Another great video. I was so impressed how your employees were so focused and doing their tasks. Imagine if all employers could have workers like you have. They ALL get a thumbs up from me. GREAT JOB EVERYONE. Can't wait til the next extraction.
Very enjoyable watching this process. Anyone who complains about the price of honey needs to see this. Even with the best of equipment, there is nothing easy about honey production.
I just spent 45 minutes doing a full inspection on a 30 frame hive because two of the three boxes were rotting. New boxes and some paint and she's as good as new. It's hard work. You sweat real sweat. I earn every penny of the money I get for my honey. I got stinged once. 😅 Sold 4 gallons yesterday. There is a group of Asian women who buy a LOT of my honey. God I love them.
I watch your videos every day. Picked up something new when she replaced that broken frame. Really enjoyed those close ups of the equipment in operation. Wish we had some females around here that would work like that! I cant even find males or females to work. You are blessed and you bless others with your teachings
Wow fantastic,very impressed with such automation. Good to see young people that are not afraid of work fantastic crew that is what we are missing in modern generation of today.
Superb video, very inspiring... Glad to see the loader repaired.. Thank you Ian for taking the time to put out this video during such a busy period for you...
Man, I would have LOVED to have had an "arm assist" gadget like the one on the flatbed truck, back when I was hauling hay--good old days when I could still do that kind of work, LOL. We used to stack hay many levels above our heads up in the barn loft. Us kids also used to hire on with local hay crews helping hay cutters load, haul and restack their own hay. Good way to earn some summer cash. Nice set up, there, nicely coordinated and good employees!
When it switched from the honey house to the bee yard I relaxed, I worked in a busy place all my life and so love the quiet of the bee yard. Only the occasional shouts when a bee gets in my shirt lol.
Hi Ian. I live in Toronto but I am hoping to one day move to the country and raise bees (when my girls graduate from university and get their own homes). I am hoping to get some of your genetics in my bee yard at that time. It might be 10 years down the road but I am hoping to get a package or a queen from you at that time. I have been watching your videos for a couple years after Kamon Reynolds mentioned you and I have been blown away by your methods. As a new beekeeper (10 years down the road), I don't think I could follow your method but it is amazing to watch your results.
Ian, your crew all look great. Hard workers. The ladies in the extracting room, under the leadership of Carrie, are working like a well honeyed machine. Great to see. A fried bologna sandwich? I make a Grilled Cheese and Sweet Bologna sandwich. Love 'em. Blessings to you and your crew!
Here I've been thinking that my family was the only one that ate fried bologna sandwiches. We grew up lower middle class and we had those all the time in the summer. I liked mine with cheese, fresh tomato from the garden and a little mayo and mustard. Brings back good memories of childhood.
For those of us new to beekeeping, some voiceover commentary would sure be helpful. I've had one hive since 26 March with a two-deep brood setup and 3 medium supers. Did my first honey pull on 25 July from one super and got 1.72 gallons from 10 frames. I can't imagine what it takes to produces 15 barrels! Keep the episodes coming!
Congrats on the first honey extraction of the season! It looked like things were running smoothly, although that is coming from someone who really knows only about beekeeping through the many talented apiary owners who post on RU-vid (like yourself). Oh, and some side articles on the internet, as well as practically monopolizing the Florida Bee Keeper’s Association every year at the state fair. Needless to say I have no credentials. But oh what joy I feel in seeing those first frames being uncapped, readied for the extractor, the first spin given and the extractor lid slowly closing....it’s satisfaction at its best. My one hope is it feels the same to you! 🐝🐝🐝👍🙂
The Illinois State Fair allows each club a chance at "volunteering" to man the honey flavored ice cream stand and set up a local honey stand the day they volunteered for. One day for each group of volunteers. I've never went but our local club does it. They promote bees and honey while they are there. Pass out pollinators pamphlets.
Sounds exactly like queen and package season for us. Sleep is overrated till June arrives. .... Then we just move on to a different type of insanity. Love the rat a tat tat sound of the uncapper. Its the sound of hard labor about to be barreled.
Looks like a finely tuned watch operates....and I’m sure not everyone is eager to work in an environment of bees and sticky goo....my hat is off to the hiring meting...excellent judgement in choices of character....
I'm not sure but I think I'd try gleaning the bee clubs. I tried that but the wrong way. I emailed the club president/gatekeeper. They slammed the door in my face. I suppose if I'd just went to a meeting, stood up, and asked for help that'd be different but the club president didn't say no...didn't say yes but I could feel it when the door hit my nose. Very political.
Another enjoyable video. I have a similar extraction line made by Paradise Honey Finland. Would you consider looking at the level on the line, after the uncapper? Also the safety on starting up the extractor?
Omg that sounds so Soooooo good!! 1/4" flick sliced Fried bologna lightly burnt with black areas. Mustard spread on the bread inside an honey on the outside top!! Yep is been ages since I have had that....LoL is 3 hours till lunch time an my tummy is all ready growling like a black grizzly.. but I got to finish rolling up these bales of wheat straw.. an it is amazing how many hands make light work an smooth running..... My problem down here kids want paid adult wages but do not want to work for it....AN I remember busting my butt all day long for 15 cents a bale ( small bales) my how times have changed !!
My husband and I LOVE watching your videos. Although watching a ton of your videos we have never heard how you started out. Was it a family business handed down or did you start small and work your way up to where you are today?
a Canadian Beekeeper’s Blog I actually watched that video. It was more on storing the frames. I’m curious on how you get it from the wet extracted frame to the dry ready for storage frame.
I have the same issue with hardening of honey, in some of my yards, although not canola related, I often wondered how they get it out of the drums without over heating it and what are its uses, I know what happens to mine it is used in medical applications, but i have often pondered what do they do with the rest?
G'day Ian i have alot of conala around my area so is the 3 week thing from start of bloom or when you place extra supers on hives to collect necta ? Cheers Dan from Aussie land 🍻🍻
He has a refrigerated trailer from a semi. He freezes them. Let's see its almost August. In 9 weeks it will snow at Ian's farm. After the cold hits he's good til spring. I'm not sure if he let's bees clean the wets. I do. I'm in illinois. I use paramoth only I buy the Enoz Moth Ice Crystals. It's the exact same product except for labeling.
Nothing wrong with a fried bologna sandwich!! Ian, before hiring an employee to work on your honey harvest, do make sure that they aren’t allergic to bee stings? I hope you have your biggest harvest ever because I am.
Two questions for you Ian: what program do you use to edit your vids and do you have anything blooming later than canola? I'm looking for an August blooming honey crop.
I have a question my friend. At 10¨00 minutes you seem to remove the floor with the bees included and you have no roof lid at all. At the same time your workshop has no bees. How you remove them without the classic method one by one. Greetings from Greece ..
With my small 2 hive apiary my profit margin is about 3:1 as a second year keeper, wondering how much more profitable something as grand of an operation this is would be.
Tricky with a small apiary. You want it to be quick- but also the cost of equipment and cleaning it doesn’t make sense. I have a small 2 frame hand crank extractor.
I refill about 2/3 of my supers and am working hard to end that. Bought 50 new supers. Doubling my stock. Eventually maybe I'll get where I'm not juggling supers. That's kind of tough on the crew...ME.
This seems very industrialized on this scale. Is he being gentle with the bees? Very curious. Usually watch Jeff Horchoff and 628 Dirt Rooster and they don't do this much and are much slower.
Fatter frames uncap better. More efficient at the extractor. I'd run 9 but my extractor is a 20. 9 don't balance. Eventually I'll get over that and just do 18 at a time. Leave two slots open opposite each other and spin.
@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog Thats great. I hate when they dont cap it, but i saw this year first time 17% sunflower honey that wasn't caped... Refractometer solved my dilemmas...
Wow what a Great setup you have for your Honey Extraction and resetting up of boxes. Can you sell to America? Would love to taste your Honey. Peace Be With You All
