How many POUNDS of HONEY did we Harvest!?

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  • @FrederickDunn
    @FrederickDunn Год назад +26

    Ok, I'm so glad this showed up in my feed. When you pulled out your roller and used that to pierce your cap wax, I was interested. I shelved those rollers years ago, but now may have to revisit them. I noticed that at one station your daughter is using the roller, but your mother was also using a fork at another station for cap removal. Are you noticing much of a difference in getting more honey out with one method over another? Last question, why would reversing the rotation result in more honey removal? Thank you for sharing, and I still use your excellent hive tools :) Wishing you all the best!

    • @TheHoneystead
      @TheHoneystead  Год назад +17

      Hey there! This was my first time with the roller and I didn’t mind it, but it did throw wax cappings which did slow down the initial straining process. The fork is slower, but I get cleaner honey! I know that there are a beekeepers that share that I don’t need to reverse the direction, but we find that it does help clear the honey from the cells a little better! Ohhh you should see the next hive tools we have coming out ;) I need to go to the hive conference!

    • @FrederickDunn
      @FrederickDunn Год назад +17

      @@TheHoneystead Thank you for the quick response, and yes you should definitely come to the conference in January! You'll be swarmed by fans I'm sure. I'm glad everything is going so well for you and your family :)

    • @8pumpkin18
      @8pumpkin18 9 месяцев назад +1

      So Mr. Dunn how do you uncap now?

  • @herbertfeith6223
    @herbertfeith6223 10 месяцев назад +3

    "In Germany, the cover on the honey extractor is made of 'Plexiglas,' so it's transparent. You might consider replacing it so that you can see what's happening inside the honey extractor even when the cover is closed."
    "The larger the diameter of the honey extractor, the less it wobbles. My old honey extractor had a diameter of 75 cm (29.5 inches), while the new one has a diameter of 90 cm (35.4 inches). It's incredible how smoothly this honey extractor rotates. I can place 42 honey frames (Dadant US) inside."
    Herbert

  • @richardhyatt-beekeeping
    @richardhyatt-beekeeping Год назад +5

    Nice harvest of honey. We bought an 18 frame extractor last year. Sure glad my wife talked me into the bigger one. How many colonies do you have? I'm at 41 right now.

  • @joleenflynn47
    @joleenflynn47 Год назад +2

    I am grateful and feel blessed to have you and your family share your experiences and skills with us. I could watch your videos all day and everday...such a gift. Thankyou Honestead family!

  • @mattshannon8919
    @mattshannon8919 6 месяцев назад

    Great video! If you let the extractor spin on a lower speed for a few minutes and gradually increase the speed, it will help to better balance it before spinning it up to a faster / fastest speed.

  • @misamisa2677
    @misamisa2677 11 месяцев назад

    This is what marriages are about real love and union 🙏❤️☮️

  • @hankgorman2722
    @hankgorman2722 Год назад +1

    Do! Not! Change direction until the motor has stopped. You will burn up the motor.

  • @lauchieburton5592
    @lauchieburton5592 Год назад

    Wow very interesting my neice has a honey bee operation in Nova Scotia, she has about 15 bee hives and expanding every year, I'm sharing your video with her I'm sure she will learn something from it

  • @derekschwendemann2468
    @derekschwendemann2468 Год назад

    If you slice caps off you’ll have a more balanced load for the extractor. By having different levels of cells on the frames, it is hard to properly balance. Think of throwing a weight off of a tire. Small amounts make a huge impact.

  • @misamisa2677
    @misamisa2677 11 месяцев назад

    I really love to see this makes it more real , so happy for you all 🙏❤️☮️best wishes

  • @midwestgardeners2571
    @midwestgardeners2571 8 месяцев назад

    Fantastic video! Very informative and helpful!

  • @TimberTramp
    @TimberTramp Год назад +2

    You may want it to stop spinning before changing direction on the motor….

  • @PaulTaylor-ko8jy
    @PaulTaylor-ko8jy Год назад

    Fast house up you shipping containers I've used the shedding I just had to put wood up inside quickway

  • @TheOtherBeekeeper
    @TheOtherBeekeeper 4 месяца назад

    I'm at 25 colonies and have been up to 50. Our place is not near as fancy as yours. You have a fine apiary and work place. Mine's on a hillside I call th stump garden. And, I do have another on flat land in a pine forest. We got a 12 frame extractor last year. Works nice but, if I had more colonies I'd need a bigger extractor. I bought a Woodmizer hydraulic mill in 1995 and sold it in 2006. Still have lumber laying around. Fun watching you make splits and talking about your turkey. Don't get too many bees ahead of yourself. They can multiply really fast and decline in about the same time if you get ahead of yourself. Not fun to lose 20 colonies. Yes, I did that last winter.

  • @bc2578
    @bc2578 5 месяцев назад +1

    Huh, I don't know about the left/right thing...I thought the whole point of a radial was that you don't have to flip frames, even if it only goes one direction.......I mean, I just have a 4 frame tangential so I'm flipping frames regardless........But it's interesting.....

  • @josephleyva7471
    @josephleyva7471 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you for sharing. Gd bless you all. Shalom

  • @user-xz1ne7tf4q
    @user-xz1ne7tf4q 4 месяца назад

    What are the white buckets with the honey gate on them? And what brand is your extractor? If you don’t mind sharpening

  • @jkitto2008
    @jkitto2008 Год назад

    That was a very informative video. Enjoyed it very much. I make one suggestion for your new shop. You need music. Install some music so you can dance and move around to good tunes while you work, makes the job much easier.😉

  • @jovanvujovic3932
    @jovanvujovic3932 Год назад

    Bravo za damu pčelara, prelijepo i organizovano, svaka čas😀❤️👍

  • @katebarton7134
    @katebarton7134 8 месяцев назад

    Beautiful coloured honey

  • @richardhyatt-beekeeping
    @richardhyatt-beekeeping Год назад

    Mornings are a Splendid!

  • @brittweir8844
    @brittweir8844 Год назад

    Great video ❤. Looks like a lot of work 😮. Thank goodness you have Help❤️‍🩹🐝😀, I love Honey 🍯,

  • @AustinRich-bf5vd
    @AustinRich-bf5vd 8 месяцев назад

    Feels peaceful.

  • @stringkmcc7817
    @stringkmcc7817 Год назад +1

    Have you did freeze dryer honey? If so do you have a video?

  • @ChotuuSian
    @ChotuuSian Год назад

    Good work and looking lovely lady 🌷

  • @chynnaslibrary
    @chynnaslibrary 10 месяцев назад

    Such a cute video ! 🧡🐶

  • @jardinabeille2
    @jardinabeille2 Год назад +2

    Ooo😊🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿 good 👋

  • @СашаС-е9о
    @СашаС-е9о Год назад

    Nice,
    Hello from the Russia 👍 ❤❤❤❤

  • @victorerixon663
    @victorerixon663 10 месяцев назад +1

    What is the brand name of the honey extractor?

  • @stvooplayhouse
    @stvooplayhouse 11 месяцев назад

    I'm ready to buy tell me when.

  • @theTemplar08
    @theTemplar08 5 месяцев назад

    What brand of extractor is this?

  • @toniledford2640
    @toniledford2640 7 месяцев назад

    Where are you guys located? What part of the country?

  • @jenniferapiary
    @jenniferapiary Год назад

    Are you going to the Kentucky conference

  • @lisanowakow3688
    @lisanowakow3688 Год назад

    Why do they put that huge extractor on four spindly legs?

  • @davidsoloninka7742
    @davidsoloninka7742 Год назад +1

    The “boy’s” helped too.

  • @TheHoneystead
    @TheHoneystead  Год назад

    Homesteaders of America Beekeeping Workshop- homesteadersofamerica.com

  • @joetripp123
    @joetripp123 Год назад +2

    Thank you for sharing , love your videos and love the new barn! One great tip my mentor told me is don't put spouts on all the buckets. They can get knocked and/or just leak. Plus it's an added unnecessary expense. Better to just have it on a few. A couple of days before bottling transfer the honey to a spout bucket. Then just keep filling up that 'bottling bucket' as needed and let it settle a day. The bubbles and wax stay at the top. Or, for bigger operations like yours, have a dedicated stainless steel honey bottling tank with a no drip filling spout.

  • @janlyda9964
    @janlyda9964 Год назад +19

    We just harvested our first run of honey, and thought we did good with 8-9 quarts! All without an extractor!! 😂 Next, learning how to render the wax!!🥴

  • @aloras405
    @aloras405 Год назад +5

    You are such a wonderful bee keeper. I can only imagine how lovely that honey is. When things are done with such care and done well, the end product is always so much better. I am so happy for you!

  • @Maricela.Gricel
    @Maricela.Gricel Год назад

  • @cwaterlooboy
    @cwaterlooboy Год назад +2

    Starting out at a slow speed for minutes and increasing every 5 minutes will allow the fuller frames to shed more honey and helps balance

  • @andyjones6361
    @andyjones6361 Год назад +1

    My mother used to take us out on the front porch in the summer when we were like 3 1/2 4-1/2. Years old and pray with us and she called it “touching the morning”. Fond memories. !!

  • @karolynkernan996
    @karolynkernan996 Год назад +22

    We harvested 475lbs from our 6 colonies! That was a huge harvest for just 6 colonies. Our 14 from last year didn't do that well.

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  • @peppershake414
    @peppershake414 Год назад

    What kind of extractor do you have. Bees really connect be to nature. Morning is my favorite time to visit my bees while they are still sleeping. I have a hammock near mine.

  • @StaceyHerewegrowagain
    @StaceyHerewegrowagain Год назад

    I love how respectful and one you are with nature. I love to enjoy what nature provides right at the tips of our very fingers ❤

  • @John-qx5vf
    @John-qx5vf Год назад +2

    Best honey year in Western Montana in awhile...three days of rain this week and the spotted knapweed bloom is blowing up....

  • @terikc2012
    @terikc2012 Год назад +3

    I love to have my tea in the morning outside on my porch, watching the hummingbirds, the birds singing, chipmunks and squirrels running around and my bunny, Miss Brownie, coming to say good morning to me! I love your channel and you have been a huge influence on my beginner apothecary that I have been working on diligently for the last 2 1/2 months. Blessings from Maine

  • @KolhoznyZagar
    @KolhoznyZagar Год назад +1

    im begineer, in this year im harvested some honey from my 2 beehives, it was great. Good luck to all the beekeepers

  • @JosephSinclair-ov8uc
    @JosephSinclair-ov8uc Год назад

    You do know honey losses it's minerals and nutrients and enzymes when honey is heated and filtered right. Do your research, so you can produce a better quality of honey and healthier honey for the immune system. Pure raw wild honey is what helps your body.

    • @TheHoneystead
      @TheHoneystead  Год назад +3

      I am 100% aware of the benefits of Raw honey as we do not heat or filter our honey!

  • @user-eh9lq2fd4s
    @user-eh9lq2fd4s Год назад +3

    Just a thought, I see you have your freezer on an uninsulated outside wall. That is a bad idea. Don't ask me how I know.😁

    • @venidamcdaniel1913
      @venidamcdaniel1913 Год назад +1

      Bet I can guess how you know. Bahahaha. Laughing with you not At you. We so learn best by our failures dint we. Retired school teacher n I used to tell my students we are doing it backwards because Im teaching lessons so you can take a test. But life gives you a test to teach you lessons.

  • @punjabseth260
    @punjabseth260 Год назад

    So nice

  • @brad0nja
    @brad0nja Год назад +4

    Hi again! My two cents... In order to prevent much wiggling(wobbling) try to put frames with same amount of honey on opposite sides. I have similar extractor for 20 deep frames and I always try to balance before I put it to work. It saves me lots of energy for "holding it down". :)

  • @barkatdjelloul1824
    @barkatdjelloul1824 Год назад

    Good morning, how are you? We have had little honey this year. And how were you?

  • @SAXRONIK
    @SAXRONIK Год назад

    Где мёд блИядЪ

  • @andyjones6361
    @andyjones6361 Год назад

    You are a beautiful woman !

  • @HeatherNaturaly
    @HeatherNaturaly Год назад

    I love the honey extraction, but.. where do you get your pretty dresses? I can't find nice dresses anywhere. The stuff in the stores is just so ugly!! You always seem to wear such pretty dresses.

  • @breckdemers
    @breckdemers Год назад +4

    Put sand bags or other weights on your stand to weigh it down, and start spinning slow and increase every couple of minutes. Stop when it start to wobble and let it spin for 2-4 minutes and then you can increase a little more. To speed things up, you are going to find the double sieve plugs up too fast. Take a 5 gallon pail and drill a large hole on the bottom on the side. Put a cone of window screen over the top of the pail going close to the bottom of the pail. Then dump the in the screened pail to catch the large bits of wax and then strain it as it comes out. You get more time out of your strainer before having to clean it.

  • @russellwood8750
    @russellwood8750 Год назад +4

    Great video informative learned some things I knew nothing about loved it. You’re talking about bolting the spinner to the floor I can understand why, but would like to make a suggestion. My recommendation would be to get a heavy duty reinforced pallet. Pour a concrete slab on top of the pallet then tile it. With it being bolted to a concrete slab on a heavy pallet, you will be able to move it around the shop no problem it will be solid and not go anywhere and if you have to transport it, you pick it up with a forklift and go. With it being tiled, it will be easy to clean any spills and messes also being able to move it around the shop, you’ll be able to clean all the areas behind it with much more ease. And if the layout of your shop changes in the future, it will be no big deal moving in around. It’s just something I would probably do.

  • @Joel-d7e3t
    @Joel-d7e3t Год назад +2

    You would do well to buy a new or used honey tank to let the wax rise to the top and then run through a double sieve. It would involve pouring partial buckets into the tank, but it will greatly reduce the time to filter without having to constantly clean the sieve.

  • @SmallCaliberArmsReview
    @SmallCaliberArmsReview Год назад +1

    I started my hive late in the season and I've quit mowing my field so they could have the clover. I'm hoping they pig out on the Golden Rod that will be in bloom soon. I probably won't harvest at all this year, but hopefully next year will be bountiful. Probably not 1k pounds though! Love your videos, keep it up!

  • @BugFarmerBees
    @BugFarmerBees Год назад +2

    I am happy you had a great flow this year. I love the new equipment and cannot wait to see the straw machine in action. Take care.

  • @PeeDev-rv4se
    @PeeDev-rv4se Год назад +1

    Thank you for sharing.. I watched a video yesterday in Australia they have hives that have funnels you don't have to interrupt the bees! Chris Evans is involved! Love watching your video's Men are always so busy doing the stuff men do glad we have different roles.. echinachia flowers are pretty as well behind you.. sounds beautiful! That makes so much sense they work so hard.. music is nice and relaxing!

  • @stephenullman4534
    @stephenullman4534 Год назад +4

    Y'all are just incredible. I really appreciate how you care for the bees. You show how it's supposed to be done. Very interesting to see how you process the product. And how clean your new room is. So far. Can't wait to see the progress. God bless!

  • @anthonyhemmerle9520
    @anthonyhemmerle9520 Год назад

    I’m confused. I thought the queen was the only female in the hive

  • @viorelscrob6391
    @viorelscrob6391 Год назад

    You are honey. ...

  • @TexasBeekeeper
    @TexasBeekeeper Год назад +2

    Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it yet, but you may want to put 2x4's or pieces of plywood in between the buckets so that all of the weight isn't on the center of the lids.
    While I've never had a problem with it (because I don't do it), I have heard of some that have.
    Nice harvest!

    • @TheHoneystead
      @TheHoneystead  Год назад +1

      Thank you! I ended up unstacking them to be safe!

  • @elsathal7359
    @elsathal7359 Год назад

    🐝 Thank you for sharing ✌️💞🤟

  • @alphahoss1947
    @alphahoss1947 Год назад +2

    The centripetal force of the honey extractor is expelling, the honey out of the honey comb on to the sides of the wall which drips down to the honey gate.

  • @DownOnTheHomestead
    @DownOnTheHomestead Год назад +3

    Super excited! We are getting a full hive soon. Our first 2 nucs left :( You live and learn. Ya'll have a blessed day and thank you for all of your wisdom ❤

  • @G.W.H.
    @G.W.H. Год назад +3

    Awesome harvest!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

  • @bigdaddy9ers485
    @bigdaddy9ers485 Год назад

    Is thier a way I can buy honey from you

  • @Chris-yo4ks
    @Chris-yo4ks Год назад +5

    One of my favorite things when I visit my remote cabin, is sitting on the porch in the mornings and listen and watching how alive the wooded site becomes. To bad it is 8 hours to get to it.

  • @andrii_zavhosp
    @andrii_zavhosp Год назад

    Its one of the less effective method of cutting bee-cells

  • @marieschieler1914
    @marieschieler1914 Год назад +6

    What a beautiful harvest. Congratulations! 🎉

  • @christianshannon3943
    @christianshannon3943 Год назад +5

    You should never run it at high speeds until 65% of honey has extracted then increase speed .

  • @frostxr
    @frostxr Год назад

    Do you leave any for the bees?

  • @venidamcdaniel1913
    @venidamcdaniel1913 Год назад +12

    I never understood why beekeepers take all the honey then feed sugar water n not leave enough honey for bees to get through a winter. Then shocked that their bees die or dint do well. Thank you for being a responsible bee keeper.

    • @peppershake414
      @peppershake414 Год назад +5

      Once bees enough honey to last the winter in the top box smaller boxes called supers are added and that’s what is harvested. Beekeepers save enough frames that the bees might need. Then they add sugar bricks just in case bees need more. First year of the colony usually you don’t even take that honey to ensure the bees have enough. The biggest culprit of a hive not lasting the winter is not lack of food but it is mites which is a big challenge to keep under control. Many huge commercial growers simply kill their bees and harvest all the honey. You should rag on them and be grateful for the backyard beekeepers who provide pollination for your food you eat. I’m in my third year and only this year that I will make any kind of profit. You should also get educated.

    • @venidamcdaniel1913
      @venidamcdaniel1913 Год назад +5

      @@peppershake414 thank you for the information. We always had bees growing up and I have cared for and harvested my fair share of honey. Thats why I made the comment. Not all backyard beekeepers are as kind to their bees as you and I. We have struggled with mites,beatles, moths and robbers. We have supplemented our bees with sugar water. Key word is supplemented. Watch utube and you will see lots of people taking all the honey and not many supers on the hives. And out come the “Jars” of sugar water. It’s disgraceful. This channel is great and “honey” I am educated.

    • @peppershake414
      @peppershake414 Год назад

      @@venidamcdaniel1913 lol. Honey. I probably jumped the gun and didn’t thoroughly read your post. I’m probably naïve in thinking that most backyard beekeepers are kind beekeepers and don’t feed bees sugar water for honey.

    • @venidamcdaniel1913
      @venidamcdaniel1913 Год назад

      @@peppershake414 shocked me for sure and they are not even “educated” enough to know what they are doing is wrong. In their defense. I am sure they are new to homesteading and beekeeping so there is a lot to learn but Geez!!!!!!! Do they do things differently in the south since bees can still forage some?

    • @venidamcdaniel1913
      @venidamcdaniel1913 Год назад

      Ours were totally in the hive from mid November to sometime in March. Have to watch for an unseasonably half way sunny warm day to even check on them.

  • @abbie5212
    @abbie5212 Год назад +1

    I can tell your relationship with your bees is very special. Thanks for sharing that.

  • @kysupersport
    @kysupersport Год назад

    Where ar u located and how do we sign up for classes?

  • @unlockyoursoulmemory4199
    @unlockyoursoulmemory4199 Год назад +12

    you are such a precious soul, love what you are doing and how you do live so in harmony with nature

    • @ForOurLegacyHomestead
      @ForOurLegacyHomestead Год назад +1

      I met her in person luckily at the homestead festival and just felt like I had known her for years! 💚

    • @unlockyoursoulmemory4199
      @unlockyoursoulmemory4199 Год назад +1

      @@ForOurLegacyHomestead this must have been a precious moment ❤

  • @ColesFarmNC
    @ColesFarmNC Год назад

    How’d you like that needle roller? We love ours. Great tool.

  • @DMTCNursing
    @DMTCNursing Год назад

    Where did you get your honey totes?

  • @sonofthunder.
    @sonofthunder. Год назад

    incredible,looks thicker than mine and darker,...how many supers was there

    • @mgntstr
      @mgntstr Год назад

      it was over nine thousand supers

  • @andyjones6361
    @andyjones6361 Год назад +1

    You have a great operation!! Bees and honey production is so miraculous. One of Gods gifts!

  • @johyn
    @johyn Год назад

    you remind yourself you love him 3 x a day

  • @ciminofarm7018
    @ciminofarm7018 Год назад +1

    Having a saw mill to cut up just what you need is so nice. My husband has a Woodmizer too. Having a lumber pile on hand is great for building everything that is needed for a homestead ❤

  • @hillcollc
    @hillcollc Год назад

    Great looking video - fun to watch people who love beekeeping and share their journey.
    Keep it up!!

  • @dcsblessedbees
    @dcsblessedbees Год назад +2

    🤣watch out for throwing honey filled straws around the room, I look forward to the machine demo. I have been on the look out for a good straw machine. Do you have a link to their info or did I miss it someplace?

  • @GlendaGoodWitch
    @GlendaGoodWitch Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for taking us into your harvesting process! Although I am not planning on being a bee keeper, I do enjoy learning about them. Thank you for providing insight and knowledge about their world! 💛🐝🍯

  • @jkq9717
    @jkq9717 Год назад +2

    Very fun to watch and learn. Thank you!

  • @conradriffle8262
    @conradriffle8262 Год назад +1

    I stopped pulling honey August 1 st 2023 THEN began Oxalic Acid fogging the first round, then fog again 14 days later because more bees emerge with mites on them. It from all the full buckets and 1 pound containers filled already we might get over 1,500 pounds. Just got 1,000 pounds last year.. That is only a drop in the bucket compared the the Canadian bee keeper Bob Binie in Georgia. I'm wanting to slow down and sell half my bees. With 12 helpers my bees out ran all of us this year.

  • @davidsoloninka7742
    @davidsoloninka7742 Год назад

    … without the “Drones” there would be no girls.

  • @alternative87dude
    @alternative87dude Год назад

    Ive always wondered. How much honey do you leave for the bees to survive on their own? Do they always make way to much so we can use it?

  • @wendypeckinpaugh1078
    @wendypeckinpaugh1078 Год назад +3

    Four generations of remarkable women! ❤

  • @johyn
    @johyn Год назад

    I understand you are only the face of the company. great. you sell those jugs. the man is the worker and the brains

  • @Enryaa
    @Enryaa Год назад +3

    It's totally my anxiety speaking, but seeing your mum put her fingers SO CLOSE to the machine spinning several times had my blood pressure spike ahah! Stay safe

  • @badt3knikz214
    @badt3knikz214 Год назад

    waking up in the morning with nature is the one of most beautiful things in life❤❤❤

  • @Inspirayshine
    @Inspirayshine Год назад

    I feel the love in your voice while you’re sitting in your garden. It’s so heart warming 🫶🏽

  • @chuckwilliams9090
    @chuckwilliams9090 Год назад

    Don’t use the screen on the bucket after the bucket fills in time all the wax and lighter stuff will rise up to the top you want raw unfiltered honey all the wax and 🐝 wings and such will show it’s raw and real .

  • @princessj446
    @princessj446 Год назад

    Wow! God is good ❤