I Quit My Job To Be A.....Beekeeper!!
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- I Quit My Job To Be A.....Beekeeper!!
Well I finally took the decision to quit my job to become a full time beekeeper! Chasing or pursuing my dream of building a business is finally in sight. For the last 12 years I have been working for the local authority as a Countryside Ranger maintaining the footpaths, bridles and Byways within Carmarthenshire. It was a Government job (local Authority) so had excellent benefits and the money was secure. And more importantly the job was great! I really enjoyed it. Being a Countryside Ranger has given me a fantastic quality of life over the years, I have gained a vast amount of knowledge and gained a huge wealth of skills that will serve me for the rest of my life. But more importantly it has set me up as a bee farm. Hope you enjoy this video.
If you would like to find out more about me you can visit my website of;
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Or find me on social media on @Gwenyn Gruffydd
If you would like to become a Countryside Ranger I would highly recommend you watch this video;
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May you, your family and your full time bee endeavor be blessed beyond measure, as it's obvious you care for the environment and creatures, big & small.
Thank you so much 😊
Big decision and in my humble opinion, the right one, as an old git I can tell you two things out of your control and you can't buy, time and health.
Thank you, much appreciated 😊
Emotional. Well done and good luck in your new venture.
Good luck with your full-time beekeeping, Gruff. We're walking on the Carmarthenshire Coast Path next week. Greetings from Conwy, north Wales.
Thanks Peter. Hope you enjoy your holidays. I’ve worked along the whole coastal path in Carmarthenshire. 😊
All the best Gruff! Big step and takes guts to take it 💪the start of something big, keep it up
Thanks Michael 😊
Me too. I retired 1st April to be a full time bee keeper too. Gone from 14 to 34 which included 14 swarms. Love it.👍🐝🐝🐝
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Great news 👍👍💪💪💪 stay strong 🐝🐝🐝
Thank you
Well done mate 👏 onwards and upwards 👍 👏 7:00 - take us to the gun show 💪😆
Thank you. 😂
Congratulations on now becoming a full time beekeeper. I have just semi retired ( I’m a lot older than you) this week after working full time for far too many years to say, including every second weekend and now will only work 2 days a week so I will have more time to tend my bees. I only have 12 hives so hoping this will be manageable. I’m glad you have realised you need more time to do things. Not worth the stress trying to do everything.Rhonda
Thank you Rhonda 😊
The best of luck to you! We love watching your videos. The best of all online.👏👏👏
Thank you so much 😊
Thank you so much 😊
You may have to quite this job as well if this crap weather continues... its driving me nuts 😢 like winter here
Fantastic news! Well done on taking the plunge - I have no doubt it will work out for you.
Thank you 😊
Good luck, you deserve it. Great montage, what's the story on the elephant and the peg wall. Bridges looked so smart. No BBQ pics !
Thanks 😊
The elephant is in skanda vale and the pegs are for a climbing wall. 😊
Congratulations and best wishes to you and your growing family 🐝
Thank you Vickie 😊
Shut the door of your truck man, I kept thinking "when is he going to go back and shut it" lol
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Good luck gwenyn gruffydd best of luck with your new venture.
Thanks Paula
All the best - was the best decision going it alone for me!
Thank you, glad to hear it 😊
You will be missed. Thankfully we win with you being a beekeeper. Thank you for bringing us along
Thank you for watching the videos. 😊
Congratulations! All the best for the future!
Thanks Alex 😊
My dream job. Congratulations on this endeavor
Thank you 😊
Great news, big step but having dealt with you both, your customer service is second to none, so I am sure you will expand as you hope to. Lovely to meet you both on our day out from the Isle of Wight. I wish you all the best and wish I could do the same. I have used all the supers now, so hopefully they will pay for themselves. Regards Barry.
Thank you Barry. It was great to meet you and so glad to hear the supers are on the hive! 😄
Good luck mate.
Thanks 😊
Da iawn Gruff!!! Dewr iawn!
Diolch 😊
Best of luck with the decision to go full time on the bees. I am sure you will make a huge success of it, but with bees, as we know, a bit of good luck never hurt either 😄
Thank you 😊
Good luck to you 👍🤞🤞 Let’s hope your bees reward you for all your efforts 🤞🤞🇬🇧
Thank you 😊
That's great news gruff ,I'm sure you will smash it. All the best for you and your growing family ,and if you ever need an apprentice gi e me a shout 👍🏻
Thank you Darrell. 😊
Fabulous video. Gruff! To be honest, I presumed that you were a full-time bee farmer. The quality of your videos and, indeed, the shopping experience suggests that you've been doing this at a very high level for many years. I am sure that you will become an even bigger player in the beekeeping world and I look forward to learning more though your videos and supporting you through the shop! Best wishes, Simon.
Thank you Simon 😊
🇨🇦 Congratulations it does leave a bit of a void for a while, and understandingly emotional leaving what you loved doing. But that passes. So a big congratulation is in order.
Thank you, much appreciate that 😊👍🏻
Best wishes for the success of your new venture.. To succeed requires good focus.. You've made the first step..
Thank you 😊
Congratulations 🎊 👏 I'm sure you will have great fun! 👍
Thank you 😊
An amazing decision. We wish you the best of luck. We know you will do well.
Thank you Rob 😊
Well done pal, see you soon!
Thanks 😊
Good decision. 😊 Wish you all the best. 💪💪💪
Thank you 😊
Smashing it mate!
Love the channel hope this means more videos!
Good luck!
Thank you, will try to get 2 a week out! 😊
Fair play best of luck in the future
Thank you
This is my dream be full time beekeeper.
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Best of luck. I'm sure making that decision took some bit of thought & time. Onwards and upwards as you said.
Thanks 😊
@@gwenyngruffydd If we didn't have so much of a time zone difference, It would be awesome to have you on our lives that we do. I'll have to keep following in videos. .
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Best wishes for the future growth of the business. You both seem to be made of “The Right Stuff” to succeed 👍👍
Thank you 😊
Dymuniadau Gora i chi gyd! 😁
Diolch
Hi Gryff!! I would just like to know your personal opinion on where to put a beehive please!! 🐝🐝🐝
Edit: Sorry!! I worded it wrong!!!
Hi Ruan,
My favourite beehive is the National hive. But I wouldn’t recommend that to everyone it depends where you live and what hive is popular there.
Awesome Gruff! I have a couple of questions, maybe you'll get lots and do a follow up? Obviously you have the shop on top, which I've used before, and the compost etc. But how many colonies are you running now? Also, do you split them into honey production colonies, and then nuc making colonies, or are your nucs more just a product of swarm management etc on the honey production ones?
Thank you, we’re probably over 200 now including the nucs. We run them separately the nucs are for sale and the splits we make from honey productions are for us.
@@gwenyngruffydd Good to know, thank you Gruff. I'm just passing 40 and aiming for 60 by the end of the season, then planning on maximising honey on something like 20 next year and using the rest to get me to 100 and make good quality nucs to sell. It's an adventure!
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Would love to see this video translated to english
English is my second language……
9:12 sorry gwenyn gruffydd but this wouldnt be a proper welsh mans montage with out this clip in.
lol
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