My first year's honey harvest: 49 Pounds - from start to finish

From shaking the bees off of frames, through extraction, through honey fill up and wax melt at the end

[@sidthebeekid1729]

Hi, I am 12 y/o and just started beekeeping. Just this last week I caught 3 swarms and am super excited. I plan to use a Bee Escape when getting ready to harvest honey. I hope I get a good amount this year but am trying to increase my number of hives. Thanks for the great video. Sid

[@Luenysgo]

Sid the Bee Kid aww just subscribed to you, kiddo! Keep up the good work and keep growing 💙

[@colleenmcintosh6974]

Sid the Bee Kid YOU are amazing...your parents must be so proud!

[@craigcode7103]

Way to go Sid!Good luck in the future!

[@brie3679]

Sid the Bee Kid Just got yourself a new subscriber! Dang! Doing at twelve what I wanna do in my twenties! Nice! Good luck.

[@paulawaldrep3760]

Glad you are interested in keeping bees! Have fun learning and enjoy your honey!!! :)

[@nidalshehadeh6001]

In the old country Palestine we used to use bee wax to seal apricot jam jars , after filling the jam jars and allowing the jam to cool down we used to melt the wax and pour about a quarter-inch of wax on top of the jam , this method of preservation was good enough to preserve apricot jam until the next season comes along .

[@TonyisToking]

Wow, who needs plastic containers, eh? Thanks for sharing, very interesting!

[@GeneralSulla]

My granny in Louisiana did thesame forapricots. Old school has no borders.

[@mikeh7708]

About the best way to do it. You know for sure there is no air left on top of the jam to spoil it. 😊

[@jdisdetermined]

@@mikeh7708 my vacuum packer has it's hand raised with a dejected look about it.. 😁

[@jonathanbrooks1832]

Very cool.

[@gettingoutofthebasement8597]

This was one of the videos I watched, when beekeeping was just a dream of a girl in a dorm room. Now I have three hives and I'm living the dream! :) Can't wait for my first honey harvest

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

Congratulations. I really enjoy beekeeping. Good luck on your honey harvest!!

[@Soldier957]

Crazy inspirational. Now comes the hard part, convincimg the wife that we need to do this.

[@jefftparker]

Husband: We should get some bees and make honey! Wife: You can only have 1 queen Husband: "divorce filed"

[@MissSunshine221]

I know nothing about bees or honey & this is soo interesting

[@gazinta]

I'm thinking very seriously about doing this. It looks so satisfying.

[@mohamedfaroukbalouli7809]

Me too I just want to start a beehive on my rooftop @@gazinta

[@jonathanbrooks1832]

It is a wonderful hobby. You will love it. Unless you are allergic to bee stings and pollen.

[@etherealcobra9968]

Is it really expensive it looks like it

[@noobzi1415]

i am thinking about it for busness but idk if it is profitable?

[@Hawaiian80882]

I retire next week 31 December 2019...after 28yrs of law enforcement service.....been talking about Bee Keeping and honey producing as a hobby for a few years now....Man I am excited to start.

[@maddash9070]

Hawaiian80882 congrats on retirement. You should become a bee keeper. Pick any hobby you ever wanted and just do it. One day I will be a hobby blacksmith. Maybe drive in a demo derby once and rescue donkeys and old dogs. I’m thinking of practicing this too very soon. But law enforcement for 28 years?!? I think you deserve to do something fun and crazy. Don’t ever live in your comfort zone, just know where it is at all times. Lol. Best of luck. You know what? Become a bee keeper and video the beginning of you doing it and put it on KZbin!! Man I’d watch that.

[@musicspeakstoashley]

I like how we are watching the process and while his wife seems to be learning as well . He steps in when he notices she needs help. Nice work guys

[@stevelegge3307]

I believe feminists call it mansplaining

[@Mothana808]

@@stevelegge3307 lol

[@jdisdetermined]

@@stevelegge3307 a necessary evil.. 😁

[@TheJimmy0113]

Ashley Fernandez Hey

[@cityhomestead40]

Yeah it's really a cool progress thanks for sharing again 👍😊👍

[@judd_s5643]

I really appreciate your effort in making this video. The best part, is you stayed on point and didn’t corrupt with crazy music! Please share more of your bee keeping experiences.

[@MikeC19100]

Thank you for this video. This is probably one of the best examples of honey extraction and filtering I've seen so far. My neighbor is in the process of building his first hives and I hope to be able to help him build the hives along with giving them some follow-on support during their first year, which is why I'm watching these videos. Excellent job on the explanations and the honey extraction process, I've learned A LOT from your video.

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

Thanks for your kind words. We have learned a lot form this video, our first year, over the next two (there are additional videos with harvest #2 and #3. Glad to help, and if you have any questions, just send them and I will answer them the best I can.

[@edwardleonard3072]

Thank you for taking the time to answer so many questions. I learned as much from the comment section as the video. I have 60 acres in the country and think I'm going to start making some honey..

[@AhdDib]

plant a few acres of mums and black eyed susans :)

[@davidhey52]

I don’t get people that like crystal clear honey, RAW HONEY is th BEST!

[@alizafar1194]

Very beautiful and calming video thanks for sharing

[@lorindarenteria]

I'm a second year beekeeper now, and just pulled 42 lbs of honey from 3 colonies. There's plenty more being capped. It's so exciting!

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

It is fun. We just started our 6th season. For the first time we decided to do two harvests instead of one (End of May and Early August). Still bottling, but it looks like we got around 150 lbs. Our friends can't get enough of it...

[@jeanmatos5847]

Her: What are you doing awake at 3am? Flirting with girls?? Me: My first year's Honey Harvest 49 pounds from start to finish

[@ThatDudeJCrash]

😅

[@ciaomamabella]

😂🤣😂🤣😂 I laughed so hard at this

[@paultonner7277]

😂😂 I actually watching this at 3 am

[@smosai]

Nah for me it’s 2 am. I don’t think I’ll survive quarantine

[@mikebadilla6970]

Thanks very good Mike from Michigan

[@RockyCanadian]

WOW! Now I want to have my own bee hive and harvest honey! Great vid, thanks!!!

[@dannyinaus]

get a Flow hive - much easier to harvest the honey

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

It is a fun hobby. Maybe sometime you will get a chance to catch a swarm. It is a rush!

[@tonyray5125]

Thanks for making this video. I need a new hobby since I quit doing drugs. I like honey.

[@mofo888]

me too!

[@screensupers1635]

Tony Ray did you really do drugs?

[@HanginOutWithStan]

This is a very awesome video. 40 plus years ago I had 2 hives. Then I moved into town and couldn't take them. Now I am back in the country, forever, and want to get more. Before when I had them someone would come do everything you did in this video for me. This time I want to do it all myself. So this was a very informative video. I knew about filters and extractors but never saw them in action. I will subscribe to your channel and go through your videos.

[@st3vie333]

Love how kind you are to the bees. It’s a dream of mine to beekeep and selling honey and all on a little farm 🍯🐝🐄🐄

[@VictorFursov]

Thank you for video! Best spring greetings from Ukrainian beekeepers to beekeepers in Canada and USA!

[@caribbeanfplbaby4122]

Living in the Caribbean and Looking to start in a month or two and watching these vid brought me joy and positivity

[@matrixdexter270]

damn, today i just found something else to do in my early forties

[@shadygaming6523]

what is it?

[@PerryCuda]

@@shadygaming6523 What? youtube videos on honey extraction

[@vh9network]

@@shadygaming6523 bee keeping obviously.

[@thatonepsycopath1273]

Lol

[@balloney2175]

been doing that in my early teens!

[@0524cami]

I love honey from the agriculture areas of the Central Valley in California. I can never get enough honey sold from the farms when I drive up there....when I buy my house I want to do some honey harvesting. Honey so sweet and better than store bought. Fresh honey is the way to go...

[@SquiggyWigginz]

That extractor sounds like my RC helicopter in your house. Crazy 🤪

[@natashasemrau3670]

Honey is so sweet. I hope one day to have a bee hive! You make it look easy to do. Anything to help our bee population grow and get back to before mite numbers. Fourty nine pounds is a ton of honey! Great for you!!!💐🌹🌸💐🌹🌸💐🌹🌸💐🌹🌸💐🌹🌸💐🌹🌸💐🌹🌸💐🌹🌸💐🌹🌸💐🌹🌸💐🌹🌸💐🌹🌸💐🌹🌸💐🌹🌸💐🌹🌸💐🌹🌸

[@Corvette.Ronnie]

It’s amazing the videos I’ve seen during the COVID lockdown

[@webriveliana893]

My Dad (a police man) will be retired next year. He loves farming. This morning he thought about bee husbandrying. I will recommend your channel so he can learn. Thank you! 💖👍

[@apsutton336]

Nice to see bees not being stressed with smoke

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

Typically when you harvest, you don't use smoke unless you want smoke flavored honey. However, when you inspect or work with the bees, a little smoke is good because it keeps the bees calmer by inhibiting their communication (alarm). They communicate through scent/phermones.

[@kzrlgo]

Her "That's mine..." in the first minute says alot. MINE!!!!

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

What it says is I lose my place a lot and don't pay attention...

[@alx81]

Can we talk about how immaculately clean was that extractor room! How do you keep that so clean with so much sticky honey everywhere?

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

We do put down a disposable ground cloth, but everything gets sticky. We are very lucky. This is our friend's honey house. They have about 8 hives and they spent a boatload of money to set this up and they graciously let us use it. I am thinking about buying my own extractor because it is so much more convenient at your own house and you can harvest multiple times easily instead of all at once on a single day. Should be harvesting year 3 in the next few weeks. Lots of work! Will post the new video.

[@alicehess8537]

You either scrub clean are you at the bees then to clean up all the sticky honey and then just wipe everything down

[@matthewmeredith4023]

Lol she hadn't used that room prior to the filming of this video.

[@DarrenCharron]

That was a great video and an awesome haul of the liquid gold I also like the solar wax melter I am going to have to give that a try.

[@malibu_graphx]

I am not in the honey business but I have to say I have found your video very interesting and relaxing to watch the way you guys created your tools was very creative and I see that your stations are very clean so kudos to you and much success💪👍

[@wallstreethomestead5979]

Excellent video of harvesting honey. That is a pretty good amount you were able to get Thank you for taking us along.

[@jeffwolf8018]

This is got to be the best beekeeping video I've seen yet. I've been looking into it for a while now and this is by far been the most detailed and accurate one that I can say I've seen. Congratulations on that. And you and your friends have great setups. And I like the way that you can get far away from the bees and go to your friend's house to do the actual pulling of the honey. Where is bees aren't going to be an issue. Thank you very much for the information and video.

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

Thank you for your kind words. Our friends do have a great setup - they purchased one of those tough sheds, wired it for electricity, plus the equipment. However, they have 10 colonies within 10 feet of the entrance to the shed, so there are lots of bees around. As long as you don't dawdle too much or leave honey out somewhere, the bees are hardly noticeable. Most of the credit on the video goes to the narrative of my wife. She is much more detailed than I am. This third year coming up, when I make my third year harvest video, I am going to include lots of responses to questions. Beekeeping is a lot of fun. Hopefully you will try it out!

[@jeffwolf8018]

Brook Hill Honey - Mr. G's Honeybees unfortunately I'm disabled so everything I do takes much longer than it would a normal person as you can normal person could go out and work and have money and afford these things to buy where is I have to wait months and months and months to get a few pieces but I'm definitely interested and all natural and healthy things and honey is definitely one of the best all natural things that there is. So thank you and thank your wife.

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

See if you can find a local beekeeping club in your area. In our local area, our club keeps a number of hives and they are always happy to allow people to help. Beekeeping isn't an inexpensive hobby, we are fortunate because harvesting equipment would have added several thousand dollars more. Hopefully things can work out for you and you can get some bees. Best of luck!

[@johnnypastrana6727]

Must be a wonderful sense of accomplishment for you...great job beekeepers!!!!

[@sherryberry9634]

Appreciate how clean the room is. Very interesting video👍

[@AndrewKFletcher]

Thanks for sharing your adventure with honey bees. Loved it.

[@JamesTaylor-un2th]

Watching that wax slicing off and the honey dripping is awsome

[@stacyeandrew2]

I was thinking the bees would love those shavings so that’s awesome that you give back to them!

[@beeornottobee4507]

Great video! Hi from Belarus bee's forests! 👍👍👍✊🙏 I'm to bee keeping and found this very practical and informative. I'm realizing that this is a complex "hobby" with a huge amount of information to learn and assimilate. Thank you for taking the time to share.

[@Brewmaster721]

I’m starting my hives this year. Very cool video.

[@AntonioKowatsch]

I find bees very fascinating.

[@rvalasini9938]

Great process. Especially, letting the bees clean up the wax and honey! very smart.. energy efficient and working together with the bees. best vid iv come across so far. love it. thanks for sharing :)

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

Thanks. This was one of the first videos I did and I didn't know how to edit yet. I feel a bit bad for the long dead spaces in the video...glad you enjoyed it and thank you for your kind words.

[@suearmstrong9597]

Great video kids. Thank you for sharing and teaching us about bee produce. VERY INTERESTING. 🍃🌎🕊.

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

Thanks for watching!

[@dralackh]

i am doing a bee keeping course next year, i am so exited for all this. Excellent video.

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

Best of luck!. Look for a local beekeeping club. Many times you can get lots of extra mentoring. Beware! There are about 10 opinions for every beekeeping solution...

[@NorthtoHopeDesert_Hues]

That is beautiful! There is something special about harvesting your own honey. We have 2 hives. 1 we bought in September the other we did our first cut out in November. I am hoping they both grow this spring and make surplus honey for us!

[@sallyride7260]

Thank you for this! By this time next year I plan to have a hive. I am studying to learn well before I jump in. I wish for a healthy hive with no fails. It looks like you guys have a good program working. I hope I have similar success! God Bless!

[@sadiqbloch5796]

Very well explained the entire procedure.. Thank you from India..

[@bowlegoutdoors9987]

Love the video, getting my first 2 packages of bees in a month. Cant wait to get started in beekeeping. Thank you for all the helpful info!

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

Best of luck!

[@waynelkduarte45]

Nice to watch the beginning of the journey looking forward to our own hives in the near future

[@chemicalvamp]

That was pretty interesting, especially the segment where the bees do the clean-up :)

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

That is my favorite part of the harvest, and mind boggling. The sticky, honey dipped wax trimmings, end up as flaky, dry wax pieces. It is amazing no matter how many times I see it.

[@alemalia6888]

you guys are way too neat and clean ..really appreciated

[@belindasilmaro1591]

Hello, I'm Belinda Silmaro a new subscriber from Davao City Philippines.

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

Welcome!!

[@vanvicka1]

Wow what an efficient way of extracting honey

[@Jupe367]

Your process is so neat and clean.

[@ff3nyx]

This video is priceless.thank you for doing it.

[@ericvidal440]

Great job your fantastic and a real joy to watch , thanks a beeillion

[@savannah505]

Wow, at the speed that extractor was spinning, I was waiting for LIFT OFF !!!! LOL

[@CookieManCookies]

You and me both! Holy smokes! That thing was on FIRE XD

[@biengos.8180]

Best comment ever! That extractor is also a part of the new NASA INTERSTELLAR PROJECT. Greetings from Germany and a happy new jear. 3 ..2.. 1.. lift off . . .

[@kyleerose101]

Getting the caps off of the honey was verrryy satisfying

[@doolielindbergh4859]

So well done thank you so much. Just an idea maybe reheat the knife so it keeps cutting more easily. Great job! What an incredible miracle how those tiny little bees make such perfect honeycombs - absolute miracle of God’s creation!

[@Thud_jack]

Yum yum yum I love bee spit. LOL great vid awesome.

[@ravenkingsley8523]

Ive been watching a lot of bee videos lately and this is fascinating to watch! That honey looks so yummy!! 🐝🐝

[@LovelyLifeAtHome]

This was so great! Very informative, thank you!

[@chemicalrecoveryfellowship1721]

This was fascinating. It makes me want to take up beekeeping. Thanks for an informative vid. Makes me appreciate bees even more.

[@tpv59]

AWESOME. AWESOME. INTRIGUING. THANK You. Very Much APPRECIATED.

[@traceyosterlind14]

Amazing! I never knew you could let the bees clean up the last of the honey left on the comb and the cappings. That is so cool! The beautiful white cappings are the absolute best wax quality. I have purchased that grade for cosmetic use. It's pretty pricey. It also would have been the grade used in church candles.

[@traceyosterlind14]

Also, what did you end up doing with 49 pounds of honey?!

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

We kept some for ourselves and sold the rest. In our year 2 and year 3 videos, we harvested over a 120 lbs both years and also did the same. People go crazy over it. Don't expect to make money beekeeping unless you get a lot more colonies. Also, it is easier to make money selling bees than it is to make money selling honey.

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

People go crazy over this stuff. We don't have enough to sell to our friends. Hard to make money, but at least it offsets the cost of the hobby.

[@tatedottech]

Peeling those wax caps looks sooooooooooooo satisfying. I want to get some bees JUST to do that part. LOL

[@cordehaan1788]

Hahaha lolololololol 😂😆

[@brendengarcia9816]

You tate

[@esthergerlitz2359]

This was very informative and well edited video. Thank you very much.

[@426superbee4]

Always feels good to get Your 1st honey harvest FEELS SO SO GOOD YUM Honey frames use a leave blower blow them off put into the tub and close it Is the best and fastest way Then wait until night to pull the honey out of the tub, Bees has gone to there hives! That when i use the brush make sure there no bees on the frames If they get into the house they will go to the lights and windows. HOW TO CATCH THEM is with toilet paper wadded up and catch them turn them loose out side

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

Hard to believe that four years have passed since that first harvest. We still just shake the bees off - I think if we had many more boxes of frames we would probably use a leaf blower. Expanded this year (going into 5th year) to six colonies, so maybe next year we will need to use a leaf blower!!

[@pjanoo6973]

Bees are my favorite animal, so much life wouldn't exist without them. God is a bee

[@gypsyjane6352]

i could watch you guys shake bees off of those boxes all day. this is so weird and so interesting... i love watching different lifestyles and types of work/hobbies

[@michaelmueller4946]

This my first year. I’m amazed they clean up messes. My son could learn from the girls.

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

I only have girls. Its a personality thing. Some are clean, some aren't. Bees - clean up always...

[@gwenrobinson3521]

So thankful for all the knowledge that you have shared in this video.

[@sc0tt1shpr1de4]

Pretty interesting, you learn something new and random everyday lol, thanks for the video 👍

[@Maz3324]

I would love to learn how to harvest my own honey. Thank you for your video.

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

Thanks for your kind words. Check out your local area - typically there are local beekeeping clubs where you can get mentored.

[@waltspears8179]

Amazing production . have orange blossom with much less yield .but golden clear .liquid candy .great vid thanx

[@rs5570]

All I kept thinking about was buttered toast. I like a little toast with my honey.

[@salonigupta5190]

Lovely. I think you guys are ready to go professional.

[@robin6290]

Fascinating. God sure knew what he was doing when he created bees! The hard work, dedication and intelligence of the bees from making the wax and honey start to finish is nothing short of a miracle. I never knew how exactly it was all done. Thank you for sharing! I always wanted to know just how the wax was harvested also. Amazing how the bees clean it all up. Proverbs 24:13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good... :-D

[@michaelshelnutt3534]

I’m glad you didn’t edit out the “real life” moments, like the struggles and figuring things out.

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

Yeah - hard to believe that this video was six years ago. If people don't see our mistakes and our learnings, I don't think the videos are as helpful, nor as interesting...We have learned a lot over the last six years.

[@dannygregory-oshea2902]

Beautiful harvest! Thank you for sharing!

[@Mourningdove702]

Great job y'all! Living the dream!

[@davesjourney8406]

This was very informative. Thank you! I'm considering trying it this year..

[@asharascott7964]

unapologetic truth Huh?

[@INDIANxxWARRIOR]

Thank you, i learned so much form this. greetings and much love from the netherlands

[@CBJAMPA]

Thanks for sharing the beauty of your work.

[@michaellyons5208]

Very helpful to a soon to bee first timer. Subscribed. :)

[@Nathan-sd8tn]

So Satisfying and enjoyable. I would like to try this one day.

[@CreateYOUTV]

This is so rad!!!! I want to start my own beehive now in the backyard!!

[@dailodai9586]

its amazing how much work actually goes into getting honey. no wonder why many traditional harvesters don't like the new flow invention. but i must say cam definitely not cut out to go the traditional way. great job btw.

[@cjlucas5889]

2:01 in the morning watching this in nyc not knowing a damn thing about bees and I got to go to school tomorrow but hey I’m here might as well enjoy it.

[@c00lfaryn_tis_i_faryn]

MiniGunTurtle some buildings in NYC have beehives on the roofs

[@kellybryson7754]

It is amazing how they will reuse the honey and fix the honeycomb

[@BrookHillHoneyMrGsHoneybees]

honeybees are so amazing in so many ways!

[@jasonandrews9058]

Thanks so much for your video I learned much. God Bless

[@jonathanbrooks1832]

Excellent video. Great looking honey.

[@parsifal335]

Great vid. Thanks. Now I want to get into it myself even more :-)

[@vincentvargas6224]

WOW ONE DAY I WANT TO TRY BEE KEEPING AND COLLECTING HONEY!

[@SquiggyWigginz]

This is just amazing beyond all reality, suave and time.

[@tiachandler4480]

Yeah the White Is the capping and the yellow is the rest of The wax but if you melt It in one Of those huge melter pots they sell for Tons of wax to be melted you will actually get four to five different colors The white or Creamy white a dark Golden yellow A Brownish Kind of Color then lighter shades of yellow it's so cool to Watch all this Stuff love the videos For Sure Just found y'alls channel

[@garydunken7934]

Honey = Bee digested Nector (aka Bee vomit). Nature is amazing.

[@honeykha9914]

Exactly the beauty of nature just unimaginable. Worms poo= lovely soil or dirt Munure = to beautiful roses and flours Cows dung used for so fuel economy and fertilisers and flooring. Amazing how the creator of all this does not allow us to waste .

[@yasmini8038]

‘There emerges from their bellies a drink (Honey), varying in colours, in which there is a healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.’ - Quran 16:69

[@TonyisToking]

Also, most of what we absorb from what we eat is vomited up from our own bacterial colonies. What’s nice though, is this process acts as a filter and protects us. The microorganisms or bugs take the brunt of the unhealthy toxins and bacteria with them and leave a much more healthily digested product. The nectar they bring in before it is brought down in moisture content and put through the enzymatic process of the bee is awful. I mean, it’s definitely not inedible, just an acquired taste. It’s full of all types of minerals and vitamins that make it taste super bitter. Also, probably has a good helping of bacteria and potential toxins from plants humans can’t eat. There are many colonies in China notorious for their toxic honey, unfortunately those bees do not filter out the toxins. Does supposedly make for an interesting experience if digested in moderation, haha. But you’re right my friend, nature is amazing. I love how intelligently it is designed yet artistically it moves. It’s truly something of immense beauty.

[@AhdDib]

@@honeykha9914 oh he allows us waste.... it's just exceptionally useful!

[@lovebeekeeping8289]

Just decided to get into beekeeping in the past week

[@user-by3wu3uw3y]

Clean and efficient work and suitable tools

[@outofworkbum2324]

Great video