My First Honey Harvest

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[@oneeyehives]

Hello from Central Pennsylvania. Just a few thoughts for you that might be helpful. I couldn’t tell from the video being so far from the hives if you had a queen excluder on. If not you got very luck that the queen wasn’t in that box and blown out into the ground. I’m not sure what your goal is as far as hive numbers but either way I would recommend either building or purchasing some bee escape boards. So much easier for you and not as violent on the bees. I know there are plenty of people using leaf blowers but not the best for the bees. Forget the manual crank extractor. As you’ve seen they are brutal to use. Again this depends on your goal. If you are going to sell honey then invest for the future or you’ll be replacing smaller equipment for larger in a very short amount of time. I cannot recommend Hillco extractors highly enough. They are fantastic machines and the customer service is fantastic. Whatever you get, you want to get one with a conical bottom that flows to the spigot so you don’t have to tip the machine. No matter what type of extractor you get, they will all “walk” because it is extremely hard to get balanced frames. The general idea is start out slow to get the honey flowing and gradually speed it up. That’s why a motorized model is the best. I absolutely would not wrap honey frames with plastic wrap. You’re trapping in moisture and any honey left can ferment not to mention the wax getting mold on them. Take that box out to your yard and let the bees clean up all the honey or better yet stick it back on the hive and let them clean it and possibly even give you some more to extract. Since there was no brood in the frames from the looks of them then there is no reason to cover those frames. Wax moths won’t bother frames that didn’t have brood in them and if they are left in the light they will avoid them also. You should wash all your equipment with mild soap and water. Think about your glasses and pots etc in your house. Do they taste like soap? If you rinse properly there is no residual soap left. Also you really should sterilize all your equipment and jars. This is easy just using unscented bleach and water. Most state agricultural department recommends or demand it if you’re selling honey. The bucket filter is the bottle neck for extraction so having more than one on another bucket makes the process faster so you can swap out buckets as the filter fills up. Just some thoughts to make life easier.

[@Choopanfarm]

@@oneeyehives Thanks a lot for the great tips, since I am a new beekeeper they all can help me down the road. I do have queen excluder so she was safe and sound in the brood box. The bee escape is interesting, I wasn't even aware of such a thing, the blower for sure is too rough, I'll definitely look into that.

[@oneeyehives]

@@Choopanfarm there are a lot of videos about them but one channel I think you would learn a ton from is Fredrick Dunn’s channel The way to Bee. He does a weekly hour on Q/A and has great insight. It is also available as a podcast so you can listen to it if you don’t have time to watch.

[@alimiri4255]

یامی.... عجب عسلی شد 😊 آقا قبل از هر چیزی اول لنز دوربینت رو تمیز کن برای اینکه ویدیو هات بیشتر ویو بخوره باید زمانش رو مدیریت کنی. مثلا جاهایی که ویدیو کلامی نداره میتونی سرعت پخشش رو زیاد کنی تا خسته کننده نشه. در هر صورت خسته نباشی 👍👏

[@chrisbounds8323]

Great video! If you ever want a camera man, let me know.

[@TracysBees8713]

Great video. We are need to bees as well. We were going to start with 3 but turned in to 8 fast.

[@Choopanfarm]

@@TracysBees8713 aren't they amazing 😍

[@chrisbounds8323]

Oops...I spoke too soon. I see Sedi had the camera.

[@Choopanfarm]

@@chrisbounds8323 haha, she won't complain giving up that title.

[@manzarehmiri]

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