RAW Honey House Footage

a Canadian Beekeeper’s Blog

[@JeffHorchoff]

One year I'm going to take a trip up there and help you in that awesome honey house of yours. God's peace brother.

[@primitivedaisy]

Bundle up, Mr. Ed! You southerners are likely to freeze in that Canadian climate! 😊🐝

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Ha, I might not be one to entertain, but rather crack the whip lol

[@JeffHorchoff]

@@primitivedaisy Trust me, it's going to be a summer time visit, and I will still bring my heavy winter coat. God's peace Daisy.

[@JeffHorchoff]

@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog I completely understand, but I hope you take into consideration my age, and how senior abuse is against the law......at least here in the US. God's peace brother.

[@timmullen698]

Well you did it got that harvest of honey . Hell of a start to the year . Hope you got more than you thought . All the best .

[@tonyjenkins272]

I went from 7 gallons last year to over 20 this season… thank you much all your information really helped me. Keep up the good work! 😊

[@bharatshekhawat1600]

Where do you sell it

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Hey Ian thanks for another video! My internet has been totally glitched out lately so I've missed a few. I'm sitting here watching this video and thinking about the season that you had this year. From springtime total explicative weather to floods to massive losses and then back to this amazing harvest. I was reflecting on some of the other years I've watched your channel and how well you manage the bees. And it is truly amazing what you have done with the bees and how well you understand their life cycle and process and how well you manage them. I want to sincerely thank you so much for all the excellent information that you share with all of us! God bless Ian!

[@jeffreynast4063]

Fascinating! Enjoy all your videos. But the harvest and processing is most intriguing. Thank you! -Jeff (near Duluth MN)

[@raysbees7650]

Man you guys don’t miss a beat. Great teamwork.

[@HoneyCombCottageBeeOfficial]

Your floor is so clean, between moving the frames on one side to the automatic Lyson uncapper a few feet away, I slide in a film of fallen honey.

[@danielweston9188]

Can you really ever call it a year? “The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn’t still be a farmer.” - Will Rogers

[@danielweston9188]

Some skilled workers there BTW-

[@barbeonline351]

I have watched/enjoyed the honey house over three seasons. (I am more engineer than farmer.) Suddenly watching the process, I have three questions that never occurred to me before. Possibly you file them mentally for answering in next season videos. 1) You place a super upon the rollers as a first step and a rudimentary scrape is done. Yet I don't see a collection of propolis/wax on the floor under the rollers. Am I just missing the mess, or a trough under the rollers?..... 2) The supers move to the lift point where the frames get popped out and set upon the conveyor system heading to uncapping. Now, I have seen the leverage you have to exert with your hive tool in the field to get just one frame to lift out. And in the extraction process you have 9 frames at once. Is there that much force applied? Some trick/advantage applied? Risk of occasional frame damage? 3) You load up the spinner. 60 frames or so. And start it up and the lid lowers. Suddenly I think about the rotation and the direction centripetal acceleration is pulling the honey from the frames. I wonder why the lid isn't "filthy" with honey when it opens up again? Does the preheat mean it flows down from the lid so fast during the cycle that it isn't noticeable when the lid eventually opens? Or viscosity plays a factor and the release from the frame happens while passing the low point? Or just my tablet screen keeps me from seeing the all round coating of honey? As always, I appreciate the videos.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Lol, I appreciate the complementary remarks within those questions. We have a tray under the roller table

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

The deboxer (what we call it) has a 2 stage lift process, one is the box that pushes it up into place and a secondary tray within that continues to push the frames.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

We run a 8 min spin cycle, which is about what the uncapper does so we continually run the uncapper all day. 90% of the honey is pulled out within a min of spin, the remainder throughout the rest of the cycle, the frames go in basically clean of wax so the honey “washes” the inside continually. Quite efficient

[@amillerchip]

Amazing video. Really enjoyed seeing the close-up of how everything worked. Great editing too (definitely not RAW!).

[@debramacnabb499]

my god buddy its so good to see you happy because you got soo much work lol your year started out like hell im sure you remember but you were awesome and look at you now way to go enjoy your well deserved rest as a farmer im sure it ill be short lived lol

[@masonh2260]

I always hated the honey house, but a job that has to be done. Hope for another good year next season.

[@HoneyCombCottageBeeOfficial]

Truth

[@allsmilz7234]

Good video thanks for sharing 👍

[@normanpaterson]

Honest hard working people right there!

[@deanclarke392]

How much honey in total did you harvest this season Ian? Really hope it turned into a prosperous season after your tough start this year 👍

[@jlemieu1]

Can you please create another wax process vlog?

[@zekiakcali6480]

Quick question Ian. Are you letting the bees clean up the combs? How much honey per comb is left after the extraction?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

No wet storage, they dry in storage. Slight residue

[@russellkoopman3004]

Man, I get tired just watching. LOL

[@richardnoel3141]

In a nutshell and forgetting the Ark and nightmare weather, overall did you Manage to turn water in to wine again and harvest more than last year?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Hive count down about 80-90%, and if I exclude the nucs in my production count, it’s running between 225-250 per hive

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Bumper, excluding the nucs but I set them up late and built them into singles so they built out and up rather than straight up , the nucs look fantastic

[@richardnoel3141]

@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog so you did the water to wine trick again!! Well done!!

[@ВасилийБегунов-с8п]

ДЕВАХА МОЩЬНАЯ НА ОТКАЧКЕ ИОНН даже не парится запечатали или нет

[@deanmalkewich2366]

Too bad for the granulation. I wouldn’t mind an extra 5000 supers and a big shop, extract in November.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

I hear ya

[@tmcnba01]

How is the honey market in your country?

[@josierbesonnunes8163]

I think it's great

[@robinfrazier5940]

I'll tell you one thing brother you and that girl is working with you she's a she is a great worker

[@TylerJSpry]

Do you guys separate frames that have pollen/bee bread in them?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

No sorting of pollen

[@lucivaldoacsa1046]

brasil

[@НиколайЧепурный-х7н]

🇺🇦 Ukraine 🐝 also 🐝👍

[@carloscrenz9433]

👏👍

[@bengibbon9229]

How’s the moisture content from those partials?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

18% extracted 16%today

[@davidizaguirre5060]

Hello what's the temperature for your hot knife at? Thanks

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

197F

[@brookwoehl7729]

What was the air hose for?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Clean out pocket of bees from boxes

[@robinfrazier5940]

Tell you one thing that Cowan is a beautiful operation it's the best to investment I ever made they can show all these whoop to do top things that I don't particularly care about but the Cowan is the best

[@luizantonioaraujodasilva2616]

Bom dia

[@sirrBaci]

subtitles please

[@aribolangsumatera9297]

Matap bos

[@alexarce8547]

Hello, greetings, I am Alejandro Arce, I am a Mexican beekeeper with 28 years of experience. I am looking for a job opportunity in a bee farm. I appreciate any information. My mother tongue is Spanish. Thank you very much.

[@МихайлоПавлюк-т5ъ]

Це круто.

[@НиколайЧепурный-х7н]

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