Seeing parents working with their grown children is all too rare now a days. You have awesome parents.
@eddybarker5072 Жыл бұрын
I love how the whole family participated in the harvest.
@vanrosauch5659 Жыл бұрын
yes she looks like bumble bee too because of her eyes
@shrlyryl2 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh that capped honey is just too beautiful! Your girls sure do love you 🌻
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
It’s so beautiful
@CastleHives2 жыл бұрын
That beginning, LOL. . Such a wonderful day when you can harvest. I really need to do like you did here, get a mason jar and save the Propolis. Good stuff Kaylee & crew.
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
Lol that little bee scared me.
@teogiuliani16772 жыл бұрын
Fantastic honey. Congratulations to you and the parents. Thanks for the video 🥰
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Teo :)
@rosa6322 жыл бұрын
Oh Goodness!!! Look at that 🍯 flow!!! What a wonderful video!!! Thanks for sharing. 🐝💛
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
🍯🍯🍯
@kentcostello52862 жыл бұрын
You guys rock. That's a big harvest. I wish I got into beekeeping sooner .
@JeromeBeeFarm2 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy your videos. Wonderful bee roll. Nice harvest.
@charlesvaughn50552 жыл бұрын
really enjoyed the honey harvest and all the work that goes into it. have a great day and week
@tazchillin2 жыл бұрын
I need to buy more honey as soon as possible. I LOVE this honey so much. This year I am ordering several bottles if I get to order in time!
@svgitana24992 жыл бұрын
I love watching your videos!! I love honeybees, they are so cute!! It’s fascinating how you guys harvest the honey, very cool!! 👍🏻🙌🏻
@christianshannon39432 жыл бұрын
I built a 30”x 30” platform stand to hold my 6 frame radial down . I don’t have any rockn and walkn . I also let the extractor run at a medium slow speed for fifteen minutes at first . I’ll be uncapping while the extractor runs . After 75% of the honey has extracted then I turn up the rpms a tad bit higher but low enough to keep from destroying the comb . I need to get outside to see if my bees did a miracle harvest for me . Our honey will be darker this year due to the bad weather we had and the last source of nectar was coming in . I also believe the darker honey has more antioxidants in it . Love y’all!
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
The darker the honey the better 🙌🙌🙌
@jamesgranderson38722 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this! Now I’ve got to make some biscuits so I can enjoy some of the honey I harvested a few months ago.😜😉
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
Mmmmmm biscuits and honey 🤤
@deanablythe9394 Жыл бұрын
You all worked very hard on this harvest and collection, well done.
@مرادعلي-ه1س2 жыл бұрын
Lovely work, so much fun with lots of honey and team spirit
@lydialen68812 жыл бұрын
Such an interesting vlog and nice to see your mum and dad with you. We also golden rod in the UK and I have some in my garden. I would love to keep bees but it's not practical for me but I have learnt so much through watching you. Thank you .
@robertharrison49672 жыл бұрын
Contact your local association to gain experience and help others with theirs. It's a very interesting and absorbing hobby.
@svgitana24992 жыл бұрын
I absolutely LOVE honey bees and raw honey 😇
@fishmut8 ай бұрын
Anyone interested in maybe getting into bee keeping it truely is a rewarding hobby , it is hard work getting your honey but interacting with bees and looking after them is part of the journey and learn and keep learning we never know everything about bees they teach us something all the time .
@melissatrukovich2642 жыл бұрын
so pumped I found this channel, Thank You.
@emilandrusko85972 жыл бұрын
awesome harvest. Congrats!
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@peterrasmussen686 ай бұрын
Nice harvest, hope mine goes well this year
@jaywatts333 Жыл бұрын
NOBODY IS GOING ANYWHERE til the grass is mowed !!!!!
@khatpaufridaytalks26702 жыл бұрын
Beatiful Mother Beautiful Daughter
@alanbiesemeier69302 жыл бұрын
Tis a beautiful thing on the Honeystead.
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
🐝🍯🐝🍯
@khatpaufridaytalks26702 жыл бұрын
God bless you all forever
@cluelessbeekeeping13222 жыл бұрын
Here's a cool trick about cutting the grass... Wait till campaigns are over and then---bam, swoop in and grab EVERY single 4'x8' coroplast sign you can find + the excellent T-posts that come with them! Place the coroplast signs below the hives. This makes cutting grass so much easier! No weedeater, just the mower! The bees will appreciate the gesture as well! You have the NICEST little garden there! It's beautiful!
@beesandseas2 жыл бұрын
I see you all have tea and dad does all the work. Lol. Love your videos. Learning a lot as a first year bee keeper in PA these are great learning tools. Keep up the good work and keep getting your hands dirty and taping it
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
Lol we offered him some tea!
@WelchFamilyHomestead2 жыл бұрын
I need to rob my honey 🍯 this week as well. Enjoy your calm peaceful channel.
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
I’m actually not the biggest fan of honey harvest day, but this has been one of the calmest harvests we have ever had!
@WelchFamilyHomestead2 жыл бұрын
@@TheHoneystead if it were possible to only harvest enough for my own personal use it would be so much easier. Especially with the heat and humidity last couple weeks. Almost tempted to rob just before sunrise.
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
We got rolling pretty early and I’m thankful we were done before the heat really kicked in!
@WelchFamilyHomestead2 жыл бұрын
Located in the Western NC mountains near Fontana Lake. Thunder storms almost daily. The bees are kinda bipolar right now.
@meangreencarpetcleaners3558 Жыл бұрын
What is the name of the bee sting salve & where can we get it?
@thegardnersgarden2 жыл бұрын
You do such a wonderful thing with your bees. thank you.
@matthewb78002 жыл бұрын
Have you shared a recipe for the plantain salve? Video? Blog?
@Sloboda3692 жыл бұрын
Bravo....greetings from Bosnia....
@wendygrant27352 жыл бұрын
I love these videos, so happy you share them.
@tomfairbourn69982 жыл бұрын
Harvest day is always a good day, and a family event LOL,
@tucoramirez56742 жыл бұрын
super podoba mi się życie pszczelarza, zazdroszczę Ci :)
@ridingvenus Жыл бұрын
I’m thinking of going with mostly Hoss waxed honey harvesting as well as a custom flow type system mostly but its fun to watch others harvesting more “normally”.
@ridingvenus Жыл бұрын
When removing frames for whatever reason if I don’t want to also move bees I prefer to put a one way exit…a day or so ahead and remove the frame(s) after they have exited. I run from bees beecause every bees life matters to me…if a 🐝 is trying to sting I have not accounted for something that needs to bee addressed…less handling=less dead 🐝’s.
@shineyrocks3902 жыл бұрын
That's beautiful and I love watching this. I'm still try to catch a swarm.
@bryansteen22192 жыл бұрын
.29 gals per frame. Thanks for sharing 👍 😊
@patrickbrewer27942 жыл бұрын
Awesome Awesome video enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing your amazing honey gathering day. Truely awesome..😊
@dawnmeeks14202 жыл бұрын
🐝🍯🌹 y'all bee's having fun together 😁🐝🍯🐝🍯🐝🐝
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
🐝🐝🐝
@thepsalmsisters2 жыл бұрын
So fascinating
@artur_vasilyev2 жыл бұрын
We harvested 400 litres or 600 kg of honey these year from 40 bee hives. It is 2 times less tnan in 2021.
@PapaBee1652 жыл бұрын
Great video Kaylee. I got about 200 lbs of honey from my 3 hives. Two are flow hives which I harvested twice and the other one is conventional which I got four medium honey super from. It was a great year for this backyard beekeeper.
@IndiBex862 жыл бұрын
Wow congrats!! That's an awesome accomplishment!
@pirateprospecting7072 жыл бұрын
Great video!! Wow 360#!!!
@claudesully2 жыл бұрын
I leave a lot of honey as well...If the bees don't use, I will harvest in the spring.😎
@naveensaini3002 жыл бұрын
Nice video 👍👍👍
@daviddoucette66812 жыл бұрын
Love your shows they are great
@thesidelinebeekeeper-craig69242 жыл бұрын
Great video! Love to see it all come together. Really like the b-roll. Thanks for sharing.
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! It was too hot to record/talk! I do really like how it came together. Sometimes I have no clue until I sit down to edit!
@thesidelinebeekeeper-craig69242 жыл бұрын
@@TheHoneystead they always turn out great! You have a great eye for it.
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 💛
@sdega3152 жыл бұрын
Great harvest! I am just a backyard beekeeper. But I have a few supers to extract. I do a honeybee program and extract at a local nature center. Lot's of fun! I am a honeybee ambassador! 🥰🐝
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
Oh that’s awesome!!
@jimparker7778 Жыл бұрын
I love these videos
@savethebees-sacuvajmopcele2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations to you and your bees :) The same job awaits me today, I do it with pleasure :)
@davidlewis41792 жыл бұрын
The warmer the honey the quicker it flows. That being said I spin my honey in a non-air conditioned room. I'm jealous! I want a radial extractor (only for deep frames). I was the only one to get stung too! Oh wait I'm the only one extracting honey here. I harvested 5-6 gallons of honey and 3 frames of cut comb this past weekend.
@Bumsum12 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Poland. Goldenrod begins to bloom in our country in a week time
@doityourselflivinggardenin79862 жыл бұрын
Brings back memories. Yum! Nothing better than fresh extracted honey (especially if I got some Black Locust honey). My daughter would always be there when the honey came out of the extractor with a spoon. I miss those days. Enjoy them. You mentioned food grade buckets. Good point. Another tip is to sanitize them with bleach and rinse well before using them. Sanitizing the jars is also a good idea. (Be sure they dry before using them!) You can always bake the jars in a 220 degree oven for 20 minutes to make it easier. When not sanitized, the jars could have wild yeasts that could cause fermentation. I once made partially fermented honey (not purposefully). While it tasted great, I learned the lesson of sanitized jars. I now make wine and beer and sanitize everything so wild bacteria and yeast cannot ruin my batches.
@nancydevlin652 жыл бұрын
Pretty! Harvest time here as well. We've gone from 5 hives at the start of the year to 12 now, had to buy more hives and especially supers, because we ran out! Honestly had to swap full supers and spin off to recycle them, simply didn't have the numbers to put more than 1 on each hive! But yeah, few more good days expected here, so hopefully spinning off again as well. We've a handspun tangental extractor, I try to stay away from electrical as much as possible...... 🌼🌼🌼
@BrianJMader544762 жыл бұрын
Great video, greetings from Wisconsin 👍
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
💛
@exzendar25232 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!!!🐝🍯
@megastitches11 ай бұрын
❤❤❤ lovely day ♥️
@hussainalavi14032 жыл бұрын
Man I didn't realize how ripped how were. Damn. Big up woman .
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
Those honey supers are heavy lol
@joseortiz5965 Жыл бұрын
Awesome
@cluelessbeekeeping13222 жыл бұрын
Try a heat gun on the wax to open the cells. You'll never go back! Want free food grade buckets??? Go to a bakery and ask them to save them for you. I get WAY more than I need (I give them away at the bee meetings). Now, I'll just give them to my brother to hoard at his little airport. Why not...=D Donut shops also have free food grade buckets. Personally, I prefer the 2 gallon ones as they're just not so heavy!
@FshHnt1922 жыл бұрын
You should do a short video on the stand you made for your honey extractor, I need to build something like you have for my extractor to keep it from wobbling across the kitchen floor lol
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
That’s a good idea!
@garnetralph962 Жыл бұрын
Good morning I love what you do wonderful would love to meet you some day
@blackcreekorganicfarm2962 жыл бұрын
Nice looking honey
@MrDickydribble2 жыл бұрын
I'm from Cornwall in the UK and this is my first year beekeeping. I won't be taking honey from my hives this year as I want to get them big and strong and get through the winter. Love your videos and great to learn from! All the best from Cornwall!
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
Lovely plan! Best of luck with your beekeeping adventures 💛 praying that you have a successful first year!
@gillthomas83782 жыл бұрын
hey Patsy, my first year beekeeping in Cornwall too..in fact I wasnt intending to take any honey as I want the bees more for pollination.. but they made a lot of honey and have taken a super off to harvest.. leaving them 2 full supers! I really dont want to be feeding them sugar so I think this should see them though the winter. Good luck with your new hobby .
@MrDickydribble2 жыл бұрын
@@gillthomas8378 Whereabouts are you in Cornwall Gill?
@gillthomas83782 жыл бұрын
@@MrDickydribble Gweek.. and you?
@MrDickydribble2 жыл бұрын
@@gillthomas8378 Im at a place called burncoose nurseries. I am the head gardener so I have a hive in the gardens on the estate and a hive that was a swarm that I caught. Both colonies have a super on but undecided wether to leave them on for the winter or take off. So much advice out there!
@puddin4773 Жыл бұрын
I wish I could buy your honey. It's gotta be "top shelf" judging buy the looks.
@mlfarm2 жыл бұрын
Fun when family works together. Do you make and sell the plantain salve? Didn't see it in your Etsy store.
@shaunslife81682 жыл бұрын
Scared the stripes off the last one. Lol
@AmericansBee2 жыл бұрын
That bumble scared me, while scaring you!!
@milknhoneyheritagefarms47062 жыл бұрын
This is nice! Glad I’m doing it right. I’d love to see how you render your wax???
@dawnmeeks14202 жыл бұрын
Your channel very interesting ✨💚✨💛✨
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! We do a little bit of all type of things here :)
@dawnmeeks14202 жыл бұрын
I got front roll seat 🪑😲😁😂😅🙃😌😶🤔🥶🍿🍿🍿🍿🎟️📽️🎞️🎥🎬🎬🎬
@texashandsinthedirt55392 жыл бұрын
Love to have the recipe for the Salve.
@vanrosauch5659 Жыл бұрын
they call me honey too LOL
@dcsblessedbees2 жыл бұрын
Aren't bumbles so the coolest, when they camp out over night. So whom do you think woke up with a bigger jump the bumble or you. Bumbles are favorite bee 🥳 they don't sting me🤣like my girls do lol. Watched my carni chase a bumble queen off early in the season, wish I had gotten it on video to share. My problem people told me my bees wouldn't make much honey their 1st season lol and it's all in deeps😮💨heavy. Your new suit is to clean ya haven't been in the bees much I can tell. Bee yard is looking a little neglected grass is a bit tall. Nice love that Golden Goodness, looks like it has been a good season. 🤣Spinning brood will make this dizzy 🙃🤮😵😵💫 Good job girls, ya put in the effort and that Golden goodness is your Joyous reward Praise God for Honey Bees.🙏😇Ty sharing, Blessed Days...
@americanlivesmatter-BmanWild2 жыл бұрын
Lovely , bee keeping kept ancient Egypt alive long enough to build the pyramids of Gaza: *before the World Health Organization aka stock market hoards* ;and is a vital key in human existance - great content & thank you for sharing your experience s 🇺🇸
@carolinebryant79352 жыл бұрын
I want to know more about plantain balm you used on your stings. Love your videos!
@hootervillehoneybees86642 жыл бұрын
Awesome job great crew .. color of that honey about perfect.. I'm in the same place about feeding.. prices of sugar keep going up cost me small Fortune over 200 colony's plus I just don't wanta feed like that.. so we did alot honey June and July going to bust them down get them tight for mite treatment and leave the goldenrod honey this year at least.. I really like goldenrod personally so I'll take little personal for my ice cream.. hopefully get little better spring weather 2023
@cerradomineiro40352 жыл бұрын
Parabéns pelo trabalho.
@ez40092 жыл бұрын
It was so funny I had to replay it several times when the bee woke up from its nap and startled you. I laugh out loud so many times. Enjoyed watching the process of harvesting the honey was nice to see you testing for moisture content was pretty interesting. BTW how are the elderberry trees and the build coming along? Will you put any of your elderberry on sale? I live in Missouri City Texas and would like to grow a few in my backyard. You make it look so easy. Thank you for sharing. Edward
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
Lol it made us both jump 🤣🤣🤣 so far so good! The elderberry trees are growing well!
@duhimbazekayibanda84802 жыл бұрын
@@TheHoneystead good morning my upline mentor I like and love the way you do your things Am Gerevasio from uganda Africa
@victoriac91902 жыл бұрын
Everyone here talking about honey but Where is your black jumpsuit from i love it. Haha 😍
@joseortiz5965 Жыл бұрын
What do you do with the propolis.?
@cristinalattuada5322 Жыл бұрын
How do you clean the equipment? It looks like hard work.😊
@jpverkaik2 жыл бұрын
We dont use queen excluders either. It tends to damage the honey bees wings going back and forth. They beat themselves up enough just gathering for the hive, they dont need the additional strain of rubbing their wings going thru the excluder.
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
I agree 💛
@VeganAJohnH2 жыл бұрын
That stuff you was taking of the edge of the frames & putting in jars. What is that stuff. Do you eat that?. Looks like you had a good harvest.
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
It’s called Propolis and we make tinctures with it :)
@VeganAJohnH2 жыл бұрын
@@TheHoneystead propolis , I'm glad I watched your video it reminded me I got some pics of tree fungus to look up on the internet. Because they not in my wild flower book 👍🙂.
@jakubkoban10102 жыл бұрын
Pozdrawiam🙂 super robota👍
@josephkuder2 жыл бұрын
Have ya ever used a hot uncapping knife it won't tear up your combs as much. i bought an electric uncapping knife back in the early 1980's and i'm still using it
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
I do have one somewhere 🤔 I’m just not the biggest fan lol
@TmanTV3 Жыл бұрын
WOW! Do yall allow for visits? I'm nearby and am looking for local groups to see what beekeeping is all about. Do you know if there's a Shenandoah valley bee keeping club?
@SmileySunrise2 жыл бұрын
So interesting! Do you have to do anything special before you put the frames back in the hives? Or do they get clean frames? Thank you!
@erniceb5969 Жыл бұрын
☺
@christianshannon39432 жыл бұрын
Did y’all see any hive beetles while pulling the honey ?
@TheHoneystead2 жыл бұрын
We have a very very low hive beetle count 🙌
@christianshannon39432 жыл бұрын
@@TheHoneystead A month ago before it started getting really hot I checked the hives and found five supers with 7-8 frames of honey . I decided to leave the supers on and haven’t checked them in a month . At that time I saw one and gave it the hive tool test . Maybe a miracle happened and I end up with all my supers full . LoL
@carolebrown83322 жыл бұрын
I found a bee inside a closed male squash flower I was trying to use to hand pollinate with. Is this common? Is it a concern?
@nancyfaircloth3224 Жыл бұрын
Can you freeze dry honey and then make into a powder?
@ValdirSilva-sz1ms2 жыл бұрын
*UMA BOA TARDE CALIFÓRNIA 🌞*
@rcgaschannel93325 күн бұрын
How do you make the bee Sting salve?
@LadysFarm2 жыл бұрын
🥰🥰🥰
@HvH9098 ай бұрын
What was that bee sting sauve again?
@khraila_RockyRillFarm_Apiary2 жыл бұрын
I noticed you don’t strain your honey. Wonder why not? What do your do with the propolis?
@AnlStarDestroyer Жыл бұрын
Not sure where you’re based in VA but I’d love to buy some honey from you all
@alijagic19752 жыл бұрын
Woow, how many rpms are there??
@bridgescwr61362 жыл бұрын
2 questions. 1) do you put the incomplete frame in its original box for the girls to finish working or start with an empty 2) moisture content...your goal is 18%...less moisture is better?