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@justinthacker3144 Күн бұрын
Nice to meet you at the National Honey show. Cheers Justin
@jamescamplin9103 Күн бұрын
It was great to meet you at the honey show on the biba stall . 😊
@martprice7726 2 күн бұрын
The plastic inserts few years ago I lost four hives because the ambrosia fondant that I cut a hole in and put over the cluster in the winter flowed out down over the cluster and kill them all when I complained about it they said that’s what the plastic inserts are for they stop the fondant flowing out down over the bees. That’s what they’re for and other people sell them with their fondant feeds.❤️
@martindale7559 2 күн бұрын
Nice to have a chat saturday at the honey show, keep up the good work 👍
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 күн бұрын
Thanks, you too!
@barbersbees9834 2 күн бұрын
New truck?
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 күн бұрын
My secret is blown 🤣 I was trying to keep it hidden until it was branded up.. I shouldn't have stood in front of it ha.
@barbersbees9834 2 күн бұрын
@@SimplyBeeutifulHoney not a hilux shame on you 🤣 I love my hilux. Wouldn’t have anything else
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 күн бұрын
It's certainly more refined than my old hilux, I've only good things to say about the Toyota but I'm doing more and more distance driving and the nav ticks that box.
@rangersteve2279 15 күн бұрын
Thanks for an interesting and varied update!😊👍 were feeding 2:1 syrup? Wondering how many hives you keep?
@jamescamplin9103 22 күн бұрын
Great content as always . Im starting my journey into small scale commercial production and watching your journey is inspiring its great to see real life growth and commitment with its ups and downs . If my journey is just abit like yours and a few others i follow in the future then i know im doing something right. Keep it up . All the bedt . Jay
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 21 күн бұрын
Thank you so much ! Good luck with your journey 👍🏻
@martprice7726 22 күн бұрын
Been in a few of my hives to take the strips out no brood at all in some or only one frame, tiny patchy brood in others queens shutting down egg laying already
@robking7781 22 күн бұрын
Great content as usual, thanks and keep the vids coming
@martindale7559 22 күн бұрын
Thanks, really enjoy watching your videos. Keep em up ❤
@arronbwabw504 22 күн бұрын
I just learnt something! Often wondered why we do 1 to 1 rather than straight onto 2 to 1 as this is less work for the bees to evaporate. Are you saying 2:1 slows down egg laying?
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 22 күн бұрын
Probably putting my neck on the block but…. Generally 2:1 is fed for stores as it’s thicker and 1:1 is fed to stimulate laying as it is simulating a flow.
@arronbwabw504 22 күн бұрын
@@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Thank you for giving the time to answer.
@martprice7726 22 күн бұрын
@@arronbwabw504 it’s getting late now once it goes cold they won’t take the sugar down.
@davidianoliver Ай бұрын
I thought you’d be feeding 2:1 rather than 1:1?
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
I will be on the next round. I’d like some of our nucs to be a little bigger and without plugging out the brood nest.
@snowdoniahoney37 Ай бұрын
Could I ask which pump you're using for the mixing - nice setup
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
Hi, yes it’s a Honda 1” 4 stroke. To be totally honest it is amazing for the feeding of the syrup but it does struggle a little bit with the mixing, especially when adding the granular sugar. I’m looking to get myself a 4” pump for the mixing in future.
@louiseibbotson588 Ай бұрын
Thanks for a great video stu , could you show some of the heather honey extracting. All this set a side is a god send to the bees, it would be helpful if you stated what date of the month you are doing things . Hope you had good sales at the festival.
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
Hi 👋. Yes I’ll try and get it recorded to show at some point. My content is usually a week behind when I upload it but I’ll keep it in mind to state when I’m recording 😁
@PaulsBees Ай бұрын
Nice honey extracting room. Did you build it, or did you get it pre-built?
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
I built it from a refrigerated truck body/container. The idea is once we out grow it (soon) we can then sell it on as a ready to go self contained extraction unit.
@PaulsBees Ай бұрын
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney I'm impressed. Great initiative. I'm some way off that scale, yet. I hope you'll have plenty of keen potential buyers.
@jamescamplin9103 Ай бұрын
Are going to the honey show this year?
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
Hi 👋. Yes I will be there Friday and Saturday. I’ll either be on the techtron uk stand or you will find me mooching around 😁
@DenbeeHoney Ай бұрын
Great vid thx Stu… where do you buy your honey buckets from please?
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
Hi pal. buybuckets.co.uk are reasonably priced if you’re buying a few. 👍
@JPS-BEES Ай бұрын
What machine is that?
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
It’s a hand crank labelling machine. Available on eBay at reasonable cost.
@martprice7726 Ай бұрын
Wynne Jones North Wales £27.50 apivar
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
I’ve just seen that reduced from a normal £33. Price wars 😁
@martprice7726 Ай бұрын
@@SimplyBeeutifulHoney I got mine July and August 27.50 free postage because I had a lot
@martprice7726 Ай бұрын
We were like you, me and the Mrs. 150 hives 100 Nucs The Mrs. Love the life showed the honey. At the big shows bruth Wells, Yorkshire et cetera. Winning many supreme champion got lots of big outlets for the honey. She died of cancer last year ovarian cancer i’m finding it lot of hard work without her help.
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
So sorry for your loss. We started it from scratch together and both experience the roller coaster that a small business is. I rely on Vicky so much not only with the work load but also emotionally and having her there to bounce ideas off. I can only imagine what your going through now 😔
@DenbeeHoney Ай бұрын
I’ve just watched this again Stu… your face when interviewing this legend was a picture. You can tell you think a lot of Richard. So do I mate he’s a top guy 👍🏻🐝
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
We’d Only been running the channel a month and the wife through me under the bus and persuaded me to go and interview Lawrence, Gruff and Richard. 🤣 They must have thought WTF is this random 😂 I am a big fan of Richard and it was the right thing to do talking to them and getting the content. If your dreams don’t scare you then they aren’t big enough 😉
@DenbeeHoney Ай бұрын
@@SimplyBeeutifulHoney totally agree mate. I said hello to all three on that day too. Hadn’t even thought about doing my own you tube channel then mate
@rangersteve2279 Ай бұрын
Great update ... did you make those 5 frame nucs yourself?
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
Hi. Yes we did a video on how to make them earlier this year. All made from scrap timber and are great to have around when you want to make extra splits. We mostly use them as mating nucs.
@79jota Ай бұрын
Great videos, thanks for your effort.
@angelamitchell7531 Ай бұрын
Good job those nucs were strapped hopefully they're ok. Can you make soft set from ragwort or mix with another honey
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
Checked them this week and none the worse for the tumble. Yes it could be turned into soft set but I’d still be concerned about the smell in the jar. It is quite pungent. Wondering if I can sell it 🤔
@kevinjones2772 Ай бұрын
Just got freaked out as a bee landed on the camera in the video at the same time a bee landed on my iPad and I thought the bee had come through the screen
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
😂😂 we try and show as much as we can but even that would be a push for me to make happen 😆
@gregh5547 Ай бұрын
The wax melter looks great, how do you get the cappings so dry before putting them in the melter?
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
I allow them to sit overnight in our Techtron uncapping tank. It has a perforated floor which drains almost all the honey off.
@jotttn Ай бұрын
Each to their own I s’pose. I’m not keen on the ivy honey and let the colonies use that as their winter stores. Ivy honey fetches a premium though
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
Looking at the coming forecast it’s likely to bring even our season to a close and we will be getting treatments on.
@martindale7559 Ай бұрын
Love it, we had phacelia put in for pheasant cover and one lot put in late and the bees are on it now, wonderful smell in the hives. Shame we have the apivar in or i could draw a bit more honey, keep ut all goung thanks
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
The first thing I noticed was the lovely smell of it 😁
@martprice7726 Ай бұрын
I kept my ragwort honey for three years but it still stunk of a homeless person that hadn’t washed for years. Yes it’s like urine. I wouldn’t sell it. You will lose customers. They would wonder why it smelt like that after three years. I just fed mine back to the bees for winter terrible smell, people said the smell will go if you keep it but he doesn’t. It still stunk after three years in storage.
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
I love your analogy 😂😂
@nicke6394 Ай бұрын
Love your vids 👍😎
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
Thank you !
@sidelinerbeekeeper Ай бұрын
I like your content M8. You have an awesome area to keep bees in. Crops that are good crops. Such a different attitude in farming across the pond.
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
Thank you !
@russellcane1538 Ай бұрын
Interesting I have one hive in a line of 6 at a new site and that hive had bright yellow wax and capping.the others have white thank you for your post I was wondering what they were feeding on Russell
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
Sounds like they could be on it then. The smell will give it away 😆
@Cubrider Ай бұрын
Frogs jump toads walk
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
Noted 😆😂👍
@rogerbond7811 Ай бұрын
Loved the sound of those grifons.
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
Unbelievable sound !
@DenbeeHoney Ай бұрын
I’ve got the Abelo metal stands Stu. They are expensive but brilliant… let me know if you find any metal ones any cheaper please mate.
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
I like the idea of them for our migratory hives too 👍
@DerekRobinson-f9y Ай бұрын
Great update, I'm struggling with wasps robbing so had to block up the entrance a earlier than I would have liked but theres still plenty of nectar coming in. Frogs jump - toads crawl.
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
Noted 👍🐸
@williamjohn-r8y 2 ай бұрын
we had some ragwort honey terrible tasting stuff it was. left it at the back of a shed and forgot about it the following year we found it opened it up and all the bad tastes had gone so good luck with yours
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 ай бұрын
I didn’t mind the taste 🤣🤷♂️ but I’ll be extracting it separate just in case 😁
@chester6343 2 ай бұрын
Is splitting a nuc this late risking their overwintering success?
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 ай бұрын
A strong split in August with a new mated queen will still have time to build up ready for winter.
@jmeilhan 2 ай бұрын
Ragwort honey has a terrible smell best sold it for cooking.
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 ай бұрын
I couldn’t smell any off odours from the supers nor did I mind the taste. I’ve read info saying if left to crystallise then the smell and taste improves ?
@jmeilhan 2 ай бұрын
@@SimplyBeeutifulHoney wait until the extraction
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney Ай бұрын
Removed it this week, It does have a distinct smell.
@caterthun4853 2 ай бұрын
Ragwort honey is poisonous.
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 ай бұрын
Maybe to horses but generally not considered dangerous to humans.
@louiseibbotson588 2 ай бұрын
Mmm never tasted ragwort honey , plenty around but mixed with everything else , when and what do you treat for varroa Stewart .
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 ай бұрын
I’ve had a few people comment and say it’s a horrible honey, personally I liked the taste 🤣🤷♂️ We will start treating our nucs in the next week or two and then our production colonies in September.
@bobuncle8704 2 ай бұрын
So interesting to see everything involved in this business
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 ай бұрын
We try to make it as varied as possible to show our viewers all the ins and outs of our little operation 😁.
@rangersteve2279 2 ай бұрын
Love to see how you make your migratory roofs.
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 ай бұрын
I’m planning on doing some more build videos over the winter months.
@rangersteve2279 2 ай бұрын
@@SimplyBeeutifulHoney thanks for replying. Look forward to seeing those 👍
@SouthSaxon1 2 ай бұрын
Sympathies on your fingers. I did wonder why you were on national and not langstroth. L is a much better format. Oddly I did a consultant job at Liverpool one today and thought of you as the seagulls attacked
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 ай бұрын
I love the Langstroth as a hive and it would make much more sense as a commercial beekeeper but unfortunately my digits just don't get along with them. I'm back at L1 this week to run the gauntlet 😂
@lynnerousseau9676 2 ай бұрын
As soon as you say... "these cows are destined for the table..." they start backing up away from you...- hahaha. Great video. 1-Can you tell us, show us the Hive wheelbarrow... I don't think I've seen something like that in the USA... I usually just need to recruit strong friends- haha... 2- I noticed that you have some hives on stands, so on the ground directly, some you were talking about "bring in stones or something to stand some hives on..."- is it just sort of what's handy on a particular site/location? I'm just wondering about critters that can possibly move in from the ground level... I'm on the look out for ants, etc.. and mine on a a stand, off the ground. I just wondered if you got more bugs - laid directly on the ground. just wondering.. thanks!
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 ай бұрын
Maybe they know what's coming ?? 😮 It's my first season of giving the barrow a go... but up to now I'm really impressed with it. It makes my life so much easier moving hives around as I'm usually on my own. The hives on the ground will be raised up on a stand once I take some concrete blocks to site, I keep forgetting. Other than slugs and mice we don't really have any "Critters" that would bother the bees/hives. A strong hive of bees will always be able to control ants etc.
@lynnerousseau9676 2 ай бұрын
WHOA... the Borage took a little longer to fill up... but.. Boy.. did they... They look great.. I bet THAT feels good!
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 ай бұрын
It feels great having honey in the boxes as anything could have happened really. It's a stunning part of the country but I'm happy to have the hives back home 😁
@user-Sandgrounderhoney 2 ай бұрын
Those seagulls have tattoos in my garden ... scarey .... I watched one swallow a wood pigeon whole last week .. brutal
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 ай бұрын
The roof is full of KFC bones.
@fabianweber619 2 ай бұрын
That hive barrow/mover is brilliant. Show us more!
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 ай бұрын
I'll do a review of it in the near future 😃
@philipfoy7116 2 ай бұрын
Stu, what do u call and where do you get the insulation you use as a crown board? Cheers
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 ай бұрын
Hi ya, Its just bubble insulation, Its usually used in loft conversions etc. I just order mine from eBay in large rolls and cut it to size.
@philipfoy7116 2 ай бұрын
Cheers Stu, well played
@sadiehawkins2294 2 ай бұрын
Can you please let me know what suits you use. I have a Simon the beekeeper defender suit, which I've had since last April 2023 and I'm starting to take stings through it which is not nice. Trying to find a reliable replacement. Thank you x
@SimplyBeeutifulHoney 2 ай бұрын
@@sadiehawkins2294 Hi Sadie. Vicky’s suit is actually also a defender but mine is a one off a local manufacturer made for me but I believe Gruff has very similar ones on his website. gwenyngruffydd.co.uk/collections/bee-suits/products/vented-apix-air-beekeeping-suit-by-thomas-apiculture
@sadiehawkins2294 2 ай бұрын
@@SimplyBeeutifulHoney. Thanks for that, I’ll have a look x
@sadiehawkins2294 2 ай бұрын
Yes please to making mesh for roof Great videos xx