I liked it. I noticed right away. It was a little faster and more disjointed as far as your normal editing process. However, it’s great to have consistency to your videos.
My opinion - I think the intro scenes change too quickly but I recognize that modern videos spend less than one second on each scene, with long cuts a thing of the past. I also prefer the mandolin intro/background to the new music/vocal. Your videos are still interesting to watch.
@@bob-ny6kn Thanks for your input Bob! The idea for the intro is to give a very quick snapshot of the kinds of stuff one might expect to find on my channel. Because there's so many different things, the intro would be 30 minutes long without those quick cuts ;) Don't worry, the mandolin will be back in the next video, this one just had a lot more talking than normal so we didn't use it.
@@AnneofAllTrades I understand, and keep going with your good ideas. I'm just a follower putting in my vote for mandolin and less frame changes. I am not meaning to be critical. I like all your farm, art and utility work.
I really appreciate that you show the false starts and what didn't work. It's much more useful and encouraging than just showing a perfect result start to finish.
I like using my bread knife to do uncapping. Just rinse it off when it gets gummed up. We have a hot knife that's made for it, but the bread knife seems to work better for me.
Agreed. You do more damage to the comb by “scraping” and cause the bees to work harder to repair or build more comb. This was absolutely difficult to watch. Extract your honey in August. It will be a heck of a lot easier. Good luck with that.
You can also use bees wax mixed with pumice and rottenstone and mineral oil to make a great friction polish used on woodturnings for a baby butt smooth, high gloss finish on your woodturning projects. Look for videos on here to learn the recipie amounts for it. ENJOY!!!!
I like the new intro, love the song, I would probably remove a couple of the photos so each photo has a little more time for people to process. It goes by a little too fast, but enjoyed it for sure! It's always good to keep improving and evolving. Thank you for the great video! I really need to talk to my friend that wanted to keep bees at our place and make sure he's ready to go when spring hits. I would love to have fresh honey and beeswax to work with!
I've kept bees for several years, but I don't know everything. I used to use the hot knife method to uncap comb, but there was a lot of wax and honey waste. I switched to the cap scratch method, which seems to have less waste. Yes, everything I own is sticky. Thank you for your videos!
I get my wax from some friends who keep bees ,I don’t cook it just put in a jar with pure turpentine and let it dissolve over time, very sticky to buff ,but I use it on old oak furniture, the shine is amazing and it smells of honey,which customers love. Great Chanel. Keep it up.
Hmmm...Honey! And a guitar in the background! The new intro is nice! I thought the video shots were artistic and smooth...and then of course the inspirational words to invite EVERYONE to come along on your journey and carry the knowledge and inspiration back into their lives...well done! Another great production!
I would have had stickiness everywhere in 30 seconds! I love that you're doing all of this on your own farm so you know exactly what is in your food and soap and everything. Go you!
Mix your beeswax with walnut oil, or mineral oil, makes the best natural wood finish for bowls cutting boards, and so forth. Check out what I’ve done on my instagram page. turnoffaith
Anne, the deep frame that had the darker shade in it was probably a frame the queen used for brood before it was filled with that sweet nectar. Some say this gives the honey a bad taste but I never minded. Of course it was mixed with the rest of the honey too so that might be why. Keep up the great work!
I know honey is different colors based on their souce of pollen, but is certain colors more difficult to scrap and/or harvest ect, like its it stickier, harder to work with, etc?
Good job 👏🏻 I like it.. but next time you need to Buy a tool called the Dutch honeycomb scraper. You need to keep the honey in a dark jar for 2 weeks... it will taste much more better.
The shaking effect is from balance. Some of the panels are heavier than others. Given time and practice you will begin to gauge which panels to place where. Just like to balance a tire you place weights on the opposite side.
So many uses for bees wax, use it in your blacksmithing on hot iron gives a nice black finish to your work. I use it in my leatherwork for edge burnishing also.
have you since gotten either a hot knife or a comb scraper? I like that you suggest putting a heater at the base of the centerfuge...this year will be my first to harvest honey without a mentor by my side... which is scary to me. Also, why did you not use buckets to harvest into? (I always asked bakeries prior to this year for buckets that frosting come in for it, don't want to use a pickle bucket!) :)
What don't you do? Nearly every week you have a different type of project going and talk about other things you do (like soap making). I always thought there was only 24 hours in a day. Just Kidding. You are just one busy lady and I love it. You just keep surprising us each week with something else that you do and on top of all that you have a family to help look after. I'll be looking for the next video to see what you come up with for your spare time. LOL
Very interesting. I now know at least a little something about the bee to jar process. Do you have to purposely leave some honey for the bees when your done? I know a couple of beginner bee keepers that will enjoy watching this.
Your centrifuge was vibrating because you did not have it evenly loaded. if it holds 8 screens then put 8 in or 6, 4 or 2 opposite each other inside. Remember to have even numbers arranged equally otherwise it will vibrate and possibly damage itself.
What kind of guitar is the black one hanging on the wall? 2 gallons is a heck of a lot of honey! That's pretty amazing how much you get out of the combs.
I am new to this, starting my 1st 2 hives when my bees come in a couple weeks! 🤞 ... Do you have to scrap or the heat the stuff off prior to putting in the machine, or can you just put the frames in without scraping or trying to use a head gun at all. ???? Also, what is it that is being scraped off??? Edot to add: we do have a mentor we are going to be working with, but since I am watching this video, just thought I'd ask to gather addition education and points of view, techniques, etc.
Yes they are pricey. I watched a video where he converted a regular box and just add a few flow frames witch is a lot more affordable. I just learned about them and when I seen your video I thought of them.
Great video! I have to admit that you captured my attention when you mentioned 'making soap'. I don't make mine, but do buy it locally. Would you ever consider making some and selling it on your website? I guess that would be in all of your free time LOL! Thanks Again!
Nicely done I use a Brewer sack to pour on my wax through to get the impurities out works quite well and doesn’t take long I use the sack over and over. Balance is so important to the long life of your extractor try putting equal weighted cards opposing each other it will help with your balance. I love your videos keep up the inspirational work!😀
Aren't those awesome?! They are from WW2, likely from an airplane mechanic hangar and even have recommended nut torques for various applications posted on them.
@@AnneofAllTrades agreed.. Perhaps since you're basically an advertisement scheme they would consider donating or reducing your cost? Can't hurt to ask them. We live in the city and it is perfect for us.
Anne I didn't mean that from your end.. As in that's what you're trying to do. I meant that for them they could get very good and free advertisement from a highly followed you tube channel. And it would be a win win.
Freindly little beasts......... untill the get upset with someone (: You probably need a hot knife or uncapper and I dont think those items would cost that much......Now, HOW to get rid of some of the stickies! Yummy honey!
nice to see that you got bees. but do me a favor please: watch some more youtube videos about getting the honey out. with the hotgun you destroy some parts of the honey. google for HMF (dont know if this is in english the same) for opening the cells there is a kind of fork. its quite improtant that you balance the centrifuge evenly i am a beekeeper for about 20years now... i still love those little insects
Unfortunately it was a RU-vid video that led me astray with the hotgun. I called and asked a beekeeper friend and he told me I didn’t need a hotknife, to use a spatula or serrated knife, both of which worked much better than the gun. And as far as the centrifuge goes, It was actually loaded properly, but the frames didn’t have equal amounts of honey/weight, something I hope to get better at gauging with more practice.
That's pretty amazing. My buddy is a beekeeper and he just says it's part of the job, but he also does not fully suit up each time -- with 800-ish hives thats not surprising. My wife and I have thought of it, but can't in our city, but I'd probably suit up ! :-D
An easier method I could share to uncap the frames, is we use a roller, basically looks like one of them mini rollers that you paint a wall with but it has spikes on it, amzn.to/2Ium995 made out of plastic, roll it over the frame and it bores holes in the seals, easier, less wasteful method we've found. We used the scrape method just like you in the beginning.
I used to keep bees. I had three hives. I also had a hand crank extractor, with strainer and catch pan. one does not have to turn the strainer basket like propeller to get out the honey, slow and easy is best till most of the honey is out. To open the comb I had an electric knife that would heat up something like a soldering iron only flat. this would cut off the caps beautifully with little damage to the comb if you kept it going without stopping. I suppose one could heat up an old knife that would do the same thing. I always cut up come comb because I like it that way too.
Have you watched the videos about the Rose Hive method by Tim Rowe? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dMcBiCcuC8w.html He has a very interesting channel too btw if you're interested- lots of stuff in common with you: 'Way Out West- A Blow-In Blog'