Huge Record Setting Honey Harvest (Part 1) Pulling Honey

Honey harvesting and processing is the pinnacle of our beekeeping season and and had a great time as we pulled honey for our huge record setting honey harvest! Great friends from as far away as northern Utah to pull a lot of honey. We pulled honey using both bee escapes and fume boards. We also applied Apivar strips. Burt mostly we just worked hard and and got the job done. It was so much fun and so satisfying. I simply could not do this beekeeping thing at this level without great friends who are not afraid to work. There is nothing quite like the beekeeping community. The bees truly are the conduit to the people!
Here are the other two video links for this 3 part series:
Part 2 (Honey Extraction): • Huge Record Setting Ho...
Part 3 (Storing Comb and Honey): • Huge Record Setting Ho...
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[@donbearden1953]

Bruce, those girls worked hard for you! With a lot of wooden ware and a lot of Queens you could double the number of colonies you have because those boxes are bursting with bees!

[@brucesbees]

True but I am about maxed out with what I can physically do. If I retire from my full-time job maybe I can examine a bit more.

[@royboyd717]

Unbelievable, Bruce. I only pulled 30 supers by myself in 90+ temps and had moneys all over my back.😁

[@brucesbees]

Yep. It was awesome. What a great crew and fun times. Still have one yard to go. But what a day!

[@chopper.-.]

Have a nice day buddy

[@651journey]

How do you get the Michael Palmer bees? I'd like to have some for next spring.

[@brucesbees]

I was fortunate to get the referral from Kamon Reynolds. I was lucky.

[@Userxyz-z2d]

Omg, Im just finishing a jar of Farmers Daughter honey!

[@brucesbees]

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

[@jessicafairfax_Bens_Bees]

What a harvest 👍😁🐝💜🌼🍯 kudos to your ladies for all their hard work and also to you and the crew that helped you. Thanks for sharing.

[@brucesbees]

Absolutely. What a great day!

[@keithspillman]

Fun to watch!!!!! GREAT pull Bruce!! Congratulations!! Time to get sticky!!!!!

[@brucesbees]

Oh yeah. That video will drop as soon as I can get it ready! Good times…

[@GrowCookPreserveWithKellyDawn]

Excellent harvest! Just incredible to watch.

[@brucesbees]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jimwaldele9084]

great video,, with that amount of bees then stripping all supers giving them no room ,,now,, do you worry about swarming or will add them boxes back on to give them room back,, thank you awesome videos ty,,

[@brucesbees]

No shouldn’t be a problem. We are going into a dearth.

[@adamsoutdoors]

Great video Bruce. 200 boxes that is Amazing.

[@brucesbees]

Yes. A big day!

[@MrTillerman22]

Im from Massachusetts so im not real familiar with the process. When to take the hives to get the 🍯 dont u leave anything for the bees

[@brucesbees]

Yes there is still some left for the bees. Here in Alabama if there is too much space or honey left in the hives the pests can get the upper hand.

[@jasonpinnix1905]

I don’t care as much for the honey as I do just preserving the Honey bees 🐝.

[@brucesbees]

That’s the beautiful thing about keeping bees. There are so many reasons to do it! And each has their own purpose and “why?”

[@brianbennett4374]

Good stuff 😊 Thanks for sharing 👍

[@brucesbees]

Thanks for watching!

[@jasonseaward8506]

What a great haul. How many hives do you have now?

[@brucesbees]

Total of around 140 I think. 95 to 100 production colonies. I think we pulled from 75 or 80 that day.

[@RePetesBees]

So awesome! Great teamwork! Excited for the extraction vid :D

[@EileenClarkWhatley]

Loved this! New Beek in South Central Florida. My In-Laws were from Dothan and my Mother-in-law's Maiden name was Brackin!

[@brucesbees]

There ya go! It was a great day. Stay tuned for the extraction video. Should e dropping later this week as soon as I can get hit edited and uploaded.

[@jasonguerra3763]

I didn’t realize you had so many hives nice work I don’t know how you’re keeping up with that all by yourself between my job and my wife jumping on me about spending to much with the bees I can barely keep up with 20 hives awesome video keep them coming

[@brucesbees]

Yeah it’s a lot of work. I justify the time spent by the money the bees bring in. It has actually been a profitable endeavor for me.

[@kennith.]

Bruce, some of those hives were packed with bees. Wow I am happy for you. Glad you got some help, can't imagine trying to do that alone.

[@brucesbees]

Would have been impossible alone!

[@jimallen1176]

Congratulations on a good honey crop, Bruce! We had a bumper crop in S.C. as well. How did you get so much help pulling honey?

[@brucesbees]

I have some great friends that are willing to go through the torture haha. But is a great time!

[@grantsimpson9211]

How many hives to produce 200 supers? Good looking hives!

[@brucesbees]

75 or 80 give or take.

[@garycorlew2080]

I watch Brakens channel also! I sure never expected to see him on your channel!

[@brucesbees]

Yes! It was so much fun! Would love to get more folks in from other areas but logistically it can be tough.

[@bradyjames2786]

how long do you leave the escape boards on per box? I've always been told 1 day per super

[@brucesbees]

These were on for 2 days. I would hesitate to leave them on more than 2 or 3 days here in the south.

[@rudolphdavis2387]

Hey Bruce good help is hard to fine😂

[@brucesbees]

Yep. We had a great group!

[@wadebarnes6720]

I wish you would wait till after the debate to start

[@brucesbees]

Yeah probably would have been better. Fortunately folks can watch after the debate if they want.

[@mkirkland616]

Wow

[@hamburghoney]

Thats alot of bees in the air!

[@brucesbees]

Yes it was a wild day. But so much fun!

[@DrAudet-eh7hp]

Congratulations Bruce.

[@brucesbees]

Thank you!

[@TracysBees8713]

Awsome harvest

[@brucesbees]

Yes! Good times🍯😎

[@TracysBees8713]

@@brucesbees can’t wait to pull some next year. 🐝

[@brucesbees]

@TracysBees8713 hopefully your supers will be full and you will have a nice harvest!

[@gingerbrimer8486]

Great video. Glad you had all the help

[@brucesbees]

Oh me too. Could not have done it alone.

[@beekeepinggarden165]

Great job Bruce 👏👏👏👍🍾🎺🐝🐝🐝

[@brucesbees]

Thanks Sebastian. It was a great day.

[@aaronparis4714]

You better feed them boys

[@brucesbees]

I did lol!

[@matthewsweeney2577]

Good stuff Good crew 👍

[@brucesbees]

Yes! A great day!

[@sonofthunder.]

Awesome harvest

[@brucesbees]

Yeah it was a good one. Lots of work. But also lots of fun.

[@aaronparis4714]

Why was that queen above the excluder ?

[@brucesbees]

Not sure. Beekeepers error. I think we found 3 that way🤷🏻‍♂️

[@aaronparis4714]

@@brucesbees you had a army vet on one video you give him a swarm how is he doing ? I like that you are helping him out 👍🏾

[@brucesbees]

@@aaronparis4714he is ok. Those were bees that were in a water meter on his property.

[@dcsblessedbees]

Busy days Bruce.

[@brucesbees]

No kidding man whew!