So you want to become a beekeeper. The good the bad and the ugly of it.
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#Mr.Ed
#St. Joseph Abbey
Please help me by sending your label from your bottles of honey. I am trying to collect as many as possible, from any part of the world, and display them on the wall of our honey house. For all who are interested in helping, please send your letter to:
Mr. Ed
75376 River Rd.
St. Benedict, LA 70457
Thank you so much for the many I have received, and for the many more I am about to. God's peace to all. Mr. Ed
Hello Mr. Ed! I wish you both a very Happy Saturday! Thank you for sharing a walk-through of the wonderful work you are doing there for the Abbey and your honey bees. Two weeks at 100 degrees in the warmer... a game of patience for sure, so glad you are preserving all of those fantastic RAW honey properties. I'm sure it flies off the shelves in the Abbey Store :) IF you were buying your processing equipment again, what would you purchase? All the same? 18:03 what a great opportunity for a motion-activated camera :) Storage is something that many new beekeepers just aren't prepared for. At 22:41 there is an Acorn box in the background. You mentioned that you are now using Premiere foundation, have you found one to be better than the other, or did price alone play in your decision? Thank you many times over for your friendship, and for being such an outstanding beekeeping resource!
The entire honey processing and bottling here at the abbey has taken me years to develop. I have made lots of mistakes on the way, but have learned what works and what does not work for an operation of our size. Granted, we are not commercial and certainly not hobbyist, so the right configuration of equipment to move and bottle honey had to be worked out as there is nothing out there showing how an operation of our size, between commercial and hobbyist, can be set things up. I'll say this about your question about buying processing equipment, if I'd do it differently. My answer would be no, and the reason would be affordability. Initially, since I could not afford to buy an entire processing line, and at the time, around 2012, a 20 frame line was about $20,000.00, and I knew 20 frames would be to small for our operation, I made the decision to buy a single uncapper that would uncap whatever I threw at it, and a single extractor that could handle more than 40 frames at a time. The best part was I could buy the equipment when I had the cash to do so. So, I bought my Dakota Gunness chain uncapper for about 5 grand and the following year bought my 48 frame Mann Lake extractor for just over 3 grand. By doing it that way I did not have to take out a loan and our main equipment had been purchased. Then, over the next few years I bought the remaining equipment, bottlers, a drum lift, pumps, uncapping tank, honey/wax separator, and whatever else was necessary, and I spent less, not much, than the 20 grand a line would have cost me and I had a line that could process 1000 frames in about 6 hours...clean up time included. So no, I would not buy anything different because I still can not afford a line. My thoughts on the 18:03 mark is I wish I had a shot gun activated camera that would take care of those rodents. Like most beekeepers, storage has always been a problem for me. For years the wooden ware was stored in 5 different areas around the abbey and it was very frustrating retrieving it when it was needed. Thankfully, with the addition of the peacock pen, that issue has been resolved....if I remember to put all the boxes in there. For years I used all Mann Lake frames and foundations then I discovered Acorn and a wonderful relation was born between myself and Nick the owner. We continued that relation for about 4 years and then last year Nick sold out. It was at that time Matt from Premiere Bee Supply reached out to me concerning their foundation and he sent me some. The bees loved it and since I was looking for a new source for frames and foundation since Nick was gone, Premiere became my go to source.
Well Professor Fred, after spending my entire night answering your comment, or at least rambling on and on trying to, I think it may be best if we did a live chat again. What do you say? I think there would be at least 2 folks that would listen, The Dirt Rooster and my wife Mona. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Wow, thanks for such a thoughtful and thorough response :) You really give people a glimpse into what it takes to grow as a honey producer. I'm so glad everything has worked out for you, and the Abbey! :) I'm so glad that Premiere was able to send foundation your way to help out.
@@JeffHorchoff I'd be up to listen too. Makes three.
I was laying in bed thinking about what kind of hobbies i wanna have after im done working around the farm. My aunt keeps bees and i really became interested in it because it is essentially having your own little society in your back yard.
You could not choose a better hobby than bees, in my humble opinion. Besides, the world needs as many beekeepers as it can get so I say get on board. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
I don't know how I missed this video. Love the behind the scenes look.
I know how you missed it, you were doing one of your 3 cut outs for the day. And I thought I worked to hard. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
I just saw this video. I think getting labels from everyone is a great idea.
I'm glad you like the idea, are you going to send me one of yours? Thanks for watching. God's peace Teresa.
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All that equipment makes it so easy a banker can do it.
Or even a caveman. I have to agree, we do have the right tools for the trade. Thanks for watching. God's peace Robert.
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You have the right attitude my friend. Keep that great smile going, and I know you will.
Thank you so much for your support, kind words, and for watching, it is all greatly appreciated. God's peace Shane.
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I got a new neighbor who bought a couple of milking cows - because they loved milk. A year later they still loved milk but not milking and had spent $4k on equipment ..... Beekeeping is a lot more than keeping bees....
Yes it is....just like most things in life that are worth our efforts. God's peace Daniel.
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You sure got the right equipment that's for sure it's really good to have a Good Time Charlie hes awesome and so are you Mr ED GOD bless and kept on wrangling those bees
Friends are the best equipment a bee wrangler can have, and I have some great ones. Thank you for your blessings and for watching. God's peace brother.
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Hey Charlie, as an electrician let me give you some free advice. Before you lick the plug next time you should hold Mr. Ed's hand for double the effect! 😃
Now that would be an electrifying experience to capture on video....smoking bee wranglers. Love the comment Alan, God's peace brother.
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Happy Mardi Gras, Mr. Ed!
🎉🟣🟡🟢🎉
My husband loves yall honey god bless
One of my buddies is trying to decide whether to get alpacas or bees!! No she doesn’t have a clue! I’m pushing for bees, so I’m sending her your channel! Great timing on this video!
Let her talk with me, she'll chose the bees after I talk with her. Thanks for helping her to make a good choice, with out bees, humans would not last even 4 years. Thanks for watching. God's peace Mary.
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Thank you Ed
Just watched this label on the way and god bless you!
Thank you so much for sending it. We hope to be installing all the labels within a month or so after the wall is prepared. Thank you again, God's peace.
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Storage space can definitely be a problem.
Blessing J.
Thanks for the show.
Didn't see this till this evening. Hope all is well Mr Ed. Take care
You just couldn't help yourself reminding some of us to suck it up and start the new season chores. It was 27 degrees this morning and I was looking over what I need to do on next warm spell.
Please don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger. God's peace brother.
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@9:48
You almost drooled into the bucket!😂
Almost does not count unless its with nuclear bombs and grenades. God's peace Unc.
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What makes it crystallize thank you
Honey crystallizes due to the sugar content that is in the nectar. Different nectars have a faster crystallizing rate, some very quickly and some very slowly. Regardless, almost ALL pure honey will crystallize, if it does not, it is probably mixed with something else, fructose or glucose probably, and is not 100% pure honey. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
A grinding wheel with cutting disc makes quick work of busted frame repair!!!!!
Thanks for the heads up, you may actually see me doing that. Thanks for the suggestion and for watching. God's peace Mike.
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Thanks!
Let me know when you want more honey. God's peace Larry.
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@@JeffHorchoff thanks. I will
Thanks for showing everyone the amount of work that goes into beekeeping, it’s a labor of love.
We have friends who like to help with the extracting, but don’t stick around for the cleanup.
Where would we bee without friends? God's peace Don.
Mr. Ed
Love the videos, honey pump is impressive, quiet. Have you ever had the barrels on a built lift, then let the honey gravity feed into the bottler?
When the level of the honey in the drums gets to low, the pump won't move it. At that point I secure the drum in the lift and pour the rest into the bottler. One day I am going to video the process and post it. Thanks for watching. God's peace Shannon.
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Thanks Jeff!!
Good morning Mister Ed. My wife makes my labels for me and I will ask her to put aside a nice one to send for your label project. This was our first year keeping bees and so far we have made it through winter into a very windy, wet and chilly Pennsylvania spring. But even with that cold wind howling out there, I must say that constant joyful smile of yours lets the light shine in. Thanks for sharing your day with us.
I'm looking forward to receiving your label, thank you and your wife for the gift. Thanks for watching. Until the next one, God's peace John.
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Thanks for showing us around Mr. Ed. You got a lot of work there. Thank goodness for such good friends.
Amen to that! God's peace Bill.
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I've thanked you before, and I'll do it again. Thanks to your tip on decrystalizing honey I have a way of doing it for mine. I get all my honey from local keepers and we don't use it daily (I use it in sauces, marinades, etc., but that's about it). Therefore a quarter lasts me quite a while, but I'll buy 2 quarts at a time. Yes, crystallization happens. I took an old styrofoam cooler we got from a delivery, and I lined it with aluminum tape (furnace tape). I punched a hole in it to hold a 25W light bulb, and that is hooked to a $11 temperature controller. I set the temp to be ~100F with a thermal couple in it. I can get my small batches of honey back to normal in just over a day. Again, thanks Mr. Ed, I would have never thought of this without you showing that heating blanket. :)
February the 11th I was doing my first cut out in southside Virginia. Made a video Haymore’s Honeybees.
Send me a link. God's peace Ron.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff ua-cam.com/video/-LEZPspnqyM/v-deo.html
I would love to come down sometime on vacation and spend some time cleaning frames and talking bees, I wonder if the wife would go for that.
Love to have you guys come for a visit, I'll happily put you to work. God's peace Dan.
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Ohhhh i know it smells crazy in there!!!!😂
Crazy good, it really does smell wonderful. A combo of wax and honey in the air all the time. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
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Good morning my Joyful beekeeping brother in Christ.Spring is 1 day closer.😁
Me and the bees are counting down the days till it's here. God's peace brother.
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Thanks for this video once again. Always interesting, as usual. I never miss one 🙂.
If I may ask, it would be interesting to see you work on the frames, boxes and stuff you have to clean/repair for the new season: What you do with them, how you clean it, etc. Sure, it's not part of working with bees directly but as you say, this work has to be done as well and there are very few videos out there about that. I remember seeing you clean frames with a Hot Water Pressure Washer few weeks ago (or more) but I'm sure there is more than that also.
10 000 thanks to you, Mr Ed, Good Time Charlie and Ralph (and others) for enjoying our days with your videos.
God bless.
Don't fret, I will be shooting a video on the box clean up....a real dirty job. Thank you so much for your blessings and for watching, it is greatly appreciated. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Always something to be done in the bee yard. I bought out a retiring beekeeper and have lots of equipment to clean up. Looking forward to it. It is getting busy early here in Oklahoma. I know you have much to do. Wish I was there to help. Thanks for the motivation. Take care and God bless.
I'm impressed Garry, I run away from work, you run to it. I guess you did not have enough on your plate so you bought out another beekeeper. If you are ever looking for work after you are done there, I got lots of it here that needs taking care of. God's peace brother.
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This was a very informative video. I hope to get into beekeeping, find someone to take me in as an apprentice.
Find out if there is a bee club in your area and join it, your county agent may be able to help with that. More than likely you will also find someone who is willing to mentor you as well. The world needs as many beekeepers as it can get, I'm happy to hear you want to bee one of them. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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Another great video Mr. Ed, this one was very informative too, which I like. I loved this video thanks to its content and I’m sure everyone else too. Kudos!
Thañk you
Thanks Mr. Ed. First class tomorrow with the local beekeeping club! Wish me luck!
Good luck, you are going to do great things. God's peace Tyler.
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Well done . Informative 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing. Be safe🇨🇦
It's been a while since I heard from you, happy to see you are still watching and commenting. God's peace.
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Mr Ed …you are looking a little winter wooly!🙂
The wild look will be here as long as the cold weather is here. Hopefully it will bee gone by end of April. God's peace.
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Good morning Mr. Ed and Good Time Charlie!! Great video! Y’all have your hands full getting ready for bee season. We really appreciate all y’all do to inform us of how much work goes into taking care of these wonderful bees. That being said many people (like me) only have the desire to watch y’all and live vicariously through you guys LOL. Thanks for sharing part or your day with us! Have a great weekend :)
I'm delighted to hear that you, and so many others like you, "live vicariously" through our adventures....even if you don't have bees yourself. Thank you so much for following along. God's peace Mary Jane.
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I believe I will wait until the movie of your life comes out. There are those who gather bees and those who tend to them and those who only enjoy the fruit of their labors. You get the bees, and we'll eat the honey and buy beeswax candles. Folks who allergic to bee venom - do NOT do this. God bless the labor of your hands. Just remember you are doing this for the Glory of God. No work is too hard or too small to do it to glorify the Lord.
a lifetime hobby but a lot of work living the dream I call it thumbs up shared good job buddy the king of the bees and keeper you are love the videos
Thanks so much Drew, your kind words are greatly appreciated.....as always. God's peace brother.
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Hi Jeff!! I am thrilled to say I absolutely love watching your videos. I found you by accident and have watched others videos but always come back to you. The way you explain and share your love of bees, the people around you, the Abby and our Lord fill my watching time with such joy and peace. Thank you for your dedication, education, love and gentle approach to it all. You are truly a blessing to all who watch.
If you ever need some help cleaning up those boxes just give me a shout. I would be happy to make a trip to you from Florida to get my hands dirty and see the fruits of the labor to help you in your journey. I work with wood and tools and as you know am no stranger to messes.
Gods peace to you, Mona and your entire team! ❤️ Lisa Greene
Thank you very much for your blessings, kind words, offer of helping, and for taking the time to watch our bee wrangling adventures, it is so greatly appreciated. If you are ever around New Orleans, drop by the abbey and visit. God's peace Lisa.
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I love the wall of labels idea Sir. A breath of fresh air as always Mr. Ed. GOD bless...
Good morning Ed and Charlie. Seeing your video pop up on my feed this morning. I just had to click on it. Cause I new by listening to u I would have a good start to my day.
You r always so upbeat and joyous! God's love just radiates thru you!!
God made Mr. Murphy because God has a wicked sense of humor.
You should check out the bee barn built by the bee keeper on Vino farms. Built what I thought would be the best hive style for bees. Type of hive not necessarily in my meaning.
I have seen the video, and I love the design. With all the different types of hive configurations out there, it's fun to try different ones. However, for me, they will always be just another box to keep bee in, and for our honey production, I will always use the Langstroths. Thanks for watching. God's peace Zachary.
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Mugg up from NH, where it's 34 F and raining. Supposed to drop to 14 F by tomorrow morning. 14 F is normal, 34 F is not. Bees were flying yesterday at 50 F. Still got lots to do building equipment. Swarm season is still at least 2 months away. Jeff it's always good to see you and Charlie. Thanks for sharing all the things, the sights and the knowledge, peace, Brice
I hear ya! 2 days ago it was in the low 60s. Right now it's 32 and snowing here in Central New York. We're only supposed to get down to 18 overnight.
Update: the says it got down to 15°F overnight. At 8:23 our thermometer is reading 19.
Stay warm up thee Brice, your bees need you. God's peace brother.
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Hi from Serbia Jeff! I have some suggestion for you. If you want to prevent wax-moth, you can create a "chimney". Four bricks at the corners as foundation, then some wire screen (we here have something like that that we use as inner cover). Next step is to stack boxes with eight frames evenly separated one from other so that air can circulate. You need at least 12+ boxes. On top of the last box you can put plate with some formic acid, but it's not a must. On top of that all you need another wire screen, four heavy object for every corner and then lid and something heavy on top of it just to be sure that nothing will topple it down. Some people use tobacco leaves instead formic acid and some nothing but the draft that is created, which wax-moth doesn't like.
I would be very nervous stacking boxes 12 high, it just seems very unstable. However, your idea sounds really cool, and I'd love to see pictures of how it is done. Thank you for sharing that and for taking the time to explain it. God's peace my brother.
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@@JeffHorchoff Here is one video about stacking. This beekeeper stacks some 8-9 boxes and his stacks are under the shed so there is no cover over it. For foundation he used timber (beams) instead four bricks on corners which is better solution if you have many "chimneys" to make. P.S. I kept my boxes on my hives for bees to guard the wax. Since I'm in expanding mode, I'm always lacking finished combs so I had no reason to stack. At the end of this season, I probably will...
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just got one of those blankets for 5 gallon buckets, had one that was completely solid goldenrod, and less than 24 hrs its already mostly liquid honey now!
What kind did you get? I'm interested in making a video on them. God's peace.
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@@JeffHorchoff it's a powerblanket branded as "Bee Blanket" I got the one with a notch for a honey gate.
It a great morning here to do maintenance on boxes and frames. We were 72 ° yesterday and today it's only going to be 38° in north west alabama. Hopefully the storms didn't get too bad there yesterday. Great looking honey and good luck with the bees. ❤️🐝
It was a bit rough with some high winds, but all in all, no problems. Spring is here....at least according to the bees. God's peace Michael.
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Great video, I love seeing the "logistic" of your operation! Thanks for sharing!
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Hi, Tom here! You beard is almost as full as mine. Low 50's in the northeast here. Want to get into bee keeping but Jesus is in charge of the timing and logistics.
God bless!
It's always in God's time....that's when you know it's right when you do it. Stay safe brother. God's peace Tom.
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Sounds like hail😊😊
Thanks for bringing us along.
Thanks Mr. Ed!!!
Great video. Yup, i am watching! If i kept bees and had a hiney label, you would get one. Cold here in Ohio. Takes more than a sweatshirt here! God bless you, the monks, good time Charley, wreck ut Ralph and all the friends you have to help you. Peace be with all of you!
Good job Mr Ed! Thanks for sharing
Morning both. Love the video. Must be such a great feeling wanting to go to work and be around those beautiful bees and their honey. More of a treat than a job. You are so lucky. Lucky for us too to be able to watch and learn. As always, relaxing viewing. Thank you Mr. Ed and Good Time Charlie x
Being retired and doing what I want to do with my time and not having it demanded from me by a job allows me great opportunity that many do not enjoy. Yes, I am truly a blessed man. Thank you for your kind words and sharing our adventures, it is greatly appreciated. God's peace Mary.
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Mr Ed love your videos, very informative. I have been keeping bees for about 10 years and learning more everyday. Allen @Solomon Honey
Good Morning Mr Ed from SW Oklahoma
And a very good morning to you as well. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch, God's peace.
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Amen Ed I'm in the zone working with my hive boxes.
Equipment repair is important.
Keep wrasslin’ those bees!
I thought I was the only one with a bone pile.
I heard World Famous Mike Barry's has the largest one of all the beekeeper around. Great seeing you last night, God's peace brother.
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You guys really BLOW thru the stop signs around the abbey....;)
I know exactly where the cops hide. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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I know that moths are attracted to the blue zappers light can you use them around the bee hives at Night
The wax moths fly in the day, but I'm sure you would get some with the blue zapper. Thanks for watching. God's peace Patrick.
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Thanks for sharing
ah thats the pump you told me about last week! so cool! the more i watch your videos the more i really want to try be keeping seems like alot of work but a really big reward =)
you create a lot of extra work for yourselves, you should have split level set up, no pumping honey, store empty supers in a ''virtually'' air tight room and use a dehumidifier to prevent mould and exclude wax moths..
It's a great idea you propose, but it's way out of the realm of reality for me as I do not have the resources to make it happen for an operation the size of ours. Thanks for your suggestions and for watching. God's peace Michael.
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Can you share how you clean up your old plastic foundation (& any secrets you have on cleaning the wood frames)? Simple power washing? Soak in vat of hot water to recover the wav? Do you try to recover the wax from the old black, nasty comb? Thanks for all you do.
I don't know any easy way to clean the wooden frames, but I can clean the foundations pretty quickly, and the video link below is how I do it. Thanks for watching. God's peace Joe. Mr. Ed
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no No NOOOOO, we will just let the professionals wrangle them bees! 😱😝😁🤣👍👍👍🇺🇲
Great video as always Mr. Ed. Youve got one of my labels headed your way monday morning! It may need a dark background as its super bright. The shade if honey usually lets you see it easy haha
Thank you so much, I can hardly wait to see it. God's peace.
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The good the bad and the ugly is the title of my last video , Great minds think alike .😂🤣🤣
I could not agree more, and I went and took a look at it. Don't you just hate when you forget something in a hive? God's peace.
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Mr. Ed your water level is low on your bottling tank, and what happen to your automatic bottling machine if your going to bottle that many cases?
You are the second one to comment on that, very observant. Yes, it is low, about a gallon or so, and I will be adding the distilled water before you see it again...Monday. The automatic bottler is in my office, and I only use it for the first bottling of the year when we do about 600 bottles. The clean up is pretty intense so I use it sparingly. God's peace Charlie.
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If you wanted to make a hive box but not knowing what type someone would want, what type would you make?
The older I have gotten, I now would build long horizontal hives. They are so much easier to work and would produce all the honey I could possibly want. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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Mr Ed, your work is never done! When do you have time to to work in the wood shop?
It is less and less. Now my main job is to run moldings as the bees just demand so much of my time. God's peace Don.
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We must be in sync! In the beginning of this video I was thinking of asking you for a honey label to put on my UltraMax extractor.
Send me an address, and I'll send you one of our labels. God's peace David.
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@@JeffHorchoff they're in the envelope with a stamp on it. Now to get the envelope in the mail! 🥳
Man I want a barrel of honey. That would be dangerous. I`d be making honey pizzas.
Man, I LOVE honey pizza! Call me when it's ready. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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I’ve never heard of honey pizza
Will the wax from the moth attacked boxes be recoverable?
Yes they will, a little bit worse for the ware, but still VERY functionable. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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Looks like the gift shop is in need of a new sign
It's already been requested, and once the Welcome Center is complete, bot will have new signs. Thanks for watching. God's peace Joe.
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@@JeffHorchoff i'm a retired sign maker. that's why i noticed
Good video Jeff. Been meaning to ask you if you treat for mites and what you use if you do.
Glad to hear you enjoyed the video, I do love sharing my bee wrangling experiences. No, I do NOT treat for mites, and I never have. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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Jeff, was Good time Charlie a ranger in the Army by chance?
No, he was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. God's peace Christopher.
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You have quite a lot of responsibilities! Thanks for sharing what you do. Does your honey bottling tank need more water? It appeared the water was a bit low on the site glass.
It's my pleasure and joy sharing my bee wrangling experiences...even the nasty ones. Yes, the bottler is about a gallon plus short on water, and I will be filling it with distilled water on Monday. Thanks for the heads up and for watching. God's peace Brian.
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Hello Mr Ed! I hope you're having a great weekend. You seem to be combining old and new equipment, and since I'm currently beginning to assemble my first bee yard, I'm wondering to which extent to get used items. I've recently bought 16 used Langstroth deeps that I will check for dry rot and renovate/repaint (outside only of course) over the winter. I've got an offer of a pile of frames as well, about half of which is "uncleaned" as the owner calls it, ie has old drawn comb on it. Beyond melting it down for beeswax, is there any use for it? Could I eg use it to help a hive along?
I've also had several offers of bees. One of them concerns two nucs on a different frame format that I could set up as a double nuc Langstroth deep for the winter. I'd need to move them to a Langstroth box, including moving their comb to new frames, but I have no idea if this still makes sense this year. It's a lousy summer here with temperatures at around 20°C/68°F at the moment, likely to seamlessly lead over into autumn weather in mid August. What do you think, would the ladies stand a chance at all to survive the winter? I'm talking lows of -10°F, all the hive boxes are insulated.
If you are just starting out keeping bees, ANY free equipment is a great deal, even if it will require some elbow grease on your part. Combine the good parts, discard the bad parts, and get your equipment right, it's way less expensive doing it that way, and because you put the effort in bringing it back to life, it will mean more to you. Finally, if someone is going to GIVE you bees, take them now, even if it means you feeding them all winter long. I wish you all the best on your beekeeping journey. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
What is the location of the Abby Gift Shop Mr. Ed?
It is on the Abbey property. After crossing the bridge to get to the abbey, the road forks. Take the left fork and there it is. Thanks for watching. God's peace David.
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Are you stirring the hunny before you pour or bottle it
No, it goes straight from a bottler to the jar. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Patrick.
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How many volunteers did you get to clean up those frames 😂 God Bless
Not enough, but I'm grateful for the ones that do help. God's peace Keith.
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Mr Ed,
Will the honey recrystallize faster the second time around?
The honey will recrystallize a second time around, but my experience has shown it takes about the same amount of time. Thanks for watching. God's peace Joe.
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How long does it take for your honey to go back to the crystallized form in the jars after you bottle them?
Generally, it's about the same amount of time it took to crystallize the first time. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Hi Jeff, would it be possible to drill into blue drums and add tap's near bottom, then get a heavy duty extra high lift, to save using pump. That way you take honey from the bottom, without having to clean the pump. What are you thoughts?
Half of our drums do have spickets on them to drain the honey from the bottom. The ones that don't will have them on them soon enough. As far as a heavy duty lift, I have one of those as well and I use it all the time, but the pump is so much easier to do. Thanks for watching. God's peace bother.
Mr. Ed
♡ I always think your processes are so inefficient. Why not just have taps at the bottom of the big drums? No more pouring back and forth.
About half the drums do have taps at the bottom, but when the honey crystalizes, it's actually better to pump the honey from the top rather than the bottom. I try and use all the tapped drums first before the honey crystalizes, then I use the untapped drums. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
How is the honey left in the pump lines prevented from crystalizing?
It never stays in there for long. It gets replace about every 2 to 3 weeks and that is not enough time for the honey in there to crystalize. God's peace brother.
Mr.Ed
Why is that guy called goodtime Charlie?
Because every time we get together, it's a good time. Thanks for watching. God's peace Derek.
Mr. Ed
Oh my it has done nothing but rain in ATL 😂 how y'all dewn downyamdr
Rain, rain go away, Mr. Ed wants to play.....with his bees. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff hahaha 🤣 only someone from the south would understand what I said 😂😂😂 I'm glad you're doing well brother from another mother
Hello Mr Ed! Do your lines on your honey pump ever get crystallized up? Pretty new to bee keeping just curious.
They do not. The reason is because the honey that is in the lines will be moved into the bottler before that happens. Generally, I pump honey every 2 to 3 weeks apart. Thanks for watching. God's peace David.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff that’s what I figured. I would like to try the double screen dividing board splits that you do. With the warm weather that we are having are you thinking about starting those earlier this year? I’m from Lincoln county Mississippi.
will you accept a label from Australia
Most happily....please send me one and ask your friends to do the same please. Heck, when I get it, I'll post it on a video. Looking forward to getting your label. God's peace Roy.
Mr. Ed
What causes the honey to crystallize? Is it because of the colder temperatures in the winter?
Pure, raw honey will crystalize all on it's own, unless it's "fake" honey, and that stuff will never crystalize due to the fact that there are other ingredients in it other than just honey. The reason it will crystalize is due to the sugar content in it, and sugar prefers to be in a solid state rather than a liquid state. Thanks for watching. God's peace Larry.
Mr. Ed
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