In this video Josh Harris tells the story of how Queen & Colony was started and begins breaking down how to make money with a small-scale beekeeping operation.
Great story. I spent 30 or so years in the Tampa Bay Area. Mostly in Citrus Park back before the most of the development of the area. Back when there were orange groves everywhere. I've been beekeeping since 2019 and have about 25 colonies here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. Today, I'm extracting honey and over the next few days will be putting those supers back on.
Great video. You have really helped me quite a bit over the past 2 years from that Beekeeping 101 class I took with my daughter to the 30 or so hives I manage today. Thank you!
Thank You for the video! Very Informative! 3rd year beekeeper here. I eat, sleep and dream beekeeping 😉 Hoping to take it from 18 hives to 35 this year. And to graft my own queens. From Ohio so have to worry about winter losses. Make it to Sarasota about every other year. Looked up a few beekeepers out towards Myaka last year. Used to shoot a Mathews Bow but switched to a Mission Crossbow😊🧢 Wishing you a great year! Be Blessed.
Insightful video I'm thinking of going into full time beekeeping over the next couple of years, trying to work out how many hives you need to be successful is the bit I'm not sure on.
Not bad for 200 hives. Im looking at going with 200 hives when I move to Asheville this summer and expand to 500 over a few years. There are 4 honey stores in Asheville so I will start there with a website for online sales. I breed queens and will sell nuc's as well. I love making new colonies. You have a good story, how big is your honey house? Spinning honey is a job! I got into bee keeping to give back to the world but fell in love with the bees. Im an x marketing guy so you need to add your web address to every post every where.
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This is the kind of real content that I have been looking for about starting up. So 37k in honey -15k expenses/150 hives $146 per hive in just honey if you did nothing else. Is that close or am I missing something?
I have flow hives and I work for my self. I have a lot of customers that love honey. I sell jars to them, and it's a on going thing. Great for a hobby.
@@Typhus-th6ud Not at all. I do my inspection as normal. I can harvest combe as standard hives do. The best part is you don't need to find some one to spin out the honey. I use a 11lt pail with a couple of hoses on the extraction tubes, turn the key and let it do its thing. So far it's been very easy and no mess..
Unfortunately the biggest challenge is keeping the bees alive and the hives thriving. I was a small scale bee keeper for 10 years (15 hives) and one bad winter wiped me out. I;m out now as I cant afford the nuc or colony prices to rebuild. The really money these days is in producing bees.
A little constructive criticism. "umm" makes you sound uncertain. It takes away from your credibility, working on that will improve the quality of your videos massively. Other than that, solid video, keep up the good work!
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Nice video. One thing you didn't emphasize is that at some point, you got really good at bee husbandry. Personally, I think without that, everything else falls apart. Good work!
Great story. I spent 30 or so years in the Tampa Bay Area. Mostly in Citrus Park back before the most of the development of the area. Back when there were orange groves everywhere. I've been beekeeping since 2019 and have about 25 colonies here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. Today, I'm extracting honey and over the next few days will be putting those supers back on.
Great video. You have really helped me quite a bit over the past 2 years from that Beekeeping 101 class I took with my daughter to the 30 or so hives I manage today. Thank you!
One of my best friends was James Harris at Bradenton. I recognize the bridge on your shirt...may the Lord bless you and your family!
Thanks very helpful 👍 😀 😊
We are excited to watch these videos. Great job!
Thank you for sharing your journey and the details of your business!
Just Found Your Channel. Can't wait for part 2. Great videos you have posted
You guys are on my dream adventure. Best of luck!!
Thanks for sharing this !
I am waiting for the next video !
Thank You for the video! Very Informative! 3rd year beekeeper here. I eat, sleep and dream beekeeping 😉 Hoping to take it from 18 hives to 35 this year. And to graft my own queens. From Ohio so have to worry about winter losses. Make it to Sarasota about every other year. Looked up a few beekeepers out towards Myaka last year. Used to shoot a Mathews Bow but switched to a Mission Crossbow😊🧢 Wishing you a great year! Be Blessed.
Thank you, great story and info!
Great story and thanks and good luck with this effort.
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Insightful video I'm thinking of going into full time beekeeping over the next couple of years, trying to work out how many hives you need to be successful is the bit I'm not sure on.
Awesome video
Not bad for 200 hives. Im looking at going with 200 hives when I move to Asheville this summer and expand to 500 over a few years. There are 4 honey stores in Asheville so I will start there with a website for online sales. I breed queens and will sell nuc's as well. I love making new colonies. You have a good story, how big is your honey house? Spinning honey is a job! I got into bee keeping to give back to the world but fell in love with the bees. Im an x marketing guy so you need to add your web address to every post every where.
Congratulation, the numbers look great. That is my dream to own a bee farm.
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This is the kind of real content that I have been looking for about starting up. So 37k in honey -15k expenses/150 hives $146 per hive in just honey if you did nothing else. Is that close or am I missing something?
I have flow hives and I work for my self. I have a lot of customers that love honey.
I sell jars to them, and it's a on going thing. Great for a hobby.
Flow hives seem like a lot of extra work in the end just to save a little bit of work in the beginning
@@Typhus-th6ud Not at all. I do my inspection as normal. I can harvest combe as standard hives do.
The best part is you don't need to find some one to spin out the honey.
I use a 11lt pail with a couple of hoses on the extraction tubes, turn the key and let it do its thing. So far it's been very easy and no mess..
Unfortunately the biggest challenge is keeping the bees alive and the hives thriving. I was a small scale bee keeper for 10 years (15 hives) and one bad winter wiped me out. I;m out now as I cant afford the nuc or colony prices to rebuild. The really money these days is in producing bees.
That is definitely the biggest challenge
A little constructive criticism.
"umm" makes you sound uncertain. It takes away from your credibility, working on that will improve the quality of your videos massively.
Other than that, solid video, keep up the good work!
If you decided not to be a pastor anymore you were either not in God's will or you weren't supposed to be a pastor. As Christians we should not decide what we want we should follow God's leading.
Nice video. One thing you didn't emphasize is that at some point, you got really good at bee husbandry. Personally, I think without that, everything else falls apart. Good work!