This is the first time we've extrated honey from our new hive. It was a lot of fun and a learning experience. We didn't have access to an Extractor at the time so we used this method.
This is the first time we've extrated honey from our new hive. It was a lot of fun and a learning experience. We didn't have access to an Extractor at the time so we used this method.
WOW!! So many negative comments here. . .At least he is doing it and not just sitting on the couch watching and criticizing somebody else. You should see the way they collect honey here in the mountain. They just squeeze it into bottles. No frames because all wild-collected. . I will try to get a "honey hunt" on video and post it.
Life on Sibuyan, Philippines agree! Arm chair experts, I call them.
Looking forward to seeing how the mountain men do this,
Will sub!
Your right and I support you
Trolls hate self sufficient people.
I came across your video while researching beekeeping. I just want to say the gentleman in the background helping you out is so sweet. You can tell he’s truly interested and so pumped for you. It reminds me of my grandpa, doesn’t matter what we’re doing but he loves seeing our efforts pay off and he gets just as excited. It’s really lovely.
S McElroy, thank you. That’s my father, he passed shortly after this video was made.
Carolina Country_Farm I’m sorry for your loss😔
I think he knows a thing or two just quietly 😉
@@CC_farm oh so sorry 😪 It hurts when our parents leave. But he will have his eyes on you....and look at you Your parents did so well with you That's all what parents wish for: Giving all the tools to their children so that they can live one day all independent So that parents do not have to worry
You can tell he was very interested in the whole experience, thank you for taking your time and being very patient with him. I'm very sorry for the loss of your father.
Enjoyed the video. Many of us new keepers don't have an extractor and I love your tips . We can all learn something. Thanks.
Very nice. Thank you. This is my first year at bee keeping. Without buying the extra tools and extractors….this really has helped me. I robbed four frames and need to remove the honey from it. Thanks again for this simple method.
Perfect! This video is exactly what I was looking for, as I'm about to harvest my first honey batch with no extractor. Great stuff. Thank you!
I have not used an extractor because the honey you just made keeps its sparkle and most of the flavanoids and antibacterial properties. The honey house with an extractor smells great, but the honey spinning out forms a thin film on the side of the vessel and then gets blown by the frames acting as fan blades. If you want to have great turn around time on harvesting, just uncap the honey as you did in the first part. Do not destroy the cells. Do one side at a time and leave it overnight open cell down to drain. They will refill the frame in a shorter time and you will harvest more often. Also do not remove all the frames of honey just before winter. Let them use a few to overwinter. Your honey will be exhibition grade and smell and taste fantastic. Your bees will also be more resiliant. If you fill your bottle of honey and the air bubble struggles to rise, then you are doing it right. Feeding costs money and weakens bees and ads no value to your honey. Sugar is not nectar.
Kitt Liversage, thanks for the info!
Thanks, good advice.
I agree. Letting gravity do the work in a warm place (like a garage) is best. A makeshift paint style booth will keep dust out if you want to be perfect about it.
And the combs are made at a an angle, have to make sure the right angle is draining down.
Kitt Liversage thanks this..it’s a very informative comment 👍
Hi We followed your instructions to the letter yesterday, and it was a great success. We only have one hive and so far, the honey is working out at $40 a pot :-) so we didn't want to buy a extractor! Thanks for some good old common sense advice.
Jonathan Vince, Congratulations and thanks for your comment!
Excellent video! I've been trying to visualize how to do honey extraction manually. This is the perfect video showing how it can be done and materials needed. Thanks.
I think this is a GREAT video - I'm a beginner so this just shows me you can improvise if you don't have all the necessary tools :) getting excited!!
Nice to see the whole family exploring and learning. And great sweet memories from the grannies. Thank you.
Love the sweet old man commentary, so heartwarming.
Hana Pandori, thanks! That’s my father, he passed away a few weeks after that video was done. He’s been greatly missed.
I love hearing your Dad. Reminds me of mine. Hug him for me.
Thanks. He passed away shortly after the video was made.
@@CC_farm Sorry for hour loss, but a lovely memory to cherish
@@CC_farm sorry to hear that.
Im new and dont have a honey extractor yet so appreciate this video
Julie Wapo so read and learn how to do it correct - perhaps
I have an extractor , but just wanted to harvest 2 frames and found your video. Thanks for showing us how to do this.
Learning curve. Don't diss the guy too much! It's all a learning process
StarlitKitty, thanks for the comment. Luckily I have thick skin and a delete button!
@@CC_farm Does a thick skin prevent stings at all?
Holdfast , no!
very good job! > p. s. to all the whiny folk about this style of simple harvesting. some people do raise honey bees for the bees wax and the honey is just an added benefit. [some big religious church groups will only use 95-100% bees wax candles and pay high dollar] also selling comb honey pound per pound brings a higher price also. my personal saying " the less people and processing of any type of food, the better of healthy quality you will get "
magik knights , thanks for the comment!
I am a new beekeeper and really appreciate your video! Simplicity is great! I loved seeing that golden goodness coming out from the cheesecloth. So glad I ran across your video. Love the tip about the difference between nylon and regular cheesecloth another viewer mentioned.
Shannon Pöllmann , Thanks for the complement! It’s been a lot of fun learning from the bees.
Wow! What a great way to harvest honey! I'm saving this video so I can do it next year when it's time to harvest my first hives.
No reason to uncap the comb if your gonna scrap all the comb anyway
Oop
I was thinking the knife was a wasted step too but maybe it makes it a little easier to get it off the foundation without pushing it out of the frame. 🤷♂️
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I thought so too
I wondered about that too 😅 I thought leaving it on the foundation would help them build easier
You live you learn. I'm sure your process has evolved from this first experience. Great vid, keep those bees busy and happy, they are a blessing to us all.
Steven Shiner , thanks! I have since bought an extractor. I saw the original technique on KZhead. That guy caught as much flack as I did!
@@CC_farm Bro. It's a cult. Bees make wax. That's what they do. To shame you for harvesting wax and spending money to appease them is a shame in itself. A strong colony NEEDS somewhere to put the wax. This is why they swarm. They need elbow space and a job to do. People trying to corner the market on wax and keep the prices high tell you not to harvest YOUR wax, while they harvest ALL of theirs. Then the cult comes nipping at anyone's heels that doesn't go along with that. I'm a commercial keeper. I leave drawn comb sometimes, and they don't want it. They won't even put honey in it sometimes. Every colony has different behaviors and traditions. A guy in Winnipeg can't tell a guy in Georgia how to keep his bees. There's no "wrong" way to do it. I was more concerned about the bucket. It should have a ♻️ with a "1" in the middle stamped in the bottom. The other buckets at home depot are made from old oil containers and carpet fibers. Things like that.
Thanks for the video. Love the generational participation. Cool job! very neat.
Good video overall, and I noted that some honey has the best darker color, but we have to be careful about destroying the comb and making the bees do more work than you. In the future, just cut off the honey caps and then lay it along the bucket and let it sit overnight.
Problem with doing it this way is the bees have to rebuild all that comb! :)
Kujo Painting , you are exactly right. The next time I will be using a friend's extractor.
you'll be surprised how fast they'll refill a medium frame in a honey flow when you use a extractor
Kujo Painting , I don't want lazy bees!
Carolina Country_Farm - Hahaha
Carolina Country_Farm send me some of that honey that looks so delicious
Awesome video! But no point in uncapping it if you're gonna strain the whole thing, wax and all
How would you get it then with not uncapping?
This method is usually called "crush and strain". If you do not have an extractor this is nothing wrong with this method.
😐 Extraction is a new technology. Once there was a time when nobody had an extractor. Stay humble.
Wow!~ Thank you for this. We are getting ready to do our first extraction (out of store bought honey) and don't have an extractor...and don't want to wait for one. Thank you! The comments from other viewers are helpful as well. Blessings!
Thanks for the comment!
BEST video yet! Thank you guys for being so real for us! Would love to see videos of what your wife does with the wax.
Thanks for this video! I'm interested in beekeeping and about to get started. I grew up in SC but now live in MD. I'm looking forward to learning from you and with you!!!
Tami Glasco , thanks for the kind words! I suggest joining your local beekeepers organization. Most counties have one and they’re a great resource.
Thanks for sharing this video, good to see how much your bees produced for you, here in the UK we are now getting 30 plus degrees of heat, unusual weather for us, great for honey production though.
So satisfying watching this! Great video and great idea.
We did something similar with cheesecloth about 45 yrs ago with our 5 hive operation, but the bucket and plastic comb made a difference. We only had wax comb that we replaced each time. I was thinking for us older guys a shorter bucket or lower table would help older shoulders. Well done.
I'm not sure if you're still monitoring these comments, but you seem to have made some folks grumpy by removing your drawn comb. At least that's what I'm getting from all of this, not sure what you think. Haha...annnnyyway, I'm assuming that this is nearly your first (if not THE first) honey harvest. This is my first year keeping bees and I rely a lot on experiences shared through these videos. Yes, drawn comb is a priceless asset and most wax projects can be accomplished with cappings alone. However, the goal is to learn. The more we learn, the better we can provide for our bees. If you were able to learn something from this experience, that too, is priceless. I thank you for sharing your experience and submitting it to the sometimes harsh criticism of those who are all clearly Master Beekeepers. You're doing a great job!
Aaron McDonald, thanks for your comment and subscribing! It was the first time harvesting honey and in the spirit of full disclosure, I saw that technique being done by another KZheadr. He caught as much crap from “experts” as I did. So far beekeeping has been a constant learning experience.
Thank you. I despise when experienced beekeepers feel the need to chastise newbees (and it happens A LOT). Not every keeper is going to do things the same way and there is nothing wrong with that. Experience is the best teacher. We learn from our successes and even more from our mistakes. Advice is one thing, but to jab a person for performing a task different from your method is uncalled for.
Well said! We're preparing for our first hives, and the main thing I've learned from beekeeping videos is most folks in the comments are experts who think the people in the videos are morons.
You're absolutely right, and it's annoying. Given that the term "expert" defines a person who knows all there is to know about a subject, I can assure you that there is no such thing in the world of beekeeping. Master Beekeepers will tell you that they are far from experts, they just know more than most. I've learned that those who tend to know the most about bees will tell you just how little they really do know. Those who speak like they know everything are generally second or third year keepers who think they have learned it all and have become experts as a result of successfully overwintering a hive for a year. There are good folks out there, you just have to look pretty hard and sort through the weeds.
@@15522sniper ex is a has been and surt is a drip under pressure. Put them together and see what you have.
get on youtube and look up making an extractor. you can make a two frame extractor from pvc fittings and pipe and several buckets. then you can save the comb and the bees will spend more time filling them with more honey than drawing comb again! PS great looking honey!
So cool to watch. :) We got bees this year for the first time, but we won't be harvesting honey until next year. There's a lot you can do with fresh beeswax, and wow does it smell good! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Hippie! This was our first year also. We had a great spring, lots of blooming and a good nectar flow. I joined the local county Bee association and have had great support.
love this simple tutorial. we get bees this spring and I am nervous but excited!
Oakstreet Barn , thanks for the comment! That was our first year also. We now have access to an extractor so everyone can rest easy!
LOL I know the bee community is kinda crazy- everyone seems super passionate and like there is only one right way to do it. I'm totally going trial and error route because if I get too into the details I just don't do it. I worried about pet chickens for two years, finally got them, and love it. I'm excited to follow your channel and learn from you guys.. right now I am posting videos about growing seedlings and am having some great success!
Oakstreet Barn , I’ll be posting a video next month when I install 2 packages of bees. It’s not instructional just entertainment.
I swear in remembrance of my early days I have nearly drowned in my own saliva watching this. If you do make a two frame extracter like mentioned below and you get capped comb that does not extend past the frame edges you can use a square of wood with small nails driven through it in a grid pattern to pierce the caps without damaging the cells too much. Thanks for the video.
Loved watching you extract that honey. Wish to do some soon myself 😊✌️
Thank you for this beautiful idea
I hope you wiped your hands on a piece of bread or something before throwing those gloves away. Lol. They were still dripping with golden goodness.
We harvest over 2000 pounds of honey a year. You can lick my gloves anytime you feel like it. 😊
Exactly the info I was looking for, thank you!
Jennifer L Nilsson, your welcome! We’ve learned a lot since then.
@@CC_farm I will be harvesting honey by had for the first time this week. I do hope to get an extractor in the near future, but you do what you can with what you have at the time. ;) Looking forward to watching more of your videos :)
Yummmm, got my mouth watering watching that honey flow..😁💖
Love the grandpa! So cute this video 💜💜💜💜
Thank you. This is just what I was looking for.
Your dad is so cool, love his personality
Jose Macias, thanks.He was a great father and friend.
Carolina Country_Farm my condolences to you and your family.
WOW!, That's some beautiful honey! I can only imagine how good that tastes!
Your dad made this video!! Love him!!!
wish he didn't get my anxiety by ruining that entire filtration by squeezing his DIY filter which was actually working really good until... He should have held patience in the process, better product for future reff.
Aj Barnacle , sorry to hear about your anxiety. Try exercise and meditation to help control it. Thanks for the comment.
i bet you are a millenial 🙄🙄
go lose some weight
I today pulled a plastic foundation frame that I will harvest in a similar manner. But I think that I will use the large strainer I bought at the Dollar Tree 🥰 Beauty. I have already tasted the few drops in the ceramic pan that I have the frame setting in. I have the frame propped up...a corner touching the cabinet...the narrow edge of the frame setting in the ceramic pan. I will cut it with my Cutco bread knife, letting it drain into the pan...then pour it thru the sieve in tiny jars. 😋🍯🎉 Thnx for you video.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Post a video of your process!
So I follow JP and couldn't find a video anywhere on his channel where he uses the paint filters, but GENIUS idea! For those looking, "paint filter" might not get you the right search results, but "paint strainer" should work. They come in 1 gallon and 5 gallon sizes. I recommend washing them before using them to filter honey, they have a bit of a factory synthetic smell to them right out of the package. I also recommend getting some clamps or something to hold the mesh up, otherwise the weight of the wax can pull it down and your wax ends up soaking in your filtered honey. Much better than getting wax and propolis all over my kitchen sieves!
Thanks for your comment! I was just learning back then and used what was easily found. Since then I've purchased an extractor and food grade filters. Thanks for the constructive comments!
@@CC_farm Even when you have an extractor you sometimes find yourself needing to harvest a different way - whether the extractor breaks down or you only have just one frame. It's good keep these alternatives handy :)
this is going to help allot! thank you!!!
The honey looks so delicious!
If you are in a rapeseed, ivy, or hawthorn area this is the only way to extract honey, cause it is too thick to spin out.
Oh..that's a better way! I don't have an extractor and only one hive, novice backyard bee keeper.
Wendy Gerrish , thanks for the comment!
This was very helpful....thanks
You: "I washed that wood before putting it in there" Older Gentleman: "WHY?" Not gonna lie, i bout' fell outta my chair laughing
Everybody. What is best, cutting the comb back to foundation or uncapping to process honey?
wouldent this style of harvesting make the next harvest time much longer since they have to rebuild so much more ?
Michael Harrington , yes.
So how do you extract the honey without ruining the cells
Miss Eileen using an extractor
Very clean looking honey! I bet that tastes delicious 😋
Same for TBH's, bees rebuild all comb you harvest your honey from.
looks pretty good
Lovely video!
I wonder if one of those Harbor Freight hot knifes would work for that?
Excuse me, but do you know how much honey do bees need to build foundation? Drawn foundation is probably the most valuable non living asset of the beekeeper. THE ONLY THING YOU CAN'T BUY. You can buy hives, foundation sheets, bees, queens, everything else but drawn foundations. Could have just used a needle comb, opened the cells, and let the honey flow out slowly overnight.
Another great tip! Glad you enjoyed the video.
@afandou - I know it's been a year, but as far as drawn comb is concerned, I beg to differ. My local bee supply store sells drawn come after honey extractions.
A flow hive has plastic partials
Have you actually done that or is it a theory? I’ve tried and after days of gravity, it really didn’t work well. Maybe my honey was especially thick and I should try again! Also, it’s difficult to not push the spatula through the base wax sheet. But again, it might be me.
@@dalesman4530 Nope. Physics is against you. There is such a thing as surface tension. Honey could never have the viscosity thin enough that gravity would break that tension. That is why honey is classified using a refractometer. The amount of light refraction can only happen when the concentration of water is lower than what they initially place in the comb before it is capped. If it CAN flow out, it isn't honey.
It just shows that preparation is the key to success, when you have started uncapping, and have a sticky uncapped frame in your hands. You did well. Would having a large enough box and bee tight lid help to put the sticky clean frames in, to drain in the sun, along with your wax cappings in the muslin bag? Or would this be overkill? I gather that the bees will rob out the remaining honey, but that this can cause unwanted attention from all bees, and wasps and potentially cause robbing from the hives, if it's too close.
Can I use wax from a former colony? My bees died and left 20 full frames of honey. Will my new colonies reject wax from the others? Thanks.
"Wow! THat tastes like honey!" - Brilliant! I guess this would be ok to use this method until you got an extractor.
I did this once. My mom bitched so loud that my uncle in Oklahoma mailed me an antique extractor. We hand cranked for years until I got lots of bees. We extracted a ton one year and swore to never crank again. Wife bought a 20 frame Lyson. Gee that's nice. It stops after 15 minutes.
Good video. next time hang the paint straining bag using the 1x2 with the slot under it that matches the top of the bucket.
Beautiful!
Thanks so much for this. What is that black plastic scraper that you used?
Thanks for the question! It’s a spatula. I’ve bought an extractor since this video.
@8:15 They use that comb to act as ladders and shortcuts around the hive. Bridge comb and ladder comb are a nuisance sometimes, but let the ladies decorate. Before you attempt to put the frames in the box, scrape that off. They won't fit back together otherwise.
This is so relaxing and now im hungry
Why do you scrape the outside of the cone? I know nothing about this stuff just wondering.
Thanks for the question! It was my first time and didn't know what I was doing. Looking back, there was no good reason to scrape off the cap. I'm borrowing an extractor next time. Don't forget to subscribe!
Holy moly, I have never had anyone respond to a question before.....lol. Love your that you responded. I thought maybe there was some kinda science behind it.....lol. Subscribed!
If you're using an extractor you have to take the caps off and then spin the frame around to get the honey out with centrifugal force. That way is more efficient because you keep the honeycomb and then the bees don't have to build it up again before they start filling it up.
Thanks for the comment! We didn't have an extractor at that time so that was the method we used. I now have access to one so the bees don't have to rebuild comb.
When you took those frames out of your hive, did u replace with frames while you did this extraction? If you took just 4 frames out of your 8 frame hive, did you then replace the extracted frames back into the hive? Loved your simple video
Phyllis OShea , thanks for the question. I replaced the frames that I removed with new frames. They are doing well and being active.
i just know that smells amazing
Used a wooden spatula and it worked amazing
Thanks for the great video
George Garcia, thanks for your comment!
Loved the method great vid 🌹
Nate_Soul, thanks!
But then what did you do with the sticky ones? Sorry, but this is my first time & im a little nervous.
Phyllis OShea , I cleaned them with warm water and put them in another super that I have that is empty.
Cool. Could you use a piece of wire instead of the knife? What county are you in? I'd love to try it out myself some day.
Grannieannie F , I'm sure you can use a wire. There is also a electric hot knife you can purchase.
What kind of foundation do you have in the frame? Is it wax or plastic?
Martha Ch , thanks for the question! Those frames were wax. I also have plastic frames in my other hives.
is a paint strainer food grade quality? or do you have to use a 'cheese cloth?'
It would be ideal to use food grade everything. We had sterilized everything we used with boiling water to reduce the risks. Since that time we have purchased an extractor and strainer so the process is a lot quicker.
so satisfying to watch 😍
Dt Master, thanks!
Thank you!
Thank you for the video. I can't afford an extractor was wondering how I was going to get the honey out.
Glad you enjoyed it!
What you buy in the store contains corn syrup mostly not 100% honey.
Yah, there is def a difference between store bought and raw/natural.
No, Manuel, no es siempre asi. C' mon! It all depends on WHERE and FROM WHOM you buy it. You can't make it such a general statement. Of course I don't buy it at the supermarket! Besides being much more expensive, you do have that risk you said. At the place where you are don't the labels HAVE to mention ALL the contents/ingredients? Here they do... Saludos desde Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
I like the old man he's nice and cool
so wait, what does the screw do again? you balance the frame on it?
Correct
Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the comment!
I always buy honey from my local beekeeper so delicous and don't have that extra sugar and stuff in it
The bees know how to create a perfect blend. The hard part is creating an environment where they can do their thing.
I don't get what people are upset aout. You destroyed the honeycomb? But it all looked well enough intact to me. I'm a bit confused here. What's the harm in scraping off the caps and spatulaing the wax off?
Can we scrape like that with a home made wax foundation frame, without damaging the foundation ?
Unicorn Bunny, I wouldn’t recommend it for two reasons. First, it’ll probably damage the foundation beyond repair and second, the KZhead trolls will blow a gasket for just asking the question. I was a complete beginner when I posted that video and the bee nazis we’re going all kinds of crazy. Thanks for the comment and please subscribe!
If you went foundationless you could get cut comb honey- yum!
Keeps the wax nice and fresh. Don't need to worry about wax moths when storing the supers either
Awesome video very informative pay no attention to the flack in the comments I subscribed hope to see some new videos soon also sort of a weird question but have you always lived in the Carolinas because you don't really have the deep accent?
Dirk Diggler, thanks for the comment and subscribing!
Is the foundation sheet made up of plastic or wax. Can we scratch wax sheet like this
That foundation was plastic. I wouldn’t try it with a wax foundation because it will destroy it. Thanks for the comment!
Killed me btw watching you ruin that new comb
Brad R , good to know. Thanks for watching!
Hw so
He said he was new to this. Hes learning as he goes. There are as many techniques as there are keepers. Keeping the foundation was better than most I've seen. There are many videos that show how to make molds for wax to make new foundations. Costs about 60 bucks in supplies, but you can easily get 2 or 3 seasons(?) out of one of these. Depending on how much wax you frame, it could pay for itself over time.
@@lxn_ni1814 the bees have to repair and build new combs. That takes many trips and alot of time when theres nectar and pollen waiting. Half the bees are flying around gathering the food to make the wax needed. From what I understand about it, wax is bee poop. It takes 8 pounds of honey to make 1 pound of wax.
@@gazinta Lol. Wax is not bee poop.
this looks delicious 😍😍😍
Bardzo pasuje do mojego leniwego pszczelarstwa. Thanhs. Its really Łazy beekeeping
What do you do when you are processing honey, without an extractor and the honey is too thick to drain down?
Unless the honey is cold it will flow. Thanks for the question!
Thank you also.
Soon as you said JP i subbed
Thanks for the subscribe!
O my looks so so very good. I'll let u mail me some 🤗🤗🤗
Nice light honey!