Harvesting 68kg of honey - full process from beehive to jars + candle making
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- Опубліковано 2 тра 2024
- The honey harvest is the most rewarding part of beekeeping. Honey and wax are amazing natural products that we can harvest from bees and this video explains the whole process from taking the honey off the beehives to jarring and selling the honey to local customers. I also made a few candles which smell amazing!
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00:00 Intro
00:41 Adding honey boxes
03:02 Removing bees from supers
08:05 Cleaning kitchen and equipment
09:10 Creating honey jar labels
12:49 Taking honey boxes off the hives
15:26 Extracting honey
18:46 How do bees make honey?
19:24 More honey extracting
25:46 Taking honey samples to honey monitoring scheme
28:37 Putting honey boxes back on hives
29:00 Jarring honey
31:40 Melting wax
33:36 Attaching honey jar labels
36:33 How I'm selling my honey
37:57 Making candles
39:56 Selling my honey
45:11 Protecting honey frames from wax moth
46:31 Costs of beekeeping and income from honey sales
68kg ?! that's a loooot of bees 🐝
It's actually crazy that you're commenting on videos about beekeeping 😭 keep up the good work UA-cam, educating yourselves on those little friends called beezzz
😮❤
Ayo, this is the real UA-cam wtf?
18 likes on a UA-cam comment on a video that's #47 on TRENDING. wthhhhhh
mfw when the youtube is youtubing
As a beekeeper, I would just like to say thank you for putting out the message of supporting your local beekeeper! Very important and get overlooked. Great job Alex!
I thought the same! My local bee keeper produces the thickest, darkest honey ever, in countryside Colombia. You see, feel and taste the purity in it.
Oh for sure. My local bee keeper has some of the best clover honey ever. Keep up the good work!
This video made me look for a local beekeeper and i found out there is 1 only 10 minutes from my place. Im going to get me some honey, beer and wine there tomorrow
Enjoyed your video from harlingen Texas 🇺🇸 USA
I'm in London and I would like to by some please
If you eat the honey from local bees, it apparently helps your resistance to local pollens and controls hay fever. So good for you, Alex. Your message is spot on: buy local.
It's a myth but supporting local is definitely brilliant!
@@PriyaPans It is not a myth. And yes, buy local.
@@smokeythebear1633 this assumes that the exact allergen is present in the local honey. The issue being that it's only some people who are allergic to pollen. Other "hayfever" is caused by other molecules.
But let's say it is flower pollen. Many of these flowers someone may have allergies to may only flower a short amount of time. And then on top of that it assumes that the bees have taken enough pollen from THOSE flowers and not as much from other flowers to then deliver enough of the allergen to then subject the body to. If the pollen is in miniscule amounts, it won't do much at all.
Even then, you would have to invest very large amount of it to be effective enough. There are some studies that show it does help a bit. However honey helps with cold adjacent symptoms as a whole. So it may be this soothing property that is doing most of the leg work. In terms of modulating the immune system that really depends. If it's cells in the nasal cavity and the throat that are over reacting to pollen, the exposure to the allergen in honey to the oesophagus may not modulate the activity of the cells in the airways.
It's why we have issues with vaping. The FDA regulates chemicals which are certified as safe for ingestion. These same chemicals used in vaping pens and devices are aerosolised for inhaling. Which is not a function that these compounds are technically marked as safe for. Gradually it's becoming more and more known, especially in papers, that there is a long term impact to the airways and lungs to breathing in that which you should be eating. Not inhaling.
Those are different tissues. Is my point.
Because the pollen in honey is "training" (that's if we suggest it DOES module the cellular activity) it likely still won't alter the behaviour of cells that are part of a different tissue.
There MAY be ways to do this but it requires a lot more research and it's hard to test this.
@@PriyaPans SO it is not a "myth" as you originally posted, it just isn't "tested" in a controlled way.
I don't need the FDA let alone snarky "trust the sciencers" on youtube to tell me what has been known from at least biblical times.
Thanks for your input, but no thanks.
@@smokeythebear1633 it's a myth in that it's not proven. It's a myth. In that people say it works as a cure against hay fever but in practice it doesn't work (I wish it did. I have hayfever!). The science doesn't entirely back it and as far as I currently understand, the best way to make it work is if you can control how much pollen bees put into their honey and where they get it from. That's arguably insane and potentially not possible to even do that to bees (potentially unethical and unsafe for the bees also).
Honey doesn't cure everything, and to suggest it's been known from the biblical times is laughable. If honey was the solution to hayfever it would be great. I'd be eating jars of the stuff each summer. But it doesn't work.
I think it's hypocritical for you to have that attitude towards science.
You're typing on a phone, more than likely. Using electricity. You might drive a car. You might use glasses or heating aids, or know someone that does. You likely use painkillers when you have a headache or back pain. You might use eye tests at an opticians. You likely have anaesthesia if you need medical treatment. If you got a health issue you likely go to the doctor's and get treated.
Why is that okay but wanting rigorously tested medication and proof is bad? I think nature is an absolutely fantastic source of medical marvels. I work with people who look into fauna and flora for molecules that make have potential. I know that aspirin comes from willow bark. I'm a believer than the old witches in the old villages and the medicine women likely had a great knowledge of the natural world and many of their cures may have been rooted in fact.
These old folk remedies are then tested and checked to see what molecules actually work. Why do they work. Do they have side effects... And then we make modern medication from them. That way we can control and test for these things.
It's like how pain medication doesn't work as well for those with red hair. People aren't all the same. If you wanted to ask someone to chew on some bark for some pain medication, not everyone will react the same. Having quantified medication means that you can tell people based in their own traits and their own body reaction. How much of a medication they may need to take.
Nature is absolutely wonderful and deserves protection. Humanity was given brains, knowledge, curiosity and the ability to innovate. We create faster and faster. We invent. And we have the ability to to understand the world around. Why it works. How it works.
You do people and your own god a disservice to not realise the gift humanity has been given.
let me tell you, i LIVE on youtube, and i think this is the first time ive genuinely sat through an entire almost 50 minute video. im subbing. i wanna do this some day.
Dont sound you are gonna do much at all in life if you LIVE on youtube.
@@freespeechisdead202 if you live on youtube but cant manage a 50 min video u dont live on youtub.
Alex, you've absolutely killed it this year mate. Not just in beekeeping, but entertainment, video quality and editing. Thanks for bringing us all on your incredible adventures Alex!!!
Thanks Jack! :)
What a beautiful comment ! 😄
@just_alex I think I recognise the field and the post box lol..wouldn't happen to be Greenhill area?
@@just_alex great job bro 🎉 one question how much honey did you leave for your girls or are you going to feed sugar? Just woundring
Clean and sterilize jars 1st pls
I found this video by accident, and I am so happy about it. I love how natural your videos are. No crazy editing, no crazy jump cuts, nothing crazy, just pure quality and passion for what you do. Keep it up my friend, bees deserve more than ever to be protected and to informed about, this way people will value them more.
I agree
So true
Ditto
Go check out his first ones where he was just starting and learning - I learned a lot as he did and explained it
I really love finding UA-cam content like this on the home page
Honey is bee vomit
As a person with ADHD and has a short attention span, you were really fun to watch and I stayed along for the whole video!i usually get bored while watching long videos but you had me stuck to my screen, will definitely be coming back to your channel😁
Forget about the 68 kg of honey. 990k views within 1 month! That’s tremendous. Congrats Alex. 😊
This man deserves so much more credit and support. Your silly little videos are incredible, it’s clear the amount of care, time, effort, and love you put into them.
I appreciate that!
Alex u have taught me and my dad so much that we might even be starting our own bee keeping journey thanks so so so much for the awesome videos
Thanks so much for watching!
One of the best content creators out here in my opinion
Best of luck buddy
@@just_alex Solid work Alex, but moving to the city is a really bad idea if you plan on even keeping bees, cities are too confined for proper bee keeping without building a whole habitat for them, also unless you're going to live on the outskirts of the city
Do it
Alex, I am a bee keeper in Normandy in France, and I have to tell you that I am absolutely impressed by your videos serie about beekeeping. You covered almost everything that anyone has to know from starting with a simple hive to producing your own honey. All your narrative is smooth, geniun and so pleasant to watch. I have my own channel but I regret my videos are not as smooth are yours.I hope a lot of people will watch your videos, and will see its an exciting hobby but requires a lot of work and time investment. You made an amazing work, congrat' ! I can't wait to follow you into this moving project to Bristol with your hives. Thank you for this great moments :) Serge
This is good to know that other beekeepers say that. I'm really thinking of starting a beekeeping business with 200 hives :) Though my only knowledge is from Alex' videos and after that a little research on the internet. Alex gave me the idea to that, thanks Alex :))
What’s a serie?
Series*. Serge is French and most probably isn't fluent in English spelling:) @@royedwards51
Is the beekeeping the same in France and England?
Forget the beekeeping thing, you have my respect for the patience with the labels and tags.
Next year make sure you sell your honey for about 2-2.5 times as much next year. Raw local honey always goes for a healthy premium. Its so much better for you than huge commercial honey, its got more nutritionand you are taking great care of your bees. Dont undervalue your efforts Alex you are doing a smashing job.
I was shocked that he's only selling 8oz jars for 5£. That would be a solid price per unit for 5+ kg tubs as economies of scale. Smaller volumes are better priced at just over 1£ per oz, so charging between 10-12£ would work out for his 8oz jars (like you said, around 2 to 2.5 times his rate).
He likely doesn't mind selling it so cheap because the real money is made from the videos anyway. Kind of a cool way to finance one's hobbies!
Don't forget it also helps with seasonal allergies by exposing you to the local pollens
@@themightymcb7310I was just going to add that for people local to him that suffer from hay fever his locally produced honey is meant to be the best way to prevent symptoms the following year.
@@themightymcb7310no it doesn't. Bees take pollen from flowers that are too big, and not evolved to, float on breeze, so pollen in honey isn't the same pollen that gives people allergies.
The best part for me was seeing all the people coming to get your honey and the giving of some kind of product in return. So amazing to have that feeling of community. Nearly teared up. Good luck on your move!
Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world 🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Thaoms Gabriel from Brooklyn New York, where are you from if I may ask??
Truly truly inspiring
Keep doing what you doing
Wishing you all the best from across the globe 😊
how lovely right!
Really glad to see the mindset of having the jars being easily reusable without having to deal with stickers. Also always fun seeing someone be so excited for their craft as you are.
You had myself and my 4 year old daughter transfixed this morning while we ate our honey on toast. After learning about shapes, I only wanted to show her the hexagons in the hive, but now she wants to be a beekeeper when she grows up! 🐝 It's a fantastic video, great job.
Words cannot explain how excited I am to sit down and watch 49 mins of you and your bees!
Enjoy!
Same here ❤❤❤
So true😊
Agree! :D
I have bee'n saving my bee video for today ...brilliant ....I'm really enjoying it🦄🐆🍰💐🥂💜😎🎭
Quick suggestion: you could implement a system where the people who buy your honey can get a small portion of the cost of the honey back if they return the jar to you. for example, if you're selling the Honey for £5, you could offer 25p if they return the jar. It doesn't need to be a lot, especially if you're only selling to neighbours where the effort to get the jar back to you is minimal. That way you'll likely have to buy far fewer jars next year which is better for the planet, and less ongoing expense for you! It's a common thing in Germany (called pfand) where you take empty bottles and jars to the supermarket and there are machines that give you a bit of money back for returning them.
Great suggestion. I'd imagine his neighbours would actually be happy to return the jars if he asked and they didn't need them!
He said he liked the idea of people having empty jars to use when they were done using it for honey but mabye thats a good idea kinda gets rid of that purpose tho
I did this when i was a little kid selling strawberry jam and it worked very nicely
@@muricaballprodocutions8248 I don't think it defeats the purpose of the clear jars at all, the fact they're clear makes them easier for him to reuse if people do return them. And he can always have it as a suggestion not a policy for people whos gonna buy a nice bit of his honey, say they bought 4 jars over a couple months, they can always keep 2 and still return the other 2 so they don't end up with 20 of empty jars in a couple years.
They're still going to make the jars regardless if he buys them or not lol the environment will still have as many jars as it did the day before
I just want to say, I find your content incredibly wholesome, please keep it up, the world needs more people like you.
This whole beekeeping journey is like watching a dream come to life. It's such a motivating thing to see.
64 year old man in Southern California USA here. Alex, you mentioned in this video that your UA-cam videos are silly. Alex, I love that your channel is not only wholesome, but entertaining, interesting, and I learn something every video. I also sometimes play your UA-cam channel in the background while doing things around the house, hobbies, and driving. Keep up the wonderful channel. Btw, congratulations to your parents for raising such a good young man!
Here here from South Africa
@@sUASNews I want to be Alex when I grow up - wholesome and curious and loveable. (I am grown up, but still...)
I just loved this comment, and I thoroughly agree. Alex you're a fine young man, and your parents are surely proud. Thank you for the clear, easy to digest information. I am now considering getting some bees of my own. Thank you again, from US. 🐝🍯
Wishing you well in whatever you do. 🙏
😀you did awesome. Congrats🎉
If there were more people like you in this world it would be a much nicer place.... Was a lovely gesture for you to encourage us to seek out our local bee keeper to buy their honey...your ma and pa brought you up real good ...good luck with the move ....hope the bees settle quickly in their new home !!
Thanks so much!
You’re first words are so true ☺️
@@just_alex not sure if you’ve close comments, but I’ve only just seen the video and it would seem I’ve missed out again 🤨 You are my local bee-keeper, or at least you were, but being that you’re on the move won’t be soon.
I enjoyed you videos so keep up the good work.
His parents must be great they let him dig the garden up for his veggies now he's moving out!
Hello from North Central Missouri, USA! This is the best video on the whole process of hive to jar honey production for small apiaries like we are aspiring to do starting this year! My wife and I are excited to get started and I can see that you love beekeeping which has inspired me even more! Thank You for such great work!!
That is so cool. You not only have a community that loves your honey. They also appreciate all that you do and give gifts. You are an inspiration to all. Keep up the great work.
my favorite part of this is seeing how much more confident and comfortable you are with your bees now vs when you were just starting out. you shook them off a frame without even hesitating, you were more careful with your spinne, and just all around carry yourself more comfortably with the process. Its clear that throughout the journey you've really learned and grown a lot, and I think thats wonderful to see.
It's just so true that the more you do something, the more you learn and get better! By documenting this project, I have really seen that!
Wow
at risk of someone laughing inanely at my comment, I just wanted to say that I find this channel quite refreshing in that you do things that are almost like a mini adventure. Everything is shrouded in a measure of curiosity as much for the viewer as for yourself, and its wonderful to see that there are people out in the world that are following their dreams, no matter how fringe they might seem to others. Bee-keeping for someone like me is rather interesting and I enjoy seeing the process. The money side of things is not that important for me, it never was, but its good to see that you're not thinking about how much investment you've put into your hobby this year, next year should be far more profitable....I hope so anyway.
@@user-fx7kk8il6b troll...if you can't say anything constructive, don't say anything at all.
I am from Trinidad, and I love honey. I look at videos on the topic. Yours, Alex is attention grasping. You hold my interest. Your honesty and selflessness will get you far in the business.
I grew up taking care of bees with my grandpa. Its one of my fondest memories and loved it so much. He taught me to keep calm and they generally won't sting and we never had bee suits. I have now been taking care of 2 hives with my oldest son who just turned 20 and has carried on the bee keeping and it makes me happier then most things in life seeing him enjoy it and continue things on. You look like your having a blast and its awesome watching your journey. Its really cool the people you meet along the way in this DIY area. Farmers market folks I call them. Good job and good luck.
Alex, so cool that you’ve been able to harvest your honey! Congratulations on a successful year of beekeeping, I hope the hives will survive the winter. (And the move to Bristol!)
Thanks!
Love the videos keep on trying new skills (:
@@just_alex
What area are you in Alex? I'm at base of Cleeve Hill
I admire the fact that you want to only sell local and keep the community strong while inspiring others to support their local grower at the same time! Awesome video and great work
That was also my highlight of the video :)
I watched you 2 years ago with your first hive and what a crazy adventure your first season was
to see you get this far warms my heart,
We need more people like you in the world,
Saving and harvesting what nature has to offer
Little communities like this are what life is about
Spreading joy and being productive and positively impacting your surroundings and environment
God bless you Alex
one love from Ireland :)
Good morning Alex, I am from Panama, Central America and I congratulate you for being so good at making an excellent video of honey harvesting in your hives. Excellent work and very simple and uncomplicated. Your video is excellent. People, called professionals, should make videos like yours, and the world would be encouraged to have more hives and raise bees for the good of all. Greetings and luck.
Hey Alex,
Great video. Just a few ideas for your beekeeping journey. You went to great care disinfecting the extractor and the buckets, but you jarred up directly out of the box. When we jar up, we stick a batch of jars into the dishwasher in a quick hot cycle, just makes sure they’re also clean, as you can’t be sure the conditions that they’re stored under.
Also, when jarring, since you’re selling by weight of honey, you need to be certain that the weight in the jars is the weight that you’re saying on the labels. Sticking the jar on a kitchen scale and zeroing it out doesn’t add any extra time to the process, but makes sure that you’re selling what you say. Also, it prevents overfilling. An extra 5-10g when jarring 200 jars is a loss of 1-2KG of honey😮
If you’re ever in need of some more queens, I’d love to help you out. Me and my father are currently breeding native British black bees, and of course the standard Italian mongrels 😂
Great video, great work, and happy to see that your channel is thriving.
Thanks for all the info! Appreciate it!
The part about the jars also was a bit odd to me. Maybe he did wash them and just put them back into the boxes for convinience...?
Regarding the filling of the jars: I already see him picking up his next projects with programming and 3D printing to automate the process at his new place. :D
Or maybe he starts small and just sticks an electric motor and a gearbox to the extractor next time. ;)
@@markuswierer1755 an aftermarket electric motor is a great next step, especially if Alex is looking to increase the number of hives he has.
We used to do it by hand, but with the addition of the “plug and play” motor, it makes the process significantly faster! Not to mention, less tiring.
My son (4yrs) and i stumbled over your veg videos and hes now obsessed with the bee keeping videos, they are an amazing gateway for learning with little ones!!!! Brilliant family content Alex, keep up the great work!!!
Does your son love insects? I have always been interested in bees and other insects. Here is my favorite insect of all time since I was a kid, it is the Polistes annularis paper wasp,
ua-cam.com/video/LJmOkR1yd9E/v-deo.htmlsi=3U7GpURjEIuyAmTw
Agree with you entirely! Great way to teach kids about science and chemistry
i love how you can tell that he is a simple man, he doesn't speak like an expert but he knows his craft and keeps learning, is surrounded by kind people from his community
it just warms my heart, brings me so much joy to see his hone(y)st job and sweet attitude
keep going ❤
Alex, I was so very happy to hear you encouraging people across the world to buy locally and support their local beekeepers! It was also quite a treat to see how many items were given and traded for your beautiful honey! It was nearly an economic's lesson in barter and trade. I loved to witness your success! ❤️ Thank you for the videos, they are lovely!
If you ever redesign your labels, you should put a QR code for a video that you make linking all of your honey making videos too, so that the consumer can easily find them.
It’s so wonderful what you’ve done for so many communities. Not only did you bring an audience in to watch your first steps beekeeping, but you also made another community, your local and semi-local, come together over honey! It’s wildly impressive and incredibly heartwarming. The section of the video where the people traded goods or gave you something because they were grateful was definitely my favorite. It’s wonderful what you’ve done.
Also; did you know that local honey is better for you? The pollens contained within the honey actually quell allergies. So if you’re having problems with allergies, get some local honey and it will help.
Thanks so much! means a lot to read this!
@@just_alexmuch love from the states
The thought of avoiding the sticker label just to even help his future customers into reusing is just fantastic. You're amazing. I'm glad I was able to see your gardening video, and now just hooked into this beekeeping story. Keep it up with the informational videos. I don't mind watching long videos full of your shared knowledge and experiences.
This is the best honey harvest video on UA-cam, I hope your business grow up worldwide
I am living vicariously through the community vibes in this video. Everybody talking about the recipes they are going to make with your honey and sharing food with you. I don't have that kind of community here and it's so heartwarming to see that it still exists.❤
I love the jars with the tags. It's such a small deliberacy, yet such a convenient thing for people to use, and it really shows how much you care.
Incredible to see how you’ve grown since you first started. One of the best UA-camrs I’ve seen, no nonsense just wholesome entertainment.
Edit: Always buy local! I was told almost all commercial honey sold in the UK comes from China, India or Brazil so I did some research and sadly it’s true!
Mate, your videos about beekeeping are so wholesome. Love the community giving you all these homemade goods in return for your homemade honey. Also, 5 pounds a jar is quite a bargain for locally grown honey. Keep it up Alex!
Beekeeping is so much more than honey. You're helping the planet. ❤
This is so awesome! Sometimes the harvest isn't only money, but the connection you make, the stuff you trade and the positive vibes of every. I will keep enjoying the bee keeping videos! 🐝🍯
Watching this video was very entertaining and full of joy! I love how friendly and supportive everyone was of your work. I wish you lots of success with your business and many more happy customers!!❤️
This is the first video of yours that I've watched. You seem to be an amazing person, beekeeper and quite down to earth. Super wholesome video and an inspiration to me to continue looking into becoming a beekeeper myself. I also appreciate how humble and considerate you are to reccomend that everyone show some love and support to their local beekeepers as well. Keep up the great work! I also love the community you have, trading honey, leaving eggs, cookies and stuff. Living in America, at least where I'm at, we have nothing like that unfortunately. Made me happy to see how kind and good people can be.
Love the idea of selling local and raising your own bees for honey collection! Keep up the good work!
Great job. It is so nice that your parents let you use their house.
This has been one of the most genuine and enjoyable video to watch about the whole process. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos!
From hive to jars, and even crafting candles - this beekeeper's journey from start to finish is a true labor of love and honey!
You should add a spot on your tied on label where you can put the Best Buy stickers so you don’t have to try to fight the bottom of the jars. Plus it would help from stickers falling off the bottom during shipping among other things
You are a part of what this world needs more of... community humility, wonder, and kindness.
man respect! making sure other local beekeepers get their fair share! much love, keep up the great work!
Don’t ask me why but the moment when people came from far away and gifted you things to show their love and appreciation made me cry 🥲 such beautiful video , thank you for sharing !
Normally I don't watch long video's or get distracted... but this video was soooo peaceful and great to watch! Thank you for sharing your process! 🙌
I love that you are selling locally and recommending your audience to buy from their local bee-keepers too! Very thoughtful, and as a hobby gardener who's hoping to set up an honesty box next season this is so wholesome and inspiring 😊
This video makes me think there's still hope for humanity, please never stop doing whatever you will want to do with this much passion and honesty!
That jar sticker idea was soo good and convenient which also shows how much you care for your consumers. Loved to watch it
This is truly amazing, finding a hobby like this is the best thing someone can do. As a student I am in no way capable of beekeeping... yet! Congrats on the harvest.
Great video as always! I really enjoy following your beekeeping journey! I love the fact that you show what goes in to the hives terms of money and work and that it's not just harvesting. And as always delighted with my cameo😃
Thanks Kalle, my trip to Sweden to meet you was very inspiring!
Absolutely! I always thought honey was expensive, as a new beekeeper this year I am figuring out the cost in terms of investment and time needed to harvest the honey. Let alone the effort the bees need to to put in to make it all possible!
I have no idea about beekeeping, all I can say is - keep up the good work. The sky is the limit. Young people actually creating something - priceless.
What a BeeUtiful channel!🐝 My grandmother kept bees and this brought back so many memories of my childhood. So much information that I thoroughly enjoyed...your enthusiasm is wonderful and I wish you continued success. With love from New Mexico, USA.🌻🧡🤗
From 12.5kg last year to 68kg this year. That is awesome. I am not sure what is going on with other bee keepers but so many complaining about no honey. For me we had one of the best spring flows ever and a really good summer flow with only a short break around July. This is only your second year so your learning the ropes fast and doing everything right. Just because them smaller hives you have a small it does not mean they are weak. I had a cricket ball size swarm that is now one of my best producers. I think yours will be fine next year and produce a ton of honey. Best of luc for the rest of the season and for next year aswell. Your doing great so far.
That’s a LOT of honey compared to last year!! 😳 I’m so glad you’ve stuck with beekeeping even through any and all the complications. I’ve enjoyed watching all your beekeeping videos (and all your other videos too) and i can’t wait to see next year’s harvest and what you decide to do next in your journey!
Super Alex ! I love your videos. I began this year and did 33kg this summer. I enjoyed to see you because I was so concerned and it was so thrue. Thanks. Hope to see you in a next one. ❤❤❤
Nice work 👍🏻… it was a good harvest
As an agricultural student I would like to inform you that you can’t keep bees enclosed for more than 12 hrs in your van incase you are thinking about moving to some other place …. To keep them alive you have to supply them with sugar syrup during your journey if it is going to take more than 12 hours for you to reach your destination…..
Moreover you can’t empty all the plates of honey … you have to leave some for the bees to survive otherwise your colonies will perish or decrease in number drastically.
Congratulations on all your success. Thanks for sharing the journey with us. 🐝
Love watching your channel about beekeeping. How fascinating. When I was knee high to a grasshopper I used to watch my granddad removing the frames from his hives. His protection was a veil and a smoker I had nothing just because I was fascinated watching him. He used a soft brush to remove the bee’s from the frames. My gran would prep the frames in the cottage and sell the jars of honey to visitors that came to the village. There honey was Yorkshire moor heather honey.
I kept my granny’s recipe book and there is a newspaper clipping in it about bee candy. It says dissolve five and a half parts of sugar in one part of boiling water in a pan over a gentle heat. The sugar must be stirred constantly until dissolved. It is then heated rapidly and boiled for about three minutes or better still if a sugar thermometer is available until a temperature of 240 degrees Fahrenheit is reached. Place the pan in cold water and stir the syrup until it becomes cloudy and stiff. It is then poured into moulds holding about 2 pounds and when cool can be given to the bees.
Bro, with all that's going on in the world, i actually thought we no longer have simple, kind, honest and pleasant folks like you. Im starting a honey project on my farm soon and i learnt a lot just by how you explained everything - Im in Zimbabwe by the way. Thanks mate.
thanks for your kindness!
I found this video by accident and it’s so very interesting and educational at the same time. It’s crazy how much time and effort you put into your bees. My father-in-law keeps bees as well but he is just newly started but seems to be doing very well. I am so fascinated by bees and how hard they work but unfortunately I am very, very allergic and I didn’t know until I was stung by just one at my in-laws house about three months ago. Growing up I was never stung so I had no clue. I wasn’t close to the boxes either when I was stung but I knew within a minute that it was going to be bad. Almost immediately broke out in hive, sweating, my throat started closing and that’s all I can remember. Thankfully my husband is a first responder so he knew exactly what to do and immediately put me in the car and my father-in-law called 911 and on our way we had to pull over and wait for the ambulance (waited around two minutes thank god) it had gotten that bad. They had to intubate me in the back of the ambulance and the next thing I remember was waking up I panicked of course but my husband and father-in-law were there right beside me. Im so lucky I was able to go home that next morning. My father-in-law felt horrible but we didn’t know so defiantly not his fault. Oh and my 8 year old daughter witnessed it up until we left the house. She is very cautious now every time we see a bee lol. I do carry an Epi pen wherever I go. I was also informed that panicking will make it worse.
Epipen is definitely your friend! But also, it's worth talking to a specialist to see if you can get desensitised to bee venom.
salute to you Alex for encouraging your subscriber/viewers to support their local bee keepers.
I love watching you Alex, you’re one of my favourite channels! You’re so honest & down to earth. Thank you for time & efforts. Hope all goes well in Bristol. 😊♥️
I don't know how this came to my suggestion list, but I'm glad it did. I love that you're concerned about the buyer using your jar for something else, and also how you promoted other bee keepers. I hope you grow this into something beyond your neighborhood. With love from Kenya 🤗
I'm just a viewer who usually doesn't comment or leave messages but this time I want to say: how extraordinary you are and I appreciate the work you do from all points. Surely if we all followed a little of what you do, this world would be a better place. Congrats on an amazing harvest!
Thanks a lot! :)
Alex, to protect honey frames from wax moth during storage, try using dried lemon balm or mint, they are natural insecticides against moths. Just place it under, between levels and above the honey box. Then clean before use in the new season. An important point, the place where the honey boxes are stored must be dry, otherwise the herbs can cause the frames to mold. Don't quit, keep going, you're doing great!
I love this down-to-earth, kind, and genuine seems to be a small town with so many nice people. Awesome bee-keeping Alex, keep up the hard work and nice interesting, educational videos !! Much love from Washington D.C USA!
Aww the "support your local bee keeper" shout out melted my heart ❤ 🐝
i'm in literal tears rn, this whole video is so wholesome and beautiful! so so happy for u alex and glad that i found ur channel, cause this has been an amazing journey :D thank u for all this amazing and peaceful content
Thank you so much!!
I think you and Carl made the best move splitting paths and yet still collaborating. It’s worked out amazingly, I know for sure I’m not the only one that watches both of your videos all the time.👍🏻👍🏻
I'm so happy i found your account! This was an amazing video and thought me quite a lot about bee-keeping. I love bees and wanted to know more about this stuff in case i could do some bee-keeping myself at some point and this was just so pleasant to watch and learn from :) thank you for sharing this and good luck with next year's harvest!
I really enjoyed both learning about bee keeping as well as watching your adventure and then seeing how you’re not claiming to be an expert but are a young, happy guy just learning something new, making it an adventure.
WOW! 68kg!!!!! No Waaaay! Congrats on your harvest! Can't wait to see it!
Wow Alex, your content is nothing short of perfection, good for you fella. I find it absolutely incredible that a community, that you have built with your channel, like minded humans have travelled a far distance to trade and purchase your products. Keep them coming Alex your Bee 🐝 keeping is fascinating from beginning to the end, congratulations 🐝 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
Thanks so much! :)
Great video! Your dedication and patience to harvest and process, and also your time recording and editing is such a gift for us to watch and learn and enjoy! Cheers 🍯🐝🕯
I can't believe I watched 49 mins video without getting bored one bit. Learned a lot from you. Thank you for your wonderful videos.
My girlfriend and I love your channel and spend almost every moment of free time re watching your videos and learning as much as we can. I’ve started helping her grandfather set up his bee hives and gather materials for honey harvesting. Amazing channel, thank you!
So happy for you Alex. You have done very well and are getting the fruits of the efforts you have undertaken.
I admire your ability to be a complete novice and still dive in. I remember watching your first beekeeping videos. You have a lot more confidence now.
Even beyond how awesome the beekeeping and honey extracting and candle making is....watching people come to buy your honey and the sense of community is so nice to see. The fact that people brought some of their own products and work over is super cool! (Those cookies looked incredible.) Congrats on the harvest, cant wait for the bristol bees! :)
42:21 who's that handsome man? Thanks Alex. Going to show my kids tonight. They'll think I'm famous haha
That’s like 150 pounds of honey!!! Wow, inspiring 😁🔥
Thank you alex. You remind me of my late baby brother. Hardworking, persistent and so chill to be with.
London has one of the highest concentration of beehives in any city. Most rooftops now have hives.
Loved your reference to local bee keepers! You all do a great and important job for the nature. So thank you and our all local bee keepers :)
Amazing video Alex, i have been fantasizing the last year or two, of doing a bit of beekeeping some years down the line and your video here brought a lot of smiles - i love the interactions you had selling your honey :)
Thank you Alex from Georgia USA. I hope to use what I have learned in beginning my beekeeping adventure! Thank you for doing these videos. Me and my Mum are binge watching all your videos and are really interested in our adventure!
This video was really wholesome, especially the part where you get to sell the honey locally and get in touch with people. Thanks for sharing this awesome experience! :)
It's amazing watching the turn around on this and watching the process that goes into making, and then selling, honey. Who knows, once you get enough hives you can sell the candles properly too!
Watching you do this makes me want to try as well, but we just don't have the space.