Beekeeping is often considered an "old man hobby", but I really find it fascinating already. As a gardener, it has so many advantages - besides the honey. The bees polinate your trees and plants, keep away some of the pests and you also get wax, which is an awesome material. The work is also very relaxing.
The world needs as many beekeepers as it can get, happy to hear you are one of them. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace C D. Mr. Ed
Jeff am so glad there are people like you and Miss Mona that still respect what the good lord gave us to help feed our nation's. Thank you for the fantastic videos. Always a joy to watch. Have a blessed beautiful day!
Thank you so much for your blessings, kind words, and taking the time to follow along with my bee wrangling adventures. Until the next one, God's peace Lisa. Mr. Ed
So glad you enjoyed the video, thanks so much for watching. Also, I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed
Hi Jeff. Isn't it amazing how much an insect can produce with utter cooperation. This year in England, despite 2 heat-waves, I have harvested 60 Kg of Summer honey from my 6 hives, which I think is pretty good going. Thanks again for your inspiration.
In case you were unaware, I am the beekeeper for a group of Benedictine monks at St. Joseph Abbey in Southeast Louisiana. The entire program, Abbee Honey, belongs to the monks, and I am just a volunteer for the operation. Thank you for your blessings and kind words, they are greatly appreciated. Also, thank for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed
Yes you did, and thanks so much for doing that. Now don't forget, every Friday I post a new one so check a few of them out. Until the next one, God's peace. Mr. Ed
Watching this from another part of the world, specifically from Romania! I'm enjoying your videos so much, you do a fantastic job explaining and presenting how you work with your bees and everything around beekeeping! Thanks for doing this Mr. Edd, keep on doing!!! 🙂I wish you the best!
Mug up at the Abby with Mr. Ed. Good morning from Central NH. I think you are missing some heat and humidity, it's up here. Jeff, another day of making a workday a fun day. Thanks for sharing.
I enjoyed watching you remove that layer of wax. Thankfully it separates and floats to the top. Makes it easier. Nice spinner. Saves a lot of honey. Really enjoyed the video. Thanks and God bless.
Brilliant and educational , I find your beekeeping work fascinating. Loved the squelchy noises the wax made then you first started to remove it. Thanks Mr. Ed for sharing this part of your work. God bless
So very happy to her you enjoyed the video and thought it to be informative as well. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace John. Mr. Ed
This is a great set up and you obviously know exactly what works best for you. Love watching your videos and I do appreciate honey and beeswax even more since watching them.
I remember helping my grandpa with this when I was a kid. He had about 12 hives out in the orchard, and it took us quite a while to get through all the frames, and things could get far messier than what you've shown, but I have fond memories of those times.
Great story, thanks for sharing it. Beekeeping is such a great memory maker because of all the fun it is. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed
All that smacking sounds like a mouth breather eating pancakes with heavy syrup. That’s a pretty good haul on those cappings. Let me know if you decide to sell it.
So very happy to hear you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching. Also, I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Stephanie. Mr. Ed
I am watching your video on the TV but I though I would grab the laptop and say hello. It is neat to see your videos now that I have been at the Abby and in the honey house. It makes everything seem so familiar. Take care.
Do one thing, do it well and then move on to the next thing. We lost our internet for a few days and* today at 4pm it came back on. PRAISE THE LORD!!! So good to be back with my dear friends.
Aloha Jeff, When Mark's Bee Haven was up and running, Kiawe [Mesquite] Honey was our all year long and always sold out honey. It came it at 1200 pounds every two weeks from the 20 hives I had in the Kiawe Honey Forest of South Kohala. Being a 'fast crystallizing honey' the Kiawe needed to be extracted the same morning /afternoon it was taken from the bees or it would thicken and not extract very well from the frames. Once each super was extracted, it now had to sit and cool and each super yielded a 5gallon bucket full or 60 pounds of honey. After 3 days, the honey was now 'rock hard and stable, but needed to be crushed [our market share was for Raw, Local, Natural Honeys so our honeys, all 24 types were never 'heated'] and with the now 1200 pounds needing to be bottled, this was done by running it all through a Homogenizer with no heat. This left it Smooth as butter for bottling. I averaged 12 pounds of beeswax each harvest which was loaded into a Solar Melter to be collected. None of our little honey kitchen was so automated as your nice set up, which begs the answer: How many hives do you have? We only had a total of 220 hives across 40,000 acres covering 6 climate zones of 'gifted' lands, forests, range, and farms. No one 'pays for pollination in any part of Hawaii.
To funny! Loved the comment! Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 450 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Steven. Mr. Ed
Neat video, I'd like to have some of that wax. I thought the comment about Randy's cameras was funny when compared to the cost of the stainless-steel equipment but, I realize you guys have an admiration type friendship going on with friendly ribbing. The volume of honey you are able to put out is impressive!
Thanks for your concern Jan, and trust me, I am VERY carful around moving parts....especially when I can fall into it. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed
When a person makes the decision to become a beekeeper, they are signing up for a lot of work, but a lot of rewards as well. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 450 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Frank. Mr. Ed
WOW! This is such a great process, That extractor spins FAST!! It must be some cleaning process! Baked cookies indeed! Too bad you don't have any Flow Hive extractors instead--could be great fun to have Tourists--for a small fee--be able to do mini extractions over the season--then the bees would do all the wax processing for you!! Mr. Ed, I do love all your videos, you've got so much enthusiasm for your wonderful bees! How much did your extractor cost you? I love bees too, so much that I bought a Flow Hive and gave it to an Apiary here near Ottawa Canada so that I could have the "extracting" experience too. So I imagine that there would be visitors and tourists, who'd love to have that experience too. I plant all organic flowers to attract any pollinators Love and hugs from Dawn Lynn and Larry in Ottawa Canada!
I did have a Flow Hive years ago, but because our operation is set up to process a lot of frames of honey, a Flow Hive is not the best fit for me.Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed
It even has the consistency of oatmeal. Add some cinnamon and raisins and we could bake cookies. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace David. Mr. Ed
Of course I do, it's where my name comes from. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 450 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Scott. Mr. Ed
I liked the sound so much I made a video just on that, link below. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Robert. Mr. Ed th-cam.com/video/hYCgQDswlIo/w-d-xo.html
I never have considered using them as honey is the only natural substance that bacteria will not grow in. Also, any contaminate such as hair will all be filtered out during the refining process. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed
Jeff, love your videos! Please show the bottling process and everything to do with labeling and displaying. I’m very interested to know what you do with all your honey. Surely all of that does not go in the gift shop?
@@JeffHorchoff wow, I’m surprised! I love when a person takes the time to reply and interact with their audience. I try real hard to answer every comment myself on my channel. If you get a chance check it out. You and the rooster have been huge influences on me. I have a Beeswax video that has done very well.
No I do not, but I do supply the beeswax for the candle operation and lotion bars Monk Soap produces. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Father Andre. Mr. Ed
Our honey house is pretty cool, and the link below shows us processing our Spring honey just a few weeks ago. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed th-cam.com/video/OeBFTeQ9jss/w-d-xo.html
Thank you very much, your gift is greatly appreciated. Also, thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed
Mr Ed! Thanks for replying so quickly! I do love your videos!! But you do process a lot of honey! Do you sell it, or the wax? Perhaps just a few FlowHives for tourists might be fun! Last comment on that! I do love your enthusiasm! And love to watch you rescue bees, but it usually looks so very difficult! Love and Hugs from Dawn Lynn and Larry, Ottawa Canada!
If the cappings, scraped from the frames to start with were mixed 50/50 with pure honey you have a lucrative, saleable product - Honey Cappings. The gritty content contains unprocessed pollen. Bottled, a teaspoon a day and hayfever becomes a discomfort no more. Knocks chemical remedies into a cocked hat! JJ - UK
I never even thought thee would be a market for that, but I think you may bee on to something. Thank you for your suggestion and for watching. Also, I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace JJ. Mr. Ed
I got our drums from a local dealer, Continental Supply House, in Jefferson Louisiana. It is also the same place I buy our honey bottles from. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Bob. Mr. Ed
I do not, and if I don't load the spinner to much, they will come out practically dry. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Cheryl. Mr. Ed
You need a steel scoop like those used for animal feed. The handle is over top of the scooo rather than behind it making it much easier to get leverage. It’s also far more substantial, though not much heavier, than a plastic scoop like you’re using.
I am looking into that very thing, but so far, the only ones I have found are galvanized. I know they have to make stainless steel ones but I have yet to find it. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed
I'm late to this video but I have a question. If you heated each barrel enough to melt the wax would you be able to lift the wax out as one block or disk of wax? if that would work I would position a hook or something in there so when it went back to a solid I could grab the hook with a hoist and lift the wax out. IDK if that would work but it seems to me like it would.
Wax begins melting at about 145 degrees, honey starts loosing it's active ingredients at about 110 degrees and begins to become pasteurized. As I sell only raw, unfiltered honey, heating the honey to melt the wax is not an option for me. Still, I think your idea would work if I wanted to sell pasteurized honey. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Oh ok I didn't know that. I don't bee keep yet. I plan to once I retire from the military and have my own land. thank you for responding and sharing that bit of info. keep them coming. thanks again
It certainly does, and it's floating on about 500 pounds of honey. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Jordan. Mr. Ed
There was a lot of soft wax still on top of the honey in the buckets, I don't know a lot about beekeeping but 'dirty' honey like that would make for an excellent winter supplement for beehives if their stocks run low ?
Simply by using a sheet of Seran Wrap and placing it over the "soft wax" on the surface, and lifting it, all of it comes off and that's what I give to the bees. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 450 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed
I really enjoy your videos. I have learned a lot. Can you show where it is sold? Have you thought of having the shop that makes sweets making honey hard candy? Wirh all the different types of honey you process it would be a real treat and soothes the throat during the cold months.
Our honey is only sold in the Abbey Gift Shop and not on line. However, if you'd like to buy some of our Abbey Honey, I'd be more than happy to send you some. The cost is $10.00 for a one pound, plastic bottle, and $9.00 for shipping. If you want more than one bottle, the shipping cost is still $9.00 for up to 2 bottles, but each bottle is still $10.00. As soon as I get your check, I will send it out. Make the check out to St. Joseph Abbey but send the letter to: Mr. Ed 75376 River Rd. St. Benedict, La. 70457 If you'd like, I'll even sign the bottle. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks for watching. God's peace Richard. Mr. Ed
Love the work you do here, I'm curious about something, Ive noticed that there was a few times in this vid where it looked like your red scoop was gonna snap or break, I'm wondering if there is a reason you use that scoop over one made of metal? The only reason that's coming to mind is one of hygiene, specifically that the red one is easier to keep clean.
I am looking for a stainless steel scoop right now, but I have not found the right one yet. The plastic scoop I use is a food grade plastic which is good, but I'd prefer one a bit more substantial. God's peace. Mr. Ed
You should get yourself a honey wax purifier thingy like the Canadian beekeeper. You can sell solid lumps of beeswax, or even beeswax candles, make beeswax polish ... just options for diversification..... there are some gorgeous carved wax candles
You will get less honey into the separator if you take off most of the cappings before you start skimming off the surface of the honey. It looks like there was quite a bit of very fine wax (emulsified?) on the surface of the recovered honey. Is it just floating on top of the honey or mixed throughout?
I have tried many different ways to remove the honey from the cappings, but so far, this has been the most efficient way. Fortunately, ALL the fine wax particles and cappings float right to the surface of the honey and once it is removed, all that remains in the drum is pure honey. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed
At that point, vey little, and what does is super small. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Andy. Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff I would love to get into bees but at this point work would just get in the way. Hoping that when I retire I’ll be able to do those kind of things. God blessed me all my life not with riches but health and family. I was able to buy a few acres and would have a place to do it now. God bless, Happy Thanksgiving!
That is the first time someone has said I look like him, thanks so much for the compliment. Tea for the Tillerman was his best ever album. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 450 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace. Mr. Ed
Another question: how much can the separator hold at one time? I mean, you probably separte batches by the drums they come from, but could you possibly put all the cappings in at once - from all the drums? Or would that overwhelm the separator somehow? That is, would the bottom be too full of honey to actually separate properly? Thanks for making what - to you - may seem like repetitive videos. I truly enjoy hearing the same information over again, as it's calming and interesting at once.
I'm not really sure just how much the separator could hold, but I have found the less amount I put it, the quicker and drier they cappings drain out. For that reason I only put a smaller quantities at once. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed
I would assume that more cappings in it would make it take longer to spin out effectively...like when you pack your dryer too full of wet clothes and you have to run it twice to dry them, only to find that they're still damp. LOL
If you'd like to buy some of our Abbey Honey, I'd be more than happy to send you some. The cost is $10.00 for a one pound, plastic bottle, and $9.00 for shipping. If you want more than one bottle, the shipping cost is still $9.00 for up to 2 bottles, but each bottle is still $10.00. As soon as I get your check, I will send it out. Make the check out to St. Joseph Abbey but send the letter to: Mr. Ed 75376 River Rd. St. Benedict, La. 70457 If you'd like, I'll even sign the bottle. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed
If you'd like to buy some of our Abbey Honey, I'd be more than happy to send you some. The cost is $10.00 for a one pound, plastic bottle, and $9.00 for shipping. If you want more than one bottle, the shipping cost is still $9.00 for up to 2 bottles, but each bottle is still $10.00. As soon as I get your check, I will send it out. Make the check out to St. Joseph Abbey but send the letter to: Mr. Ed 75376 River Rd. St. Benedict, La. 70457 If you'd like, I'll even sign the bottle. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks for watching. God's peace Merissa. Mr. Ed
After the cappings are rendered down, the stuff that remains goes into a compost pile helping with the aeration of it. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed
Thanks for the video Mr. Ed. Would you be able tell us what is the size of the holes on the spinning component of the separator? It seems that a lot of wax gets separated, whereas I saw some videos where there needs to be another mesh inside (window screen type of mesh)? Really impressed with the separator. Best regards.
The holes are about 1/8th of an inch. Very little wax gets through the holes and any that does is filtered out. The machine works really well. Thanks for watching. God's peace Dusan. Mr. Ed
When you uncap does the whole comb get destroyed meaning only the plastic foundation sheet remains or not? Do you return the frames to the bees hive to clean or maybe fill it up again?
No it does not. After the honey has been extracted, the boxes are stored with the drawn comb in a closed off, but open pen. Video link below. Thanks for watching. God's peace. Mr. Ed th-cam.com/video/ZHy6iyHZl7w/w-d-xo.html
Just like the drums, i let it rest 3 or 4 days and skim off debris and foam that has floated to the surface. Underneath all that stuff is clean honey. God's peace brother. Mr. Ed
What keeps the wholes in the separator from clogging with wax or small pieces of wax going through with the honey? Maybe I missed something. Another great video! Thank you!
The lid you got rid of is safety equipment. If someone accidentally put their arm in that the rotating drum would tear it off. I know you're thinking it would never happen to you but safety rules were written in someone else's blood.
I an the only one who runs this machine, if someone else would do the job, the lid would be on it. Thanks for your concern and for watching. God's peace Mike. Mr. Ed
Because the way wax is formulated, even built up, the honey can pass through it when centrifugal force is applied. hanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 450 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Gary. Mr. Ed
Candles that smell like honey and honey with undertones of wax. YUM! GBY Jeff for your work for the glory of God.
Thanks for all the videos. Enjoy watching your content.
Another donation? How very kind of you Lee. Thank you so much for your support. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Beekeeping is often considered an "old man hobby", but I really find it fascinating already. As a gardener, it has so many advantages - besides the honey. The bees polinate your trees and plants, keep away some of the pests and you also get wax, which is an awesome material. The work is also very relaxing.
The world needs as many beekeepers as it can get, happy to hear you are one of them. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace C D.
Mr. Ed
Jeff am so glad there are people like you and Miss Mona that still respect what the good lord gave us to help feed our nation's. Thank you for the fantastic videos. Always a joy to watch. Have a blessed beautiful day!
Thank you so much for your blessings, kind words, and taking the time to follow along with my bee wrangling adventures. Until the next one, God's peace Lisa.
Mr. Ed
i love watching these and i feel like i have been watching them for years at this point, thank you.
So glad you enjoyed the video, thanks so much for watching. Also, I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Hi Jeff.
Isn't it amazing how much an insect can produce with utter cooperation. This year in England, despite 2 heat-waves, I have harvested 60 Kg of Summer honey from my 6 hives, which I think is pretty good going. Thanks again for your inspiration.
I still enjoy watching you process honey. Thank you so much for sharing these videos with us!!
So happy to hear from you Stephonie, I hope all is well with your and yours. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Everyone has their own way of doing things and i think you have a great way of doing things!
Cool video by a very nice guy. Was also nice seeing the cross over your doorway. Amen and may God bless you as well :)
In case you were unaware, I am the beekeeper for a group of Benedictine monks at St. Joseph Abbey in Southeast Louisiana. The entire program, Abbee Honey, belongs to the monks, and I am just a volunteer for the operation. Thank you for your blessings and kind words, they are greatly appreciated. Also, thank for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Told you I would watch this one. I want summa this honey for reals lol. and I'm glad to see this as part of the proccess
Yes you did, and thanks so much for doing that. Now don't forget, every Friday I post a new one so check a few of them out. Until the next one, God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Watching this from another part of the world, specifically from Romania! I'm enjoying your videos so much, you do a fantastic job explaining and presenting how you work with your bees and everything around beekeeping! Thanks for doing this Mr. Edd, keep on doing!!! 🙂I wish you the best!
Nice! What part?
@@samueldocski4426 Romania. :)
@@nicusorporojan obviously…I’m asking what part of Romania lol. Cluj? Suceava?
From france here 🙌
agreed. so enthusiastic too!
Mug up at the Abby with Mr. Ed. Good morning from Central NH. I think you are missing some heat and humidity, it's up here. Jeff, another day of making a workday a fun day. Thanks for sharing.
We've had more of our share of it this year already so I really don't mind letting you borrow it for a while. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Oh my word, that is a load of honey AND wax! Bees are truly amazing...
I enjoyed watching you remove that layer of wax. Thankfully it separates and floats to the top. Makes it easier. Nice spinner. Saves a lot of honey. Really enjoyed the video. Thanks and God bless.
Brilliant and educational , I find your beekeeping work fascinating. Loved the squelchy noises the wax made then you first started to remove it. Thanks Mr. Ed for sharing this part of your work. God bless
Thank You Jesus!!! Nice harvest Jeff.
i have abot 75lb this yr from 2 hives and hi mr. ed god bless you all
Awesome to hear from you Terry. Thank you for your blessings and for watching. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Good show and information
So very happy to her you enjoyed the video and thought it to be informative as well. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace John.
Mr. Ed
I've watched your videos over A few years and I have AZ property near the Grand Canyon my son has plans
Having A few hives
This is a great set up and you obviously know exactly what works best for you. Love watching your videos and I do appreciate honey and beeswax even more since watching them.
I remember helping my grandpa with this when I was a kid. He had about 12 hives out in the orchard, and it took us quite a while to get through all the frames, and things could get far messier than what you've shown, but I have fond memories of those times.
Great story, thanks for sharing it. Beekeeping is such a great memory maker because of all the fun it is. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
That’s a lot of honey trapped in those cappings! It’s amazing how much honey and wax those little bees are able to make!
Love watching the process! Thank you for sharing 🐝
Seeing that honey appear was like striking gold. HaHaHa "YUMMY" well done, it seemed rewarding 😋
All that smacking sounds like a mouth breather eating pancakes with heavy syrup. That’s a pretty good haul on those cappings. Let me know if you decide to sell it.
I have you on the top of the list. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
Hello there, Jeff. Great harvest. God bless and see you soon.
Great to hear from you again Elain, I hope all is well. Thank you for your blessings and for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff All's well, Jeff. Been very busy and i've been liking you uploads, but not commenting. Thank you for asking. God bless.
this was so satisfying to watch! Thanks for sharing
So very happy to hear you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching. Also, I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Stephanie.
Mr. Ed
I am watching your video on the TV but I though I would grab the laptop and say hello. It is neat to see your videos now that I have been at the Abby and in the honey house. It makes everything seem so familiar. Take care.
You will always bee welcomed back. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
For a minute there, I thought it might be 55 gallons of wax!! LOL. Great video as always. Peace be with you!
Mr Jeff is a hard working busy 🐝! Hope your okay I enjoy all the videos ☺️
Excellent work 👍👍👍 . Thank you for sharing. Take care of yourself 🇨🇦
Do one thing, do it well and then move on to the next thing.
We lost our internet for a few days and* today at 4pm it came back on. PRAISE THE LORD!!!
So good to be back with my dear friends.
Aloha Jeff,
When Mark's Bee Haven was up and running, Kiawe [Mesquite] Honey was our all year long and always sold out honey. It came it at 1200 pounds every two weeks from the 20 hives I had in the Kiawe Honey Forest of South Kohala. Being a 'fast crystallizing honey' the Kiawe needed to be extracted the same morning /afternoon it was taken from the bees or it would thicken and not extract very well from the frames. Once each super was extracted, it now had to sit and cool and each super yielded a 5gallon bucket full or 60 pounds of honey. After 3 days, the honey was now 'rock hard and stable, but needed to be crushed [our market share was for Raw, Local, Natural Honeys so our honeys, all 24 types were never 'heated'] and with the now 1200 pounds needing to be bottled, this was done by running it all through a Homogenizer with no heat. This left it Smooth as butter for bottling.
I averaged 12 pounds of beeswax each harvest which was loaded into a Solar Melter to be collected. None of our little honey kitchen was so automated as your nice set up, which begs the answer: How many hives do you have? We only had a total of 220 hives across 40,000 acres covering 6 climate zones of 'gifted' lands, forests, range, and farms. No one 'pays for pollination in any part of Hawaii.
Thank you Jeff
How amazing what those bees produce! Love what you do Jeff! Wow! Blessings from Canada 🇨🇦
I need another case of honey!! They make great gifts.
Let me know when and it can bee arranged. Great hearing from you Linda. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
oh my god that squishing sound ....sweet jesus ... great now i need a biscuit
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To funny! Loved the comment! Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 450 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Steven.
Mr. Ed
Wow ,you are going to get soooo much wax , great job. I bet that smells awesome.
Good job Mr. Ed! ✌ from PA!
Wow this is so amazing
Excellent! The oscillating fans looked possessed in the fast-forward playback! 🤣
From wax "oatmeal" to wax "cement", that turned into crumbles. 😏
Neat video, I'd like to have some of that wax. I thought the comment about Randy's cameras was funny when compared to the cost of the stainless-steel equipment but, I realize you guys have an admiration type friendship going on with friendly ribbing. The volume of honey you are able to put out is impressive!
Wow! I never thought there’d be that much honey in there👍💕😊
Thank you God bless you.
Love your enthusiasm and love you put into your work
Thank you!!! I love these…always so fascinating
Hi Jeff, the lid is of course also a safety device!
So please be careful.
Thanks for your concern Jan, and trust me, I am VERY carful around moving parts....especially when I can fall into it. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
BEAUTIFUL. Thanks for sharing.
Guess you could say , "That is Spun Honey ! "
you are a busy bee
When a person makes the decision to become a beekeeper, they are signing up for a lot of work, but a lot of rewards as well. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 450 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Frank.
Mr. Ed
Really cool machine, would you mind doing a video of how you render the wax into the blocks Mr Edd? 🙏
That video will bee posted in about 2 weeks, stay tuned . Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
So fascinating! Hope you do a video of melting the wax to make bars. Keep on making more!!!!
Wish I could beam down to LA to attend the honey fair.
Beam me down Scotty! God's peace JJ.
Mr. Ed
WOW! This is such a great process, That extractor spins FAST!!
It must be some cleaning process!
Baked cookies indeed!
Too bad you don't have any Flow Hive extractors instead--could be great fun to have Tourists--for a small fee--be able to do mini extractions over the season--then the bees would do all the wax processing for you!!
Mr. Ed, I do love all your videos, you've got so much enthusiasm for your wonderful bees!
How much did your extractor cost you?
I love bees too, so much that I bought a Flow Hive and gave it to an Apiary here near Ottawa Canada so that I could have the "extracting" experience too.
So I imagine that there would be visitors and tourists, who'd love to have that experience too.
I plant all organic flowers to attract any pollinators
Love and hugs from Dawn Lynn and Larry in Ottawa Canada!
I did have a Flow Hive years ago, but because our operation is set up to process a lot of frames of honey, a Flow Hive is not the best fit for me.Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
That wax on top looks almost like really thick oatmeal.
It even has the consistency of oatmeal. Add some cinnamon and raisins and we could bake cookies. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace David.
Mr. Ed
Haha, remember Mr Ed? 🐴
Of course I do, it's where my name comes from. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 450 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Scott.
Mr. Ed
Came for the honey, stayed for the ASMR. LOL
I liked the sound so much I made a video just on that, link below. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Robert.
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Thanks for all the info and videos you make. I was just wondering if there is any thought to wearing gloves and hairnets?
I never have considered using them as honey is the only natural substance that bacteria will not grow in. Also, any contaminate such as hair will all be filtered out during the refining process. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
You will have to teach the monks to tend to the bees and honey some day.
It is in the plan. God's peace David.
Mr. Ed
Jeff, love your videos! Please show the bottling process and everything to do with labeling and displaying. I’m very interested to know what you do with all your honey. Surely all of that does not go in the gift shop?
I have plans to do just that, stay tuned. Yes, it all goes to the gift shop, but it takes all year to do it. God's peace Ryan.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff wow, I’m surprised! I love when a person takes the time to reply and interact with their audience. I try real hard to answer every comment myself on my channel. If you get a chance check it out. You and the rooster have been huge influences on me. I have a Beeswax video that has done very well.
Thanks jeff
Do you make the paschal candle for the Abbey?
No I do not, but I do supply the beeswax for the candle operation and lotion bars Monk Soap produces. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Father Andre.
Mr. Ed
Thats a wonderful setup. We have 7 hives at work so not many. Hopeful to get honey out of them this coming year
Our honey house is pretty cool, and the link below shows us processing our Spring honey just a few weeks ago. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
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I want to see the separator work with the stuff that comes out of the observation hive please, Sir. Gods Peace backatchee!
You should know Lewie, snakes don't make wax. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff There might be a secret ingredient too, Pard! GBWYall!
Had to laugh, honestly looked like you were pulling out scoops of oatmeal.
Blessings brother.
Thanks!
Thank you very much, your gift is greatly appreciated. Also, thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Great video!
Thanks Mr. ED 8-11-2022😊
Mr Ed! Thanks for replying so quickly! I do love your videos!!
But you do process a lot of honey! Do you sell it, or the wax?
Perhaps just a few FlowHives for tourists might be fun! Last comment on that!
I do love your enthusiasm! And love to watch you rescue bees, but it usually looks so very difficult!
Love and Hugs from Dawn Lynn and Larry, Ottawa Canada!
The honey is sold exclusively at the Abbey Gift Shop, but I do ship it. Unfortunately, only in the Us. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
If the cappings, scraped from the frames to start with were mixed 50/50 with pure honey you have a lucrative, saleable product - Honey Cappings. The gritty content contains unprocessed pollen. Bottled, a teaspoon a day and hayfever becomes a discomfort no more. Knocks chemical remedies into a cocked hat! JJ - UK
I never even thought thee would be a market for that, but I think you may bee on to something. Thank you for your suggestion and for watching. Also, I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace JJ.
Mr. Ed
Where do you get your plastic drums?
I got our drums from a local dealer, Continental Supply House, in Jefferson Louisiana. It is also the same place I buy our honey bottles from. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my bee wrangling/ bee rescues adventures and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Bob.
Mr. Ed
Do you ever re spin the cappings? It looked like the cappings were kind of wet. Would you recover more honey? Just wondering.
I do not, and if I don't load the spinner to much, they will come out practically dry. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Cheryl.
Mr. Ed
that machine is so awesome
You make me want to get into bee keeping
Totally agree with your process "flow"... Everyone needs to figure out what works best for their environment. Thanks Jeff!!
You need a steel scoop like those used for animal feed. The handle is over top of the scooo rather than behind it making it much easier to get leverage. It’s also far more substantial, though not much heavier, than a plastic scoop like you’re using.
I am looking into that very thing, but so far, the only ones I have found are galvanized. I know they have to make stainless steel ones but I have yet to find it. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
I'm late to this video but I have a question. If you heated each barrel enough to melt the wax would you be able to lift the wax out as one block or disk of wax? if that would work I would position a hook or something in there so when it went back to a solid I could grab the hook with a hoist and lift the wax out. IDK if that would work but it seems to me like it would.
Wax begins melting at about 145 degrees, honey starts loosing it's active ingredients at about 110 degrees and begins to become pasteurized. As I sell only raw, unfiltered honey, heating the honey to melt the wax is not an option for me. Still, I think your idea would work if I wanted to sell pasteurized honey. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Oh ok I didn't know that. I don't bee keep yet. I plan to once I retire from the military and have my own land. thank you for responding and sharing that bit of info. keep them coming. thanks again
Looks like a big drum of oatmeal, maybe I'm just hungry.
It certainly does, and it's floating on about 500 pounds of honey. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Jordan.
Mr. Ed
So wonderful,
There was a lot of soft wax still on top of the honey in the buckets, I don't know a lot about beekeeping but 'dirty' honey like that would make for an excellent winter supplement for beehives if their stocks run low ?
Simply by using a sheet of Seran Wrap and placing it over the "soft wax" on the surface, and lifting it, all of it comes off and that's what I give to the bees. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 450 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
I really enjoy your videos. I have learned a lot. Can you show where it is sold? Have you thought of having the shop that makes sweets making honey hard candy? Wirh all the different types of honey you process it would be a real treat and soothes the throat during the cold months.
Our honey is only sold in the Abbey Gift Shop and not on line. However, if you'd like to buy some of our Abbey Honey, I'd be more than happy to send you some. The cost is $10.00 for a one pound, plastic bottle, and $9.00 for shipping. If you want more than one bottle, the shipping cost is still $9.00 for up to 2 bottles, but each bottle is still $10.00. As soon as I get your check, I will send it out. Make the check out to St. Joseph Abbey but send the letter to:
Mr. Ed
75376 River Rd.
St. Benedict, La. 70457
If you'd like, I'll even sign the bottle. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks for watching. God's peace Richard.
Mr. Ed
Love the work you do here, I'm curious about something, Ive noticed that there was a few times in this vid where it looked like your red scoop was gonna snap or break, I'm wondering if there is a reason you use that scoop over one made of metal? The only reason that's coming to mind is one of hygiene, specifically that the red one is easier to keep clean.
I am looking for a stainless steel scoop right now, but I have not found the right one yet. The plastic scoop I use is a food grade plastic which is good, but I'd prefer one a bit more substantial. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Check out restaurant supply houses. They make large stainless one for ice machines.
So interesting thank you
You should get yourself a honey wax purifier thingy like the Canadian beekeeper. You can sell solid lumps of beeswax, or even beeswax candles, make beeswax polish ... just options for diversification..... there are some gorgeous carved wax candles
I'd love to have one of those, but our budget can't bee stretched that large. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff hope business gets better so you can expand. Wishing you guys the best...
You will get less honey into the separator if you take off most of the cappings before you start skimming off the surface of the honey.
It looks like there was quite a bit of very fine wax (emulsified?) on the surface of the recovered honey. Is it just floating on top of the honey or mixed throughout?
I have tried many different ways to remove the honey from the cappings, but so far, this has been the most efficient way. Fortunately, ALL the fine wax particles and cappings float right to the surface of the honey and once it is removed, all that remains in the drum is pure honey. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Jeff how much wax floats to the top of what you drain into the 4 gal buckets??
At that point, vey little, and what does is super small. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 500 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Andy.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff I would love to get into bees but at this point work would just get in the way. Hoping that when I retire I’ll be able to do those kind of things. God blessed me all my life not with riches but health and family. I was able to buy a few acres and would have a place to do it now.
God bless, Happy Thanksgiving!
You could see the cappings from the side of the barrel... a backlight would probably help that..
It's really easy to see on my 30 gallon drums, they are white. God's peace Leon.
Mr. Ed
My god, you look like Cat Stevens. The resemblance is uncanny!
That is the first time someone has said I look like him, thanks so much for the compliment. Tea for the Tillerman was his best ever album. Thanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 450 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Now I can't wait for the rendering video! I know you already have a couple, but it's so interesting!! And I wonder what the final color will be?
I'm planning that one in 2 weeks, stay tuned. God's peace Tammy.
Mr. Ed
Looks like you need maybe one of those metal ice scoops for moving those cappings instead of that plastic one.😅😅
I'm looking for a stainless steel one right now, just have not found the one I want. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Another question: how much can the separator hold at one time? I mean, you probably separte batches by the drums they come from, but could you possibly put all the cappings in at once - from all the drums? Or would that overwhelm the separator somehow? That is, would the bottom be too full of honey to actually separate properly?
Thanks for making what - to you - may seem like repetitive videos. I truly enjoy hearing the same information over again, as it's calming and interesting at once.
I'm not really sure just how much the separator could hold, but I have found the less amount I put it, the quicker and drier they cappings drain out. For that reason I only put a smaller quantities at once. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
I would assume that more cappings in it would make it take longer to spin out effectively...like when you pack your dryer too full of wet clothes and you have to run it twice to dry them, only to find that they're still damp. LOL
Mister Ed, will you be offering the "by mail" purchase option again this year? Love the video on the process!
Also wanting to know!!
If you'd like to buy some of our Abbey Honey, I'd be more than happy to send you some. The cost is $10.00 for a one pound, plastic bottle, and $9.00 for shipping. If you want more than one bottle, the shipping cost is still $9.00 for up to 2 bottles, but each bottle is still $10.00. As soon as I get your check, I will send it out. Make the check out to St. Joseph Abbey but send the letter to:
Mr. Ed
75376 River Rd.
St. Benedict, La. 70457
If you'd like, I'll even sign the bottle. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
If you'd like to buy some of our Abbey Honey, I'd be more than happy to send you some. The cost is $10.00 for a one pound, plastic bottle, and $9.00 for shipping. If you want more than one bottle, the shipping cost is still $9.00 for up to 2 bottles, but each bottle is still $10.00. As soon as I get your check, I will send it out. Make the check out to St. Joseph Abbey but send the letter to:
Mr. Ed
75376 River Rd.
St. Benedict, La. 70457
If you'd like, I'll even sign the bottle. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks for watching. God's peace Merissa.
Mr. Ed
i wonder if those wax cappings would be a good fertilizer
After the cappings are rendered down, the stuff that remains goes into a compost pile helping with the aeration of it. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
Thanks for the video Mr. Ed. Would you be able tell us what is the size of the holes on the spinning component of the separator? It seems that a lot of wax gets separated, whereas I saw some videos where there needs to be another mesh inside (window screen type of mesh)? Really impressed with the separator. Best regards.
The holes are about 1/8th of an inch. Very little wax gets through the holes and any that does is filtered out. The machine works really well. Thanks for watching. God's peace Dusan.
Mr. Ed
Awesome
Do we have a wax processing video next? 😁😁😁
Very soon stay tuned. God's peace.
Mr. Ed
When you uncap does the whole comb get destroyed meaning only the plastic foundation sheet remains or not? Do you return the frames to the bees hive to clean or maybe fill it up again?
No it does not. After the honey has been extracted, the boxes are stored with the drawn comb in a closed off, but open pen. Video link below. Thanks for watching. God's peace.
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Hey Mr. Ed how do you clean up the honey you removed from the wax , it still look like it still has a lot of trash particles in it. great video
Just like the drums, i let it rest 3 or 4 days and skim off debris and foam that has floated to the surface. Underneath all that stuff is clean honey. God's peace brother.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff thanks Mr. Ed
What keeps the wholes in the separator from clogging with wax or small pieces of wax going through with the honey? Maybe I missed something. Another great video! Thank you!
Amazingly, the honey will actually pass through the wax even though the wax is a solid wall against the drum. God's peace Jim.
Mr. Ed
@@JeffHorchoff Yes, that is amazing! And GOD's peace to you too, Mr Ed!! 😆
The lid you got rid of is safety equipment. If someone accidentally put their arm in that the rotating drum would tear it off. I know you're thinking it would never happen to you but safety rules were written in someone else's blood.
I an the only one who runs this machine, if someone else would do the job, the lid would be on it. Thanks for your concern and for watching. God's peace Mike.
Mr. Ed
are the holes in the separator just too small for wax to get forced through? shouldn't wax clog them up and get forced through also some?
Because the way wax is formulated, even built up, the honey can pass through it when centrifugal force is applied. hanks for watching, and I hope you will check out more of my over 450 bee wrangling/ bee rescue adventure videos and let me know what you think of them. By the way, I post a new video almost every Friday morning, and I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God's peace Gary.
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