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Приєднався 5 лют 2020
This adventure into beekeeping really just started as a curiosity. That is what this channel will be about Adventures in Beekeeping!
Summer Forage
The bees are definitely finding pleanty to forage in our area of easter MO.
#bees #beekeeping #beeslife #beekeeper #honeybee #savethebees #pollinator #honey #pollen #forage #ironweed #smartweed #wingstem #aster
#bees #beekeeping #beeslife #beekeeper #honeybee #savethebees #pollinator #honey #pollen #forage #ironweed #smartweed #wingstem #aster
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Pumping Honey
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We got many questions about how clean the honey was coming out of the HillCo clarifier. In this video, we'll show how the honey looks after sitting in barrels for a few days after extraction and how much wax was left behind from the clarifier. We'll also show you how we pump the honey from the barrels into our bourbon barrels and into more manageable 5-gallon buckets. #bees #beekeeping #honeybe...
Honey Harvest and Extraction
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In this video, we'll show you our setup and process for harvesting and extracting honey. This year we added a Lyson auto uncapper, HillCo clarifier, HillCo honey pump, and a HillCo Mega Max 32 frame extractor to our line. www.hillco.buzz/ dogwoodridgebees.com/ #bees #beekeeping #beeslife #beeslife #beekeeper #honeybee #savethebees #honey #extraction #wax #beeswax #hillco #lyson #bees #bees #hon...
Varroa Destructor Mites Checking and Treating
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We explain how we do our summer testing and treatment for Varroa Mites. #bees #honeybee #varroa #mites #beekeeping #apiguard #beelife #beekeeperslife #bee #savethebees
Cleaning Beeswax
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In this video I'll show you how I clean our beeswax using HillCo solar wax melters and my kitchen oven. This method takes about two days to complete with no scraping slum gum. #beeslife #wax #beeswax #bees #bee #beekeeper #beekeeping #hillco
Queen in the Honey Super
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This is how we handle finding a laying queen in the honey super. #honeybee #beelife #honey #beehive #beefriendly #bee #beekeeping #pollinator #insect #bees #queenbee #queenbees #honeysuper
Splitting Before the Storms
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Making some of our final splits of the season before some storms roll in. #beekeeper #beecolony #beekeeping #beehive #bees #savethebees #beelife
Cut Out Clean Up
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The bees are cleaning up some comb from a couple of cut outs we did. We crush and strained out the honey and the bees are cleaning up the rest so I can melt down the wax. #beekeeper #beecolony #beehive #beekeeping #bees #beefriendly #honey #beelife
Just Another Thursday!
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Bee re removal from a front column on a porch in Webster Groves, Missouri.  the bees in this column have been there for years the homeowners just never minded them but now now they’re selling the home and they need to be removed. #bee #beelife #beekeeping #bees #honeybee #queenbee #beehive #beehives #spring #queen
Drawing Comb with a Nucleus Colony
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Tom was out checking hives today and came across this comb building Nuc!
AMAZING, I have 4 hives and recently touched one of my queens. I am 68 and on and off had bees and never touched a queen.
@@8pumpkin18 thanks 😊
The whole swarm redirected after the second bunch was dropped into the box!! It's amazing how much they gaurd the queen and even more amazing is she control's all by feramone!!! Bee's and ant's are brilliant to watch/study ....
That is a nice pump. And your explanations are excellent. Those blue barrels are quite the space saver over 10 or so buckets.
@@rtxhoneybees thanks for the comment. We love the pump it definitely is a great tool we can use several different ways. Those barrels would be great space savers for use to keep the honey in, but since our bottling room is in our basement and for easier uncrystalizing we do transfer everything into 5 gallon buckets to store.
Great video. Beautiful way to clean up the wax. Do you sell any wax? If so I would like to buy some for waxing my foundation. Have a bless day.
@@curtis3757 thanks 😊. Right now we only sell it as candles locally.
What do you think would gappen if tou caged the immature queens and put them in nuc ? Seems to me that they woukd live.
@@10peteo that is what we do with them. We put them in candy cages and then place them in mating nucs. We have a pretty good success rate with being able to get queens mated.
Thanks for ID of the plants. Most of them I've never seen. Smartweed does grow up here in MN and is a tough weed to control in ag fields.
I like the filter. Definitely a step up from the ole t shirt filter method.
@@fabianweber619 yes it is.
Hi, does the drums have a gasket in the lid? Are they airtight to effective store the honey? if so could you link where you purchased them. Also, would like a link to that pump as well.
@@KayiFarmJaHoneyBees yes they do have gaskets and are airtight. We only use them as settling tanks though and transfer the honey into 5 gallon buckets for easier handling. We purchase them from someone local off of Facebook Marketplace. Here is the link for the honey pump www.hillco.buzz/products/hillco-honey-pump
Nice!!
@@meloneycrews thanks 😊
Great to see you guys Great video
@@randyzapp9309 thanks 😊
Oh look more expensive🤑tools.🤣😂 Real nice set up, I think if I ever start putting together mine I am going to get advice from you all.👍Thanks for sharing, Blessed Days...
Lol! This is our fun journey!😊 We would love to help you in the future if you decide to jump into this wonderful world of honeybees!
I'm not sure I can afford to be a beekeeper.🙄Every time I think I am starting to have the gear and tools I need I see there is so many more things, and they are expensive.😂Blessed Days...
Thank you for the comment! Beekeeping is not a cheap endeavor, but you can also get into it and keep it small without all of the large equipment and fancy gadgets. Beekeeping is challenging but very rewarding!😊
Great job Tom and Melissa. Beautiful swarm.
@@russellaymond312 thanks Russell 😊
Really nice set up. Hope you'll have a great year. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for your follow and support!
You know y'all are supposed to be getting honey all over the place.
@@josephrawls Honey on the floor drives me nuts!😆
Hey T&M nice setup there for sure. You're not a hobbyist with that kind of operation. Very nice to have so many helpers. Were those all your children?
@russellkoopman3004 Thank you very much. It works for us. The two boys ( twins) are ours. The girls are friends of the boys. One of them is a girlfriend.
nice pump
@@KajunHomestead thanks it seems to work great.
Nice! 👍
@@josephrawls thanks Joey! 😊
How are you guys dealing with your capings?
@@mocarp1 we let them drain for about a day and then transfer them to bus tubs and set them out for the bees to clean up any residual honey. They have them pretty dried out after a day or two. After that we melt them down in a solar wax melter. Here’s our video on how we process the wax after it’s melted. ua-cam.com/video/YroK6WYvamY/v-deo.htmlsi=XVm77cFh3Pz1xVUW
I love your setup!! Does that uncapper need hot water to keep the knife hot?
@@claybunner1059 no, it is a closed system that uses propylene glycol to heat the knives.
Tom-Just a little tip- you can take a piece of saran wrap, or plastic wrap and lay on the top of your honey. the capping sludge will stick to the wrap, and clean the honey.
@@soapstoneapiaries I thought about that, but didn’t know how well it would work with the bigger opening on the barrel and how much honey would get trapped in the Saran Wrap. Thanks for the suggestion!
That is so cool!!
Thanks James
Amazing brother ❤❤
@@TAEUSEA-g1o thanks
Very good job brother ❤❤❤😊
@@TAEUSEA-g1o thanks
Good looking wax.👍👍
@@josephrawls thanks Joey!
Nice looking boxes.
@@KajunHomestead hopefully they last a long time!
I'm using apiguard for the first time this year, just did my first round. Thanks for sharing.
@@KajunHomestead hopefully you have good results. Apiguard and OAV are all we’ve ever used.
Very cool video.
@@KajunHomestead thanks 😊
Great job showing your process. It certainly can be tedious and you are brave doing it in your kitchen! Looks like absolutely beautiful wax! Definitely better looking wax than the stuff you purchased.
@@brucesbees thanks Bruce. Notice I’m only dealing with the melted wax while NOBODY else is around! I have had small splatter on the counter that I was able to clean up fairly easily.
Tom thanks for sharing. Always good to show how its done,because a lot of newies don't know.
Awesome! None of my swarms have been ths big yet.😮 We caught our first 2 swarms this year😊 we are new to the beekeeping world, also sharing our experiences on UA-cam ✌🏽
@@LunchBox504 thanks for the comment. This was definitely our biggest swarm!
Dude! That queen making technique was slick. Thanks. I will try it
@@jamesnolan9651 the marking? I can never get ahold of those girls. They’re either too fast or I grab them with the wrong hand and fumble transferring them to the other hand to mark. Gently holding them down and dotting them is fast and easy. I figure it’s really not much different than using one of those crown of thorns marking cages.
@@viahoneybees yes MARKing. Sorry bout that
Good job Tom and Melissa. Always great to see how someone else does things. Thank you
I've heard said that for every 100 lbs of honey you get 1 lb of wax. Is that close?
I'm not sure honestly. We harvested 2100 lbs of honey this year, but I didn't weigh all of my wax before it got shelved with everything else. I'm positive I got more than 21 lbs of wax though.
The wax queen!! 1st place it is for 2025!! Watch out Jamie!😁 we sure missed seeing you guys this summer!
@@meloneycrews we miss you guys too. Tom and I are planning on heading down to Jupiter in October, so hopefully we’ll be able to stop by for a visit if we drive!
Thanks! I enjoyed watching your process!
@@flowerstreetfarmbees thanks. I always hated scraping off the slum gum when you boil the wax. This eliminates that step!
Very cool!
@@jamesnolan9651 thanks 😊
Nice wax😍when you were done, actually it is pretty clean your first go around.😁Grats.👍
Thanks 👍
Thats an amazing video 😮😊 there was someone that told me its usually best to grab girls that have their head in the cell as they have a stomach full of food to feed the queen. What is your opinion?
@@jasonseaward8506 yes I would agree with that. Thanks 😊
Never seen that done before that is the most amazing thing I ever watched and beekeeping
Whats the latest you two have ever grafted?
Mid June. Mostly because we get so busy with honey harvest and everything else after that I never have time to dedicate to it. I’m still seeing lots of drones in our colonies so I was thinking about trying another round if I have time in the next week or two.
@viahoneybees I am still seeing drones as well and had the same thought.
Cool video yall! When i first saw the title i though maybe the bottom boxes were full of honey? Do you ever extract deep frames or just move them to a hive that needs food?
Thanks @@jamesnolan9651. We don’t extract deep frames since we usually feed early spring we can’t guarantee they wouldn’t have sugar syrup in them. We save them for making splits or plugging into hives needing food frames in the fall.
Yep that happens some times, really makes for timing issues.😁Blessed Days you two...
too bad I can;t hear you
Weird, the sound is coming through fine on my phone and laptop. Maybe it’s a connection issue.
@@viahoneybees I turned my volume up a bit and I could hear you but your volume came through low for me also. That is why I like closed caption.
Did I miss you finding the queen? I sure need help finding mine!!!
@@soapstoneapiaries he had moved into the lower brood boxes already, but no he didn’t find her in this video.
I haven't started mine yet. I hope to this weekend!! I love honey extraction time!
That’s awesome!!!
@@rodneymiddleton9624 thanks 😊
Nice looking hive!!
@@horizontalbees3480 thanks 😊
We do love our concentrated insect vomit!
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nice so cool, but where's the honey syrup go?
We will settle it out in 55 gallon barrels for a few days then transfer it into 5 gallon food grade buckets.