Honey Extraction Room Mistakes and How I Fixed Them

[@GC987]

Gosh - just goes to show, we all have lessons to learn. Your "to the camera" delivery is always so very good. Perhaps you can edit in (I appreciate it's a lots of extra work & editing) a panning shot of your set ups. There were a few still in this video and a teaser here and there but an overview e.g. of your journey from truck to honey room would be very interesting to see. I guess you're envious of those Americans who drive in, unload with a crane or forklift and have all the manual handling set up in a HUGE shed. Me too !!!

[@patricknilsson2318]

Ad on a 40ft insulated shipping contaner and use it as extractingroom and honey storing and for storing boxes over vinter, The old room Beeing used for botteling. Best regard Patrick

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Yep..Wish I had the space but completely limited around the log cabin.

[@BrooklandsHoneyBees]

Fantastic video, really helpful especially for someone looking to expand. Hope you are well.

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Cheers Andy

[@reade79]

Enjoyed this vid. Interesting to see behind your scenes.

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Cheers Peter

[@fabianweber619]

Great video. Butally honest on your self assessment of mistakes! I'd like to see how your equipment has changed over time/hive count.

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Thanks for the idea! Cheers Fabien

[@JOSIANGREENVLOGS]

Very good information

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Cheers Josian

[@davidsmith663]

When ever I run any pipe or cable under ground I run it through water pipe and bury in sand. Then if you should need to upgrade or replace the pipe/cable you can do it easily. Your upgrade looks good now.

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Great idea. We did that but then have a patio over it! :(

[@PortDalhousieHoney]

Looking forward to your layout I have a 13x30 garage , gutted to studs extractor, lyson creamer , looking at uncapper and press , I only have 25 hives but keeps growing!! Would love to see a plan layout!

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Nice one. Stay tuned for more updates

[@polmacbradaigh9506]

I must send you my plans for extending my honey room, I think they are great plans. I plan to have my honey room, up stairs in my shed and have the honey from extractor and decapping tray piped into a 12 inch pipe with filters going down through the floor to my current honey room which will then become my bottling room. I hope you understand what I mean

[@BlackMountainHoney]

I like the physics but there is no way I could deal will carry in hundreds of supers up a stair case! Design in a lift and work out how you are going to maintain the pipes. KISS

[@JohnKing-zc2ne]

If I ever get to the point of keeping bees and needing a honey room, I reckon putting supers on pallets during collection then movement into honey room by pallet truck might be a thing for me. Helped a local bee keeper this week with harvesting and it's one thing I got from your video was that work flow mistake he's made.

[@bengibbon9229]

My ideal honey room would be modelled on an operating theatre in terms of floor, walls and ceiling.

[@BlackMountainHoney]

And viewing window! :D

[@bluefeatherfarms7639]

If I am just starting bee keeping. Do I need a extraction room right away. Or is that something I can wait on?

[@BlackMountainHoney]

You can wait if its just personal use

[@headbangingzuluuk5058]

Great vid we all live and learn.

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Cheers HBZUK! Hopefully it will help people to plan better than me

[@headbangingzuluuk5058]

@@BlackMountainHoney How is this warm weather affecting the Bees are the queens laying. Like a summers day here in Telford.

[@BlackMountainHoney]

@@headbangingzuluuk5058 I've not gone into any to confirm but I reckon they are..Its actually cooled down a bit up here. 4-5c and frosts at night. Much better 😀

[@Tj-ot4jp]

Ok, Im a floor layer by trade, the flooring is not really suitable for an area that has food stuffs and potential to get wet, I would have advised an anti slip floor that is coved up the walls @4'' height with welded joints, you were right about the Altro flooring that would be coved up the walls, the upvc walls and ceiling 10/10.

[@lronknlght]

Looking good. What was the wall plastic material?

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Its 3mm hygienic wall cladding from White Cladding

[@jaumecambra9648]

@@BlackMountainHoney Super very interesting, like all your comments!! Just a doubt, such white cladding is made of PVC or Polistyrene? Thanks in advance and be ready for rivers of honey comming soon!! Merry Christmass!!🌲🥂🍾🍀

[@greghamilton889]

It's interesting seeing how you've had to change everything. Also worrying how my honeyroom is exactly half the size of yours meaning chances are that I'm going to have to change location earlier. Problem with converting a garage I guess😅 Carndean is excellent for normal use, not sure how it will deal with heavy equipment. I'd highly recommend an epoxy style resin floor

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Problem in a log cabin is the wooden floor. Its so flexible. Epoxy resin just wouldn't have worked. Ive already dragged a 250kg uncapper over it and its stayed intact! We will see though!

[@greghamilton889]

@@BlackMountainHoney very fair point, thought it might have been a concrete base. The benefit of Carndean is that if you knacker some pieces it's easy enough to replace them

[@frass-vd6gl]

Would be nice to find some plans or a detailed list to help others to avoid these mistakes

[@BlackMountainHoney]

I will look into this

[@frass-vd6gl]

@@BlackMountainHoney thanks would be much appreciated.

[@russellkoopman3004]

Bob Binnie has put out a video on honey rooms. Maybe you can get some ideas from him. Looking forward to your updates on the honey house.

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Bob Binnie = Ocado. Laurence Edwards = Space Raiders. haha!

[@tomahawkmissile241]

Have you tried making the whole room a tank with a spout to your kitchen for tea.

[@tomahawkmissile241]

Like keeping it simple. Just build a shed out side that runs a spinner and pumps into the tank.

[@HivesToHome]

How about showing a floor plan/layout of your planned layout and work- flow through the new system

[@craigjohnson3114]

Have you or can you do a video of total honey removal. It's my first year , I have national hives . How many supers to remove and what to leave. Also I'm buying a hand crack four frame spinner . But no videos show what they do with the cappings you cut off the frames .

[@Mikhail737]

Лайк авансом 👍👍👍👍👍🖐️💪💪

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Thanks :D

[@التداويبالرقيةالشرعيةوالاعشاب]

الله يبارك فيك أخي وفي عملك

[@BlackMountainHoney]

:D

[@asadullahanfishi995]

Does machines must be heavy ! Do you move it by yourself? Or do they have wheels?

[@BlackMountainHoney]

SO heavy. The uncapper is over 200kg! Cant have wheels. 2 man job

[@asadullahanfishi995]

@@BlackMountainHoney wow 200!!!! I feel bad for your back!

[@eprohoda]

mate! how’s life?,yuo made perfect uploading!take care. 😇

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Thanks! You too!

[@benjamindejonge3624]

Well you didn’t know where it would work out, however a good extraction room is very expensive like a milk parlour

[@garethdesborough7960]

So Laurence, your other job is project manager right..? 😊

[@polmacbradaigh9506]

Project manager, I thought PM meant prime minister

[@BlackMountainHoney]

No cheese and wine parties as a project manager

[@trav9390]

I'm pretty sure I just found my favorite video on youtube!! #1 view provider P R O M O S M!!

[@BlackMountainHoney]

Bit spammy but thanks 😀

[@stephenkelly2365]

Out of interest, why didn't you just use the melliflow to warm up your honey buckets?