Old Fashioned Honey Harvest | See The Results

[@1870s]

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[@Emeraldwitch30]

Oh my goodness! They have them in stock! I'm in negotiations with hubby to order 6 lol. At $10 each and free shipping over $59 its very tempting

[@darlabrock1570]

Why don’t u try using the vintage strainer w wooden pestle!!

[@patriciakoester1580]

So sweet Todd ♥️♥️

[@pennynewell3459]

I love Simple Living Alaska. We lived in Alaska for 15 years, and it’s nice to see the area. Plus all of their adventures.

[@lydiadillard4417]

Love them also. They also made a nice honey harvest!!

[@Citystead]

The extractor sure makes everything easier for sure

[@dizzyowl76]

I love watching Todd and you work together like this. It reminds me what true love looks like…friendship and cooperation 💗. Beautiful video

[@deborahfromdcspetersoncity9213]

All that work sure makes a person appreciate honey a lot more.

[@elizabethherschleb7313]

Feed all the wax to the bees by leaving the bucket of caps outside for the bees. They will clean the wax to be very dry. You can melt what is left to save if you want or just dump it wherever. Bugs and wild life will eat the wax. Cold water rise the bucket outside. Wax comes out better with cold water. Wipe dry with paper towel.

[@loriy7532]

Five Star honey harvest guys, you made every body who does not have fancy tools for such a job have hope. Well done....

[@inamoerdyk9636]

Love the way you sit on the floor working. For some reason people think once you are over a certain age you don't do that anymore...... I always joke if I'm sitting on the floor I can't fall very far.

[@jessicalee6728]

As soon as I see you with a glass of wine I pour myself one. Cheers

[@meinschatz26]

I know others have said the same but that frame scraping looked so satisfying. Cutie little site supervisors making sure you were getting all the honey out. Enjoy

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

We just bought an extractor. Wax is such an energy suck for the bees, they say 7lbs of honey is needed to make 1lb of wax. Depending on your goals a cheap extractor is so worth it!

[@lbcustomleather]

Yours and simple living alaska are my favorite KZbin channels. Glad to see you guys watch them too ❤

[@lovehiking1065]

The most satisfying thing I’ve ever witnessed. Love the sweet background music. A lovely piece!

[@mariagarcia-po6kl]

Hi Rachel and Todd. What a video of honey. The bees did a great job giving you two the best honey. Keep going on the hunt for more honey. God Bless the two of you. Take care. Maria. 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯💗💗💗💗💗💗💜💜💜💜💜💜❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@BARBSCOUNTRYHOME999]

All that hard work paid off.. Beautiful job! 🍯

[@Huhahuh-s2n]

I'm so glad you're also tuned in to simple living Alaska!! Eric and Arielle have the same vibe as you two! Great couple, great KZbinrs, great videos! 💖

[@countrymousesfarmhouse497]

Aren't honey and bees just amazing creations?! Light honey is my favourite but I've learnt to enjoy the seasonal changes in it. We support our neighbours, their honey is delicious and bees are not far from our house . Thank you 🐝

[@OurSmallholdingAdventure]

Great video! Thanks for showing how you guys do this. Another avid viewer of Simple Living Alaska here so was pleased to hear you mention them!

[@dr.rev.lindabingham]

Blessings to all!

[@jaynemar1]

Look at that gorgeous honey! Time to bake biscuits! Yum! Pretty honey color paint on the honey super!

[@melodysfiresidefarm]

What a treat! Just the sound of it says how sticky it is lol Thanks for sharing!

[@juliekrilich7031]

I love that you don’t edit out the cute oopsies like turning on the stove!

[@AlanaLee-xv2qy]

Nice to know someone else watches Erie and Aeril too. Nice job and great teamwork!

[@sheilamesick96]

What a wonderful gift she gave you!

[@littlethingsfarm9878]

I watched that video just the other day too. I do agree the spatula is the best kitchen tool

[@judydrouhard2651]

Beautiful honey. My favorite. Love the lite color. Enjoy! 🥰

[@vjohnson2400]

It’s just so satisfying seeing, and hearing, how your harvest the honey. The sound of scraping the honey off the capped frames was so evocative of years gone by. The finished product is such an amazing sight. I wonder if there is a fairly simple way to reuse the wax for candles?

[@jonathanwallace6746]

I think if you heat up the honey, the wax floats to the top, you can skim it off for candle use or making your own wax wraps to use instead of cling wrap!

[@OldWaysGardeningandPrepping]

Would be beyond thankful for the blessing of all that honey. The hard work is so worth it in the end. Have been needing beeswax to make some salves, and hated to hear that you don't keep it. Take care and have a blessed evening. ❤️🍀

[@LivingMiracleHomestead]

I love that channel. I had to laugh when she said that. But it is so true, Nice harvest.

[@cindynielson4231]

Great video! Still laughing at Todd's butt dial of the stove. I was sipping a glass of pinot grigio with ice, same style of glass Rachel is using. I just recently started watching Simple Living Alaska, love them. TFS

[@bonniebell1104]

I love how you work together. Helping each other to get the job done. And then there's the pooches waiting to see if something is going to hit the floor. LOL. Because that is dachshund territory.

[@chicken-grandma]

Looks yummy....nothing better then a warm loaf of home made bread, butter and waxed honey sammie...oh man...

[@lydiadillard4417]

That's a great haul. Would love bees one day!!

[@Challway]

I am Drooling! We used to get honey & the comb from a local. When I was young

[@jenniferrosario1489]

That honey 🍯 has me drooling 😋🤤

[@02271953me]

I found my flimsy.plastic bench scraper was exactly the width of the frames. I lined my bucket with a paint strainer bag (2/$5 Lowe's), scraped each frame into the setup then wound the bag up and rested it in my mesh honey strainer and set the whole thing on a table in our warm garage to expedite. We got 3.5 gals to share w family and neighbors. We have an extractor we haven't bothered to use - I don't relish that cleanup and your method is so easy and efficient. And yummy, too!

[@stephiefultz]

I remember those days we bought a extractor a few years back .. doing our honey soon they did well this year.. enjoy the yummy honey 🍯..

[@tdewtx]

Beautiful bees wax. A lovely color.

[@morningwoodfarms713]

Wow!😀 That was incredible to see!🍯 EPIC job!🏆 Thanks for sharing, guys! I pray your hands and fingers have healed from the spatula workout!😉💪 Hope your week is going well! Love you! God bless! 🙏💗

[@mellarius188]

I agree with your opinion of that fabulous Aussie invention - it saves a lot of time and mucking around. After extraction using the convention method, I find sticky door knobs, honey on backs of chairs, even floors of far flung rooms…weeks after the event. Lovely video - wonderful teamwork.

[@deannajuhl8347]

Love to see the respect you two have for each other as you work on this project. It is really reassuring to know that love still exists in our culture.

[@denisebrady6858]

Wow I have a neighbor that I buy my honey from & I have never tasted such great honey. Wish I could have bees but never mind one day, actually I am just making a Banana Bread with some. Great video guys. Cheers Denise- Australia (I am playing hooky from work, but it my own Business so I can hahaha)

[@suedalimonte7863]

I love honey. Enjoyed watching

[@DebbiesHomeplace]

You two are a joy to watch. That was a very nice amount of honey. I like the old school way. Thanks for sharing!

[@suzilouden5964]

How wonderful, the sweet smell of success...our son has just finished his first year as a professional bee keeper in France. Roll on the harvest....🐝🍯🐝🍯🐝

[@northstarprepsteader]

Looks so amazingly delicious!!

[@molivar5]

Love watching you guys! Y’all amaze me at how much y’all get done and how knowledgeable y’all are

[@laurarochester3054]

That was so satisfying watch. Thanks for a great video

[@centraltexashomestead-mike4956]

Hey great to see ya'll! lot's of work but I'm sure it's real good. We have lot's of honey farms here in central TX and I think we will pass on raising bee's. Maybe when we finally retire we will. Always good to see ya'll and the videos, we are enjoying learning. FYI the wine should help the sore arms. God Bless ya'll and your family. Mike & Rochelle

[@debbieherbaugh217]

Sweet as honey 🐝

[@lynsmith2698]

Its a honey kind of day. After watching simple living alaska the other day with their honey, we brought our boxes of house in the basement today to warm up so we can extract, then today you are doing it. I better get mine done. That was a nice score of honey. Great video as usual guys

[@79PoisonBreaker]

To clean up wax n honey things try leaving those items for the bees to clean n recycle. A sunny day or 2 they may clean it off really well.

[@leannekenyoung]

Yes! That’s what I don’t understand why people that are honey robbers don’t realize that if they put all their tools and containers that have honey and wax on them that the bees would clean them up in no time just put close to the hives and the bees need that to keep them warm over the winter. So I would think they would realize that their work of cleaning everything could be minimized in a few short days if left to the bees. 🥰🙏🏻🇨🇦

[@1870s]

These are the supers, we did not take any honey from the bees brood boxes, all honey frames and buckets are placed outside for the bees to clean, but often times there is wax bits leftover. Our warning was for folks that might be unaware of the dangers or rinsing wax down their drains.

[@79PoisonBreaker]

@@1870s yes drains n wax = bad idea lol. I had a thought since wax is much lighter than honey, would it be a idea to heat the sticky mess you scrapped to the wax melting point then cool it. Wax should float on top then and be easy to peel off n make candles 🕯that clean the air wile they burn. Great job u guys have lots of perfect honey, hope next year provides another great bounty👍🍻🇨🇦

[@sondrad1839]

That’s amazing.

[@bflogal18]

I was just going to comment about Simple Living’s extractor, and you mentioned it!

[@sloaneperry1938]

Loved the video! If you heat up the spatula, it'll be easier to remove the honey from the racks.

[@patriciakoester1580]

Thanks Rachel & Todd that was so interesting never seen that done thank you, Patricia

[@christigoodeating]

Worth all the hard work!

[@lms3847]

Candles are awesome make with the wax !

[@debbiewilson5739]

ooohh lets get some buttery toast under that bucket

[@HwrightKctcs]

Y’all are such a cute couple. Is there a video on how you started your hives?

[@SageandStoneHomestead]

You can leave that super with the frames in it for the bees to rob out and clean up. They'll transfer that uncapped honey (and capped) to their current frames.

[@1870s]

Yep!

[@greenlady43]

First time I had honeycomb was at the Michigan state fair. I can still see the red cellophane paper used to wrap it on a stick

[@christinaanderson27]

You should watch Jessica at 3 rivers homestead she did a cool extraction for honey. Amazing!

[@nickeyhorne2619]

Our first year extracting we rented the equipment to extract. It only cost about $20

[@alliebennett555]

We just robbed our bees and got 4 gallons. The bil has an extractor so it’s done in no time. I do keep some wax for making salves, haven’t tried making candles yet. Maybe next year! Ours is shared with family and friends.

[@amyshimonkevitz4803]

Have you really done any work at all unless the dogs have supervised your activities? Great video, thank you for sharing this.

[@ericataylor1708]

Very niceeee

[@michellel5444]

How much honey do you leave for your bees? Fascinating 💕

[@gardeningperth]

This reminded me of the B Movie :)

[@freakier0790]

You were watching simple.living alaska!!!

[@BootsandBountyHomestead]

Wonder if you could use something like a salad spinner? 😁 Thanks for sharing, can't wait to have my own bees!! I would love to use my own wax for my products!

[@lisaporria7307]

If you shake those uncapped frames and nothing drips out like the consistency of water you can extract those frames. The water content is okay, they just capped it yet. Also we set our stuff outside by the beehives and let the bees clean them. They will take any leftover honey back to the hive.

[@gretchenarrant8334]

Thanks for sharing. Love all your videos. What are you going t o do once garden is finished?

[@sylviahunt3419]

Can you make beeswax candles with the beeswax? It would be better than throwing it away.

[@bkbrp64]

Jeff Horchoff Bees on YT has some great videos. He renders and cleans the bees wax and then melts some in an old crock pot and uses a foam roller to build up the wax on the trays. He says this gives his bees a headstart on producing the honey and not having to rebuild the wax combs. :)

[@junewrogg6137]

Love Simple Living Alaska!

[@janedoe3095]

As someone who is ignorant (unschooled with limited knowledge) of beekeeping and honey harvesting, it seems that it would be easier to just heat the honey/wax mixture just enough to start melting/separating and then cool as you would when you separate fats from liquids. This seems like it would be less labor intensive and be both easier and cleaner. Or does the heating of the honey destroy some of the antibacterial or other beneficial properties?

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Beautiful honey! But I could never do that, I have an irrational fear of spreading sticky stuff everywhere and finding it later...or not finding it. Aaaaaaa!!!

[@WoodlandApothecary]

I get about 10 lbs of cappings from a local beekeper. I melt that down and I get about 32 ounces of honey and then I use the beewax for soaps, candles, bath and body products.

[@joanfels6641]

Wonder if there is any way you could adapt an old wooden ice cream crank to spin the panels.

[@judyabernathy80]

Wow!! Nice haul of honey. I love Arielle and Eric of Simple Living Alaska, as well. They are an industrious couple like you are. Both of you are very hard workers. Thanks for taking us along!! ❣️🙏🏼♥️🙏🏼❣️

[@jackienoel2864]

So interesting! I had no idea how this was done. Do you ever think about all the little bee feet that’s been on the honey? And then we eat it?

[@1870s]

Not only that but they "spit" the Honey into the Honey comb so we are basically eating bee spit 😂

[@jackienoel2864]

@@1870s OH NO!!!! Lol!! I didn’t know that!! Ewwww! Guess we’d be surprised if we knew how many bugs we eat. Like I’ve heard we should put our flour and oats in the freezer to kill anything that might be in there. Then I heard Rachel say that on a video, and I thought how awful is it, that we never see the little bugs or things!!

[@Greens5511]

Man that looks so yummy 🤤

[@JustLiving2018]

Can you use the wax to make soap after your done? What do you do with the wax when your done extracting the honey?

[@bumblebee7982]

Wish I could help!

[@pri.sci.lla.]

How do you ensure the bees have enough? Is there a ratio of honey to bees? Idk much about it!

[@emptynestgardens9057]

#ASMR goodness 👂🎧😁

[@piper5363]

Ever thought about victorian era with hand crank honey extractor? Think they ate 200 300 usd

[@giaginette1]

Not honey related, however any chance you guys could do a short video on how you clean and maintain your cast iron? Possibly starting the video right after you made a meal and your process from there?! Much appreciated!

[@1870s]

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[@giaginette1]

@@1870s thank you! Love love love your channel.

[@Emeraldwitch30]

I'm guilty of wanting to know where they were. Those jars are wonderful. But they haven't had them in forever lol

[@Emeraldwitch30]

They are in stock! Oh my giddy aunt!

[@gypsylady3598]

Will ya'll use the bees wax for bees wax candles.

[@joelenehammers8486]

Hopefully you save the wax and can make some bewswax candles or something else .

[@alexandrahernandez556]

Do you do anything with the beeswax?

[@jenniferrosario1489]

Do you have a link for the honey pot jars?

[@tracybradshaw9867]

can you use the wax for cosmetic uses like lip balm and hand creams etc?

[@1870s]

Yes

[@karenewald5451]

My hubby made his own spinner after borrowing a friend's made from 5 gallon food buckets and reverse engineering it.

[@oneeyehives]

Since it is a small amount and you’re not in a time crunch it would have been better to uncap and then let it drain out of the cells. Best of both worlds. You get the honey and the bees don’t have to start over from scratch to rebuild.

[@jamienixon5213]

How do you know how much honey you can take from the bees so they don't starve over winter?

[@1870s]

We don't take anything unless there is a super filled

[@sunflowers2838]

Could you have freeze dried the wax and ground it up for honey powder

[@nancyrasmussen2016]

What do you do with the left over wax? Nancy from nebraska

[@1870s]

We processes it and I use it in soaps or beauty products