Homemade Honey Extractor

Last September we ran into an emergency situation when we suddenly needed to extract honey from our three new beehives. It was during the peak of the 2020 pandemic, living in the high elevation of the Rockies and far away from any stores, meant we had to design and build our own honey extractor, and with Nanny's help we did it in just a few days. Here we are sharing a story on how it was done.
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[@cindybush6804]

Hello to you and Nanny. Thank you for this informative video on the process of creating the honey extractor. Nanny’s design plan worked out purrrfect. You both are so talented. She also is such a good instructor making sure you abide by all construction and safety protocols. I love how you mirrored the honey extractor from the one your grandmother used. I’m sure you have wonderful memories of that time with her. Also, such a smart idea placing the bee containers up high on a sturdy container because bears 🐻 can be so mischievous especially when they smell food. I enjoyed your video as always and look forward to the next one. What’s Nanny got planned next? Thank you! Give Nanny a hug. 😻

[@maramorrison3144]

Nanny is a brilliant engineer. Her many talents are only overshadowed by her beauty.

[@henriettajones7974]

AMEN 😊

[@jacquir8331]

👍

[@henriettajones7974]

YOU ARE A VERY INTELLIGENT MAN. AND A PERSON THAT LOVES & CARES FOR GODS CREATION LIKE YOU DO, IS A GOOD HUMAN BEING.

[@greeneyedlady7290]

Who knew designing and building a honey extractor would be so complicated? Good thing Engineer Nanny was able to help you!

[@daisycassidy2448]

Nanny worked so hard to help you accomplish this project. Her analytical and engineering skills are above anything that MIT could offer.

[@neethewondercat]

Nanny💕

[@Baked_Potato1996]

i love how inthralld nanny looks

[@scp234]

"We live in a distant valley, it's hard to ship here, I'll just make my own"....amazing work!

[@aga5132]

Nanny has taught you well..!!...greetings from southern Texas!

[@elnabjelland-hughes8172]

You and Nanny are a great team - you created another work of art that will allow you to spin and collect your honey 🍯

[@gmr7494]

Nanny making sure it's done correctly to her specifications.

[@dabanyaseen3018]

We should all care and love our innocent animals

[@Jillups.]

Yay

[@ES-mc3cc]

No matter what's going on, kitties always steal the show.

[@cw460]

Thank you for producing another great video. Have missed your presence on YT.

[@denaredford6701]

That was a honey of a job .🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

[@pjr7754]

Nanny is just so talented! Why not? She IS the Queen of the West.

[@mistycat8794]

I am very anti-royalty, no human is above another but of course in Nanny's case she IS a true Queen. My departed Birman was a Real Princess like in the tale of the princess and the pea.

[@freespeechforall1069]

Think your boss Nanny is very happy with your creation. Thank you.

[@eg1197]

This was a intriguing video. I learned something new tonight. Wish Nanny was my boss, I would just bribes her with Kitty Kibble. Thank for sharing 😊

[@Pridegriffin]

Beautiful kitty!

[@lindywilliams1723]

That's so cool!😊

[@mitchmcbride8761]

It is so good to see you!! I have missed y'all! 💜💜💜

[@carriestandridge4043]

I agree with Nanny's strict rules of organization and safety. That is why her team's projects are successful. She sure is beautiful.

[@ChillingwithCats]

Nanny is such a sweet cat. Keeps you company during all your tough tasks. 💜😻💜

[@safepethaven]

Nanny is a most beautiful engineer [I would easily put her up against all the engineers I have studied with since 1970 in the Texas A&M University system!], and the perfect partner to your master carpentry and mechanical skills! Had this been any of my cats, they would have dragged their fur through all the glues to make a sticky mess as well as huge cat fur matts, and then eaten ALL the extracted honey. Sigh.

[@henriettajones7974]

AMEN 😊

[@Hallands.]

You can easily tell from Nanny’s expression that everything is going well with the bee-keeping project! 😂❤️

[@elinav1453]

Amazing skills! You and Nanny both :)

[@YahushasDisciple]

Nanny has become the most patient and attentive of supervisors. I’ve so enjoyed watching her natural skills develop over the years! 💕💞

[@Hallands.]

Beautiful craftsmanship! 🥇

[@protitikhan3861]

You are amazing! I love your channel. All the best from Canada 🇨🇦

[@r.c.7762]

This honey extractor is well made, you have a great talent. Nanny is such an adorable cat. I always look forward to your video's. Thank you.

[@mwall8687]

Another stunning video and project by nanny and her human 💗

[@dianecooper5686]

Wow! What a great video. I see Nanny is keeping you on your toes( just like every good supervisor). When you show videos of Dandy grazing through the valley I realized you are probably getting some dandelion honey. This year I noticed the bees on the dandelions in my yard. I have now decided to leave them alone because the bees love them. Keep up the great videos. Love to Nanny too. ❤️

[@mistycat8794]

Look into how dandelons are used for herbal remedies also. There are no such things as weeds just wild gifts from heaven. Dandelion and burdock.

[@kiaradoesart9682]

Using a drill to spin the extractor is genius! And Nanny is so precious, sending love from New Zealand 💕

[@StudSupreme]

Cute little grey furball gets to inspect the new bee platform! :-) look how adorable he is on the desk :-) :-)

[@cw460]

I have a small wooden crochet thread holder made the same way by my maternal grandfather. He was a cabinet maker.

[@MommaZim2]

Thanks to Nanny.. Honey extractor was a huge success 👏👏

[@patriciastaton6182]

💌

[@pennylane428]

My sweet cat Buster has been watching all your videos, his screensaver is of his true love Nanny. He’s developed very strong romantic feelings towards her and is so impressed with her many skills and abilities to keep a happy home and in good working order...most of all he appreciates how she protects her two and four-legged family. Buster also has a family, he’s in charge of horses, donkeys, dogs and is bilingual. He’s learned so much from sweet Nanny abt technical skills and he sends thanks for the many beautiful videos.

[@denisejohnson7408]

When you are building anything I think of the video of you in Lithuania with your parents. Your dad and mom must be so proud of their son and Nanny who keeps you on the right path. 😄❤️🐝

[@apolline2519]

As usual, Nanny is the star of the video and comments... Love your new and old-fashioned extractor.

[@jimeans2281]

I just love Nanny. Such an exceptional project engineer!!!! 💕💕💕

[@KissyKat]

Fascinating video I had no idea! And Nanny I think it's more gorgeous with every video 💕🐈🤗

[@vivrbn]

Great project. What kinds of flowers in the area are there for the bees? I'm wondering what flavor their honey is. Thanks :)

[@honeysada]

Lots of wildflowers are blooming in the valley, I seen lots of bees on knapweed, also on thistle

[@JayJay-yz5gb]

Wild flower honey is the best!😤

[@danielethier2015]

Fall honey(wildflowers, asters, goldenrod..) is by far my favorite. With nanny's supervision combined with you impeccable skills, you never fall shy of producing outstanding results. Can't help but think on how proud your father would be in seeing this! Thank you for sharing your skills and taking the time to explain step by step so that others may also benefit. Exceptional footage and narration as always Darius. Thank you kindly

[@kornblume68]

enormes , handwerkliches Können -Ein Leben in und mit der Natur - einfach vorbildlich

[@snowmama9030]

Thank you for sharing another wonderful piece of your life with Nanny.

[@AB-ye4vq]

You're so lucky that at very young age you got to learn all the good stuff from your grandparents and your parents as well. Plus you got a such beautiful cat beside you. Life is good to you. You are blessed.

[@BarbaraTristan444]

BEAUTIFUL! 💗 Very Ingenious! Great Job ✨👍

[@1944JerriMellas]

This lovely video must have taken you ages to complete! Thank you. Nanny was “right on cue” and always beautiful to watch. 🤩

[@juratebrown131]

You are so talented! 😘

[@patriciagriffin1505]

Nanny’s such a hood devoted helper inside with you and not outside with the others

[@nanmrushton3586]

Hi Nanny girl!! What a wonderful project to bring in your childhood memories and adding yours and Nanny's current twist. Excellent Honey extractor!! Yummy! Maybe melt a little honey and added it to Nanny's milk for a great treat... :) or ice cream.

[@janetprather6696]

That was very interesting! Always good to see Nanny!

[@stephaniezarn6721]

I love how Nany supervices all the work and projects!!! I would enjoy hearing how you came to be in the beautiful home/career,where you are now. Being from Lithuania and all. Thanks for the wonderful videos!!!

[@小島敏子-y4i]

You & Nanny is beautiful job.Thanks a ton!😊🙏💕

[@Hope.Peace.Love.]

Bless u Darius & Nanny for taking good care of our precious honeybees. Beautiful video of ur family traditions. Nanny is the cutest helper:) Thank u from WI:)

[@SaltedKillick]

That was an awesome project to watch come together. Nanny is a great instructor. 😁

[@rover5788]

Man, you're awesome! Love your videos, Nanny and all your animals! Keep them coming! Hello from Canada. :)

[@ther_bcn]

Nice to see you again and that you recover and build traditional methods. Your ancestours (grandma) would be proud of you. 🍯🐝 And thanks to Nanny of course!🐱

[@prabinbardoloi]

I know you will give up the whole world for the company of Nanny! Keep churning more of these splendid works that creates the paradise you all are embedded 🤗

[@whattovisitinromania5044]

I love honey, i like to make lemonade almost daily! ❤️😍 Well done with the extractor! 👍

[@susannesamuelsson2930]

This is so wonderful having bees on top of a container to protect them from honey loving bears. Bees are so important for us pollinating flowers on fruit trees etc. They are essential for the flora and fauna and to me very cute just like bumblebees. Fresh honey is also delicious and healthy and even good to use on wounds and could bee helpful eating if you are allergic to pollen. It was quite common to have bees here in Sweden before but beekeeping has come back too and some keep bees on rooftops in the bigger cities. I think sweet Nanny was an excellent engineer constructing an non destructive to the honeycombs honey extractor. We call that machine a honungs slunga on Swedish. It's very good that Nanny is very strict with the safety rules so her dad can't hurt himself. I love to see the handy craftsmanship and the way you both do things together. Your finished product looks so nice and yes they give the bees sugar syrup here too during the winter. Your honey extractor reminds me of a summer meadow where you hear and see buzzing bees being busy and that's a very fine memory to have. Lots of love and big hugs to the sweet engineer and her master! Susanne

[@tannyn4460]

You and Nanny make an amazing team. I don't think there is anything the two of you can't build! Truly, that was incredible to watch.

[@mariarohmer2374]

I'm always blown away by your engineering talent. My brain would hurt from all that thinking and planning but you make it very easy to understand and follow. Nanny must be very proud of you.😀

[@sharjoy3059]

I enjoy every video you and Nanny put up!! Your projects are amazing to watch and Nanny ..well She’s just a wonderful supervisor!

[@caborico0677]

Awesome honey extractor. Where did Nanny find such perfect clear vertical grain fir for the extractor walls?

[@ksavage8851]

My gosh, you are so talented. I enjoyed watching your project come together 😊

[@anneliespeters5355]

WOW, i’m superimpressed by you designing and building this👍 With the help of Nanny, of course😺👏 Thank you for another lovely vlog again❤️ Allways enjoying them. Greetings from the Netherlands👋👋👋

[@christines2016]

Thank you for showing, and making it understandable, how you made and how an extractor works. How lucky you are that Chief Nanny is such a good communicator and that you make such a lovely team. How do you feed the sugar syrup to the bees? Do you use a feeder like a hummingbird feeder?

[@mallorykane2843]

Had a good chuckle when she threw that circle XD better clean up!

[@megadezziescat1124]

A job well done to the Mr. and the most beautiful engineer Nanny. My goodness the honey looks so delicious and the land just as beautiful as always. Thanks. 💓🐈💓

[@billybob1773]

Great vlogs with your beloved pet family Love the old world craftsmanship combined with the modern in the extractor. Wishing you all health and happiness

[@robinrummel1359]

Thank goodness Nanny is such a talented mechanical engineer! Not to mention a very meticulous and attentive supervisor! She did an excellent job with the design and was very astute in choosing you to execute it! The honey looks delicious and I know you will enjoy it through the year. 😁👍💕

[@b.a.d.2086]

We need a picture from this episode with Nanny for next years calendar! Thanks for sharing your world with us.

[@texleeger8973]

These more frequent video productions of late are so very welcome, even treasured. Home/work projects seem always to entice here on KZbin. Thank you.

[@loisaustin6200]

That was amazing to watch, what a great job building something that seems so complicated to someone who has very little knowledge of bees and how we get that delicious honey. Your mom and granny taught you well. Nanny is a doll, gets prettier all the time. Thanks for sharing this very interesting video, it is good to see you two again.

[@НатальяМишина-у6б]

Дариус, здравствуйте. Наконец вышло очередное прекрасное видео. Вы прирожденный мастер на все руки. Приятно смотреть с какой любовью и мастерством Вы делаете любые вещи. Особенно выделяются Ваши работы по дереву. Каждая деталь подгоняется вплоть до миллиметра. Удивительно, как Вы запомнили и воспроизвели аппарат для сгонки меда, который был в Вашей семье раньше на родине в Литве. Ну, что сказать, инженерные способности у Вас на высоте. Радует то, что всегда с Вами рядом Ваш пушистый талисман Nanny. Она и вдохновитель идей, и помощница. Она заряжает Вас энергией и на всё лапкой ставит знак качества. Удивляет Ваш арсенал инструментов и разных приспособлений для работ по дереву и металлу. Настоящая столярно-слесарная мастерская. Здоровья Вам и удачи во всех делах. Жду новых интересных видео.

[@yankeefred01]

Nanny is such a good planner & engineer ... & a darn PRETTY one too!!!

[@annimack1591]

Only the beautiful Nanny could have engineered such a terrific construction. Thank you for posting such an interesting video!😻🐝

[@bluej4601]

Nanny wanted you to get that done a little faster!

[@KapricornKary]

Much respect goes out to engineer Nanny and her papa, as well as all those who know how to not only build things, but improvise as well. I guess you could say that bees are great engineers as well! Nature is amazing. Nanny looks gorgeous with her wind blown hair. I hope that she and her family have a most wonderful spring up in the the beautiful Rockies! 💚🐈🐝🍀🌿🌳🌱☘🌷🌸

[@sauliussh]

Dariau, patys geriausi linkėjimai iš Lietuvos 🌺🌼🥀🌸🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🌺🌼🥀🌸

[@Birdsie39]

I just love watching you make stuff! This was so elegant! I love to see all of your skills and talent go into making such a practical object. Really nicely done video--as always! Happy spinning--those are some lucky bees!

[@karlalowe3970]

Wow! Look at that San Marzano Tomato Can! I'm proud of Nanny's Italian diet!!! 🍅

[@anfisarae9515]

Как здорово, Вы мастер золотые руки🙏 а Нанни красотка😻успеха и удачи👋👋

[@filla3066]

Beautiful Nanny rests on her lovely green cushion having successfully reverse-engineered your grandmother’s extractor and giving new life to so many things in the process. Thank you, Nanny, for caring for your fellow creatures and inspiring Darius’s hands and mind and story-telling gift. God bless you all!

[@rbenjamin1429]

Nanny always has the best ideas!!!! 🤗😁❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Fabulous job, Nanny!!!!!

[@saulek.948]

Приветствую вас Дариус и дорогую Nanny! Очень рада видеть вас! Вы, замечательный инженер, только настоящий мастер сможет вот так с фото восстановить старое ремесло дедов. Я преклоняюсь перед вами, это восхитительно красиво, смотрю и любуюсь вашим трудом. И, обожаю вашу за главную помощницу Nanny, она вас так любит и во всем вас поддерживает! Умница и красивая! Спасибо вам, смотрю ваши видео с большой радостью. Здоровья, счастья и благополучия вам и вашим родным и близким!

[@ТатьянаТарасова-в5ь]

С огромной радостью смотрю Ваши фильмы! Красивая природа, благородный труд пчеловода, Умницы- Красавица Нанна!

[@karentate9114]

Its so important to rely on old, proven methods of our tasks. You do magnificent work. Your shop is a dream. Of course we all know Nanny input is valuable and appreciated. Thank you. Your Mother and Grand mother are proud of your invention.

[@freespirit605]

Nanny made HoneySada smile... aww ☺️💛

[@JR-gc8el]

I trust nanny to always do a good job and of course she proves me right! Good job!👍

[@westernnut8407]

It's so nice to see you and Nanny. I've missed you!

[@clairerobinson7658]

I always learn so much from your videos about living a self sufficient life in the beautiful Rocky Mountains. It was exciting to see the project progressing under Nanny’s watchful eye. What a gift to see you both working as a precision team. The honey harvest looks delicious! Love to you and Nanny! ❤️

[@waicheu6897]

I really miss you both, and of course the beautiful landscape.

[@she4142]

Just... wow👍🏻 And thanks for understanding and loving nature👍🏻. Bees really need their own honeycombs and honey for the winter. Not everyone understands such simple things for some reason🤷🏻‍♀️

[@maggieniew806]

Missed you guys!

[@staffordgarland9226]

Your ancestors would be proud. Amazing creatures- all of you.

[@kennethstensrud669]

That was so clever, never under estimate a cats ability to give instructions and good ideas. She is a very beautiful queen and act just like mine 😊. But the extractor was very nice, good build and informative. I have inherited an electric one, and looking forward to shine it up and using it this summer.