastic soufflé cups

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Thanks Tom! We did that last year with some of the honey and the small pieces sold pretty well. I ready to get back to full boxes again. Might need to employ an excluder one the future.

  • @rodneymiddleton9624
    @rodneymiddleton9624 3 года назад +1

    Makes me want some honey!!!!! Thanks Mike!!!

  • @GEEZBEEZ
    @GEEZBEEZ 3 года назад +1

    Looks good and fresh. Thanks for the video. God bless.

  • @cherylcarnes4207
    @cherylcarnes4207 3 года назад +1

    I like it! The comb looked beautiful Mike. Thanks for the trip through the honey house. May GOD bless you as well.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Thanks Cheryl!! So glad you enjoyed it.

  • @langstroth-obertraeger
    @langstroth-obertraeger 3 года назад +1

    Greetings from abroad.
    I will try it next year. Normaly i dont use wax foundation in my Illinois Farrar supers. So the comb harvest would go easy. Now im looking for the right selling case like yours.
    Dont stop with your videos. Let us take part in your local beekeeping life.
    Gerd

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Thanks for the kind comment!! I really think its worth it to just add one super in amongst the rest. Comb honey is a treasure.

  • @richardleggans9886
    @richardleggans9886 3 года назад +1

    I melt wax and glue my starter strips in with the wax to prevent them from warping. Works for me. And I checkerboard the comb frames.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Yea, that's how I secure the foundation in mine. Just a little wax to glue the tops in. Didn't do it last year and paid for it.

  • @randallcarter-carterhillho2277
    @randallcarter-carterhillho2277 3 года назад +2

    Good morning mike. I have been watching your videos for a few months now. Loved this cut comb video. Thanks for sharing.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +1

      Well, thanks a bunch Randall for watching and following and I'm glad you liked it.

  • @julieenslow5915
    @julieenslow5915 3 года назад +1

    You should rename your Honey House a Honey Home, it has become a very comfortable and welcoming place for me! Nice to see how you do comb honey, seeing the size and the frame type that works well for that purpose it all makes sense now. But for some odd reason, now I am hungry... kitchen run coming up!! Hugs!

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +1

      Well, I'm glad you enjoy visiting Julie. You are such a faithful and supportive viewer. When I don't see a comment from you, I start to wonder if all is well. Thanks again!!

    • @julieenslow5915
      @julieenslow5915 3 года назад

      @@MikeBarryBees
      Thank you Mike!

  • @russellkoopman3004
    @russellkoopman3004 3 года назад +1

    Hey Mike another great video. I tried a few frames with a starter strip. Put one or two frames in several strong hives. Last year they drew them out fast and it was great. This year the bees wouldn't finish them off. They'd draw most of the comb but wouldn't cap them or finish filling them. So all I got was some strips for selling chunk honey. Might of had something to do with our drought. They produced a lot of honey but it was a slow and steady flow.
    I remember Mike Palmer saying that he would scratch a super of capped honey below and they would move the honey into his cut comb frame. Might have to try that. Have a great week Mike.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +1

      Thanks Russell!! Yea, sounds about right with the drought. Slow and steady doesn't seem to do the trick. It's when the colony is just about to hit the peak of a strong flow that the comb frames seem to work well for me down here. But chunk honey sells good too.

    • @russellkoopman3004
      @russellkoopman3004 3 года назад

      @@MikeBarryBees I had about 25 jars of chunk honey that we sold this year. I started making creamed honey and it is selling great, better than runny honey.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      @@russellkoopman3004 Yea, creamed honey sells fast here. I make it a few times a year and it is gone really fast. Yet to make any this season.

  • @tritonewr4054
    @tritonewr4054 3 года назад +5

    I really like your honey shed! It’s set up really nice for your operation!

  • @dsummerscm
    @dsummerscm 2 года назад +1

    Really appreciated this video Gus! We are getting ready to attempt to cut our own. Thanks for the tips!

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  2 года назад +1

      You’re welcome Dawn!! I was able tot make another super this season. It’s in the freezer waiting to be cut.

    • @dsummerscm
      @dsummerscm 2 года назад

      Sorry about the name confusion in my comment! ;-) I watched yours and Gus'. Haha

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  2 года назад +1

      @@dsummerscm well, I answer to about anything...,😀😀

  • @bobfanning6816
    @bobfanning6816 3 года назад +2

    Hey Mike, first off, I enjoy all of your videos. Following your mantra, this is not how to advice for anyone but how I do it. I only do chunk comb honey. I use mediums for quart jars and shallows for pints. That way you just slice vertically and they fit perfectly in their respective standard jar, without trimming or horizontal cutting. I try and use combs from my Tupelo yards because that reduces crystallization. I find that, if a jar does start to crystallize, I can liquefy it without deforming the wax. The trick there is to place the jar “up-side-down” in a warmer set to around 100°F and get it out as soon as it is liquefied. If “up-side-down” the wax floats to the bottom of the jar instead of the top where there are shoulders in most jars so “up-side-down” retains its shape. The combs will get a little grayer in color but still saleable. Tip: Comb honey should be stored in a deep freeze 48 hours or so before thawing and selling.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Bob, great comment!! Good info!! I do in fact freeze mine for a couple of weeks before cutting, or, if I'm able to cut it within a day out of the hive, then I freeze it packaged. I take it you're in North Florida or south Georgia/Alabama seeing you are talking about Tupelo honey. That is an interesting point on the jar warmed with the comb. I am glad you explained as I have had that happen and I absolutely melted the chunk in the honey in the jar. Sealed the honey with a beautiful, but unusable wax seal in the mouth of the jar. I keep it in my big warmer these days and it runs about 97 or so. The wax keeps good and no crystalizing as of yet. But I have it thicken every now and again when at a very cold market for a few hours in the cold wind. Tallow is easily crystallized. Very good advice and I appreciate it!! I was having to change out the comb and honey to avoid another wax sealing event...

  • @daviddiviney5599
    @daviddiviney5599 3 года назад +1

    Tried making comb honey this year. Got a few frames but was not pretty at all. Ended up giving it to honey customers that had kids with them. The kids liked it. Hopefully better next season.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Yea David, it can be hit and miss. I had a good run going and then last year and this year just didn't work out as well. hope it produces a great box for you next season!!

  • @donbearden1953
    @donbearden1953 3 года назад +3

    Mike, your comb honey looks great. I harvested a couple of frames last year and didn’t even attempt it this year. Of course I don’t never keep many hives for making honey and I sell very little, mainly give it to family and friends. You said comb honey taste better and I honestly believe the wax adds to or brings out the flavor in honey. The very fine wax that goes through my screen and floats to the top, I leave it because I think it enhances the flavor. Nobody complains when you give them a jar of honey with a little fine wax floating on top. lol. Thanks for the video!

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +1

      I agree Don. And that makes sense that it could be the wax enhancing the honey. I just know it's better. Ok, so I did some videos this past weekend and Saturday MORNING, and I made a crack, well, you know, about, well you know. I had no idea that it would be TA&M......

    • @donbearden1953
      @donbearden1953 3 года назад +1

      @@MikeBarryBees Hey that’s fine! AL didn’t want it bad enough and when you’re rated number 1 there’s not but one direction you can go. AL can’t be the National Champs ever year and I know that, we’ve done good every since Saban came but before that we had years of bumpy roads and I stuck with them then and always will because I bleed Crimson! I feel like you and I are pretty good friends so you can rag me if you feel the need.

  • @MrMigrantman
    @MrMigrantman 3 года назад +2

    Awesome honey house! Do a video on how developed it.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +1

      I think I have some footage of that and I didn't use it. I should dig it out, or I guess I could just do a short video from scratch. Thanks, I need to think about doing that.

  • @CastleHives
    @CastleHives 3 года назад +1

    That chunk and comb honey looks great. Beekeeping never stops. I wanna give ross rounds a try next year.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Personally, I would try a shallow with regular shallow frames. Ross rounds are tricky. Some bees just won't work them no matter how strong the bees or the flow. Just a lot cheaper with the regular boxes. If I were to do it over again with a cartridge type of box, I would've bought the Hogg Half Comb box from Better Bee. But they were out of production when I started. They are a product of old that stopped being done when the Hogg fella passed and then they were started again. I've had a couple good years of Ross Rounds, 1 full box and then another year, half a box. But three other years that were a bust.

    • @CastleHives
      @CastleHives 3 года назад

      @@MikeBarryBees Appreciate the info Mike. Maybe I’ll just do that. I’m all for easier. Could buy probably 2 or 3 shallows compared to 1 Ross.

  • @ECP
    @ECP 3 года назад +2

    Great Video MIKE my Hogg Half Combs were a BUST... put on one of my largest hives and the walked right past it to a Super Above

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +1

      Thanks Chris. Yea, they are finicky sometimes. I like the regular supers since it's more like what they are used to working on.

  • @salembeeman370
    @salembeeman370 7 месяцев назад +1

    In Connecticut I saw a clamshell with a much smaller section for $18 each in the local super market.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  7 месяцев назад

      Yea, the further north or west I travel, I like to check prices and they’re always more and more expensive as I go further.

  • @gregwaskom552
    @gregwaskom552 3 года назад +1

    If you put your comb on a flat surface. Put your square in real hot water. You can cut real nice squares. Then put your comb in the fridge that will stop the honey from draining from the comb

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Yes Greg, I've tried the hot water and I lay them flat mostly. Just didn't do as nice a cut as my little knife. I'm surprised you are able to put them in the fridge. This tallow would crystalize within a few days if I did that. I freeze it, but never refrigerate.

  • @KatrinMelite
    @KatrinMelite 3 года назад +1

    nice

  • @BrokePhilanthropist
    @BrokePhilanthropist 3 года назад +1

    That that thumb nail is cool

  • @ThatBeeMan
    @ThatBeeMan 3 года назад +2

    Hi Mike. Your comb looks really nice! I just finished cutting my comb honey on Friday. My containers are a bit more narrow than yours, I'll get five from a medium. I bought 500 containers and I ran out with three frames that went unpacked. I put mine into the freezer to keep until marketing time. I've taken some pictures but have never made a video of cutting comb. All the best!

    • @MrMigrantman
      @MrMigrantman 3 года назад +1

      Yeah been missing your vids recently.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +1

      I saw some of your photos. I'd say 500 is quite a great harvest! I freeze mine as well. Mainly to be sure to kill any SHB eggs. That could really ruin the business. If I can't get them cut right out of the hive, then I freeze the frames whole for a couple weeks and then cut them. When I get more than 15, I will freeze the packed boxes, but with just these few, they stay on the shelf and a few will go to market each week. Too bad you didn't get the video clips, but I tell ya, a lot of folks don't know what it takes to keep a camera on all your moves in the yard and honey house...it's a job!!

    • @ThatBeeMan
      @ThatBeeMan 3 года назад +1

      @@MikeBarryBees I can't agree more. Capturing the action certainly slows down the work. It's nice when some people you see have camera operators but RUclips is gonna have to pay a whole lot better before that materializes around here.

  • @BlanchardsBees
    @BlanchardsBees 3 года назад +1

    I like to do a few frames of comb honey. Im finding it to be my ninch around here.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Yep, once we get it moving, it’s a steady sale. Slow....but steady.

  • @3Beehivesto300
    @3Beehivesto300 3 года назад +1

    I tried 4 Ross round supers this year.
    I did one at each yard that had a booming hive.
    Not sure what happens but I only had 1.5 rounds that I was able to harvest. The bees really don’t like to go into them for some reason. I even had half drawn supers on top of them to pull the bees up. Maybe 🤔 next year.
    It was my first try.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +1

      They don't like the plastic clutter I believe. I've had more fails than successes with the Ross system. I like the regular shallows because it's cheap and usually works more times than not. I'll keep trying the Ross, because I have it and when it does work, the comb's are actually very nice. The Hogg Half system seems to do good from what I have seen.

    • @3Beehivesto300
      @3Beehivesto300 3 года назад +1

      Where do you get your container for the cut comb?

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +1

      @@3Beehivesto300 those are from Mann Lake, CN-444 I believe for the ten pack. But I bought the larger bulk size, not sure the number on that one though.

  • @Grinnin1
    @Grinnin1 3 года назад +1

    Those turned out great! I’ve been checking out Hogg half comb.. Have you ever tried those?

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Thanks! I have not tried the Hogg Halfs. I think they are better than the ross rounds though. Fellow beekeeper up the road from me did the Hoggs this past year and they did great Very beautiful and very appealing packaging.

  • @3Beehivesto300
    @3Beehivesto300 3 года назад +1

    I wonder if you use your measuring square to precrack the comb before you cut it out. Like stress cracking it like they do concrete???

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +1

      You bring up a good point Justin. I think it was just the comb not being laid flat enough due to the waviness and it was just so dry for whatever reason. But if I do what you suggest, it should work just like you say by relieving some stress on the entire piece. Never had it do that like it did, but of course I had a video camera going. But it's also always been very level and uniform. But I like your idea. I need to try that next time around because it sure couldn't hurt and I believe that would solve the cracking.

  • @timHclem
    @timHclem 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for the video! Do you find your comb “cutter” to be be just a hair to big for the clam shells?

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +1

      Yes I do. It makes it a very tight fit. But since I use it just to mark the comb, I am able to cut just inside the lines and it makes it a bit easier, but still a bit tight. But you are right, it's seems slightly larger.

  • @downunderfulla6001
    @downunderfulla6001 3 года назад +1

    I love chunk honey and comb honey. I think it’s the look of it rather than the norm of just honey in a jar🍺🍺

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +1

      I agree. There's just something about the honey in the comb....Just looks more appealing.

  • @jarnold8803
    @jarnold8803 3 года назад +2

    Saw a RUclips where they said you need to freeze the comb honey to freeze any hive beetle eggs. Do you freeze yours?

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Yes, and for that very reason. At least 2 weeks, but this time it was about 8 weeks.

  • @christianshannon3943
    @christianshannon3943 3 года назад +1

    It may be ideal to freeze them for 48 hours in order to kill any wax moth or hive beetle eggs or larvae . A friend of mine didn’t do that and lost a whole super of cut comb after he had it all packaged up.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      I did just that. I always freeze then for a couple weeks prior to cutting them. Thanks for watching!!

  • @vytbbb7146
    @vytbbb7146 3 года назад +1

    How much you sell those squares for?

  • @MrSnapper1d
    @MrSnapper1d 3 года назад +1

    I tried comb honey in boxes 40 years ago and couldnt sell a drop of it and then tried it in jars with honey and still no luck.Never got a call even for it over the years.Last year everyone wanted comb in the jars but this year no one wants it at all.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Seen that, but just throughout the year. We'll go a couple of months and no one wants anything to do with it. Then we'll go to the same market and in one weekend we'll sell several. All about the market and when we saw it was moving, we just produced more as we could.

  • @rondabuckner7580
    @rondabuckner7580 3 года назад +1

    I just want to bite into one of them. Yum

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +1

      I know it! Thing with them is a big bite will almost choke you they’re so sweet!!!

  • @hootervillehoneybees8664
    @hootervillehoneybees8664 3 года назад +1

    I normally wholesale my comb honey sells quick . Going to do 100 med suppers of comb honey this year. Knock on wood .. I'd eat your comb honey mike looks good

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад +1

      That’s a lot! Better you than me, but then again, like I’ve told people here, one super of comb is worth a whole lot more than a super of liquid honey.

    • @hootervillehoneybees8664
      @hootervillehoneybees8664 3 года назад

      @@MikeBarryBees I can sell It off right on the frames quick

  • @BrokePhilanthropist
    @BrokePhilanthropist 3 года назад +1

    Looks like you got a new camera or maybe my Internet is running good

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Must be your internet. Same old camera, but glad it came in clear for you. Thanks for watching!!

  • @ellenl.5581
    @ellenl.5581 3 года назад +1

    Sell 1/2 boxes for $5. I woundn't even mind buying marred honey comb, or cracked. take a buckoff. I wouldn't, maybe a quarter. But I live on the west coast.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  3 года назад

      Yea Sue, I won't knock a lot off since it's still quality, but the sales can be so hit and miss over here. Some weeks we don't have enough with us, other times we can't move it in a month. Thanks for watching from across the country!!

  • @StonewallJackson-n8w
    @StonewallJackson-n8w 8 месяцев назад +1

    Wow, $10 for that,the empty space should be filled out with honey.

    • @MikeBarryBees
      @MikeBarryBees  8 месяцев назад

      Worth every penny and every cell is full of honey. Actually, $10 is too little to charge. Thanks for watching.