Harvesting 68kg of honey - full process from beehive to jars + candle making 

It's actually crazy that you're commenting on videos about beekeeping 😭 keep up the good work RU-vid, educating yourselves on those little friends called beezzz

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Ayo, this is the real RU-vid wtf?

18 likes on a RU-vid comment on a video that's #47 on TRENDING. wthhhhhh

mfw when the youtube is youtubing

I thought the same! My local bee keeper produces the thickest, darkest honey ever, in countryside Colombia. You see, feel and taste the purity in it.

Oh for sure. My local bee keeper has some of the best clover honey ever. Keep up the good work!

This video made me look for a local beekeeper and i found out there is 1 only 10 minutes from my place. Im going to get me some honey, beer and wine there tomorrow

Enjoyed your video from harlingen Texas 🇺🇸 USA

I'm in London and I would like to by some please

It's a myth but supporting local is definitely brilliant!

@@PriyaPans It is not a myth. And yes, buy local.

@@smokeythebear1633 this assumes that the exact allergen is present in the local honey. The issue being that it's only some people who are allergic to pollen. Other "hayfever" is caused by other molecules. But let's say it is flower pollen. Many of these flowers someone may have allergies to may only flower a short amount of time. And then on top of that it assumes that the bees have taken enough pollen from THOSE flowers and not as much from other flowers to then deliver enough of the allergen to then subject the body to. If the pollen is in miniscule amounts, it won't do much at all. Even then, you would have to invest very large amount of it to be effective enough. There are some studies that show it does help a bit. However honey helps with cold adjacent symptoms as a whole. So it may be this soothing property that is doing most of the leg work. In terms of modulating the immune system that really depends. If it's cells in the nasal cavity and the throat that are over reacting to pollen, the exposure to the allergen in honey to the oesophagus may not modulate the activity of the cells in the airways. It's why we have issues with vaping. The FDA regulates chemicals which are certified as safe for ingestion. These same chemicals used in vaping pens and devices are aerosolised for inhaling. Which is not a function that these compounds are technically marked as safe for. Gradually it's becoming more and more known, especially in papers, that there is a long term impact to the airways and lungs to breathing in that which you should be eating. Not inhaling. Those are different tissues. Is my point. Because the pollen in honey is "training" (that's if we suggest it DOES module the cellular activity) it likely still won't alter the behaviour of cells that are part of a different tissue. There MAY be ways to do this but it requires a lot more research and it's hard to test this.

@@PriyaPans SO it is not a "myth" as you originally posted, it just isn't "tested" in a controlled way. I don't need the FDA let alone snarky "trust the sciencers" on youtube to tell me what has been known from at least biblical times. Thanks for your input, but no thanks.

@@smokeythebear1633 it's a myth in that it's not proven. It's a myth. In that people say it works as a cure against hay fever but in practice it doesn't work (I wish it did. I have hayfever!). The science doesn't entirely back it and as far as I currently understand, the best way to make it work is if you can control how much pollen bees put into their honey and where they get it from. That's arguably insane and potentially not possible to even do that to bees (potentially unethical and unsafe for the bees also). Honey doesn't cure everything, and to suggest it's been known from the biblical times is laughable. If honey was the solution to hayfever it would be great. I'd be eating jars of the stuff each summer. But it doesn't work. I think it's hypocritical for you to have that attitude towards science. You're typing on a phone, more than likely. Using electricity. You might drive a car. You might use glasses or heating aids, or know someone that does. You likely use painkillers when you have a headache or back pain. You might use eye tests at an opticians. You likely have anaesthesia if you need medical treatment. If you got a health issue you likely go to the doctor's and get treated. Why is that okay but wanting rigorously tested medication and proof is bad? I think nature is an absolutely fantastic source of medical marvels. I work with people who look into fauna and flora for molecules that make have potential. I know that aspirin comes from willow bark. I'm a believer than the old witches in the old villages and the medicine women likely had a great knowledge of the natural world and many of their cures may have been rooted in fact. These old folk remedies are then tested and checked to see what molecules actually work. Why do they work. Do they have side effects... And then we make modern medication from them. That way we can control and test for these things. It's like how pain medication doesn't work as well for those with red hair. People aren't all the same. If you wanted to ask someone to chew on some bark for some pain medication, not everyone will react the same. Having quantified medication means that you can tell people based in their own traits and their own body reaction. How much of a medication they may need to take. Nature is absolutely wonderful and deserves protection. Humanity was given brains, knowledge, curiosity and the ability to innovate. We create faster and faster. We invent. And we have the ability to to understand the world around. Why it works. How it works. You do people and your own god a disservice to not realise the gift humanity has been given.

I was shocked that he's only selling 8oz jars for 5£. That would be a solid price per unit for 5+ kg tubs as economies of scale. Smaller volumes are better priced at just over 1£ per oz, so charging between 10-12£ would work out for his 8oz jars (like you said, around 2 to 2.5 times his rate).

He likely doesn't mind selling it so cheap because the real money is made from the videos anyway. Kind of a cool way to finance one's hobbies!

Don't forget it also helps with seasonal allergies by exposing you to the local pollens

@@themightymcb7310I was just going to add that for people local to him that suffer from hay fever his locally produced honey is meant to be the best way to prevent symptoms the following year.

​@@themightymcb7310no it doesn't. Bees take pollen from flowers that are too big, and not evolved to, float on breeze, so pollen in honey isn't the same pollen that gives people allergies.

Thanks Jack! :)

What a beautiful comment ! 😄

​@just_alex I think I recognise the field and the post box lol..wouldn't happen to be Greenhill area?

​@@just_alex great job bro 🎉 one question how much honey did you leave for your girls or are you going to feed sugar? Just woundring

Clean and sterilize jars 1st pls

Dont sound you are gonna do much at all in life if you LIVE on youtube.

@@freespeechisdead202 if you live on youtube but cant manage a 50 min video u dont live on youtub.

Great suggestion. I'd imagine his neighbours would actually be happy to return the jars if he asked and they didn't need them!

He said he liked the idea of people having empty jars to use when they were done using it for honey but mabye thats a good idea kinda gets rid of that purpose tho

I did this when i was a little kid selling strawberry jam and it worked very nicely

@@muricaballprodocutions8248 I don't think it defeats the purpose of the clear jars at all, the fact they're clear makes them easier for him to reuse if people do return them. And he can always have it as a suggestion not a policy for people whos gonna buy a nice bit of his honey, say they bought 4 jars over a couple months, they can always keep 2 and still return the other 2 so they don't end up with 20 of empty jars in a couple years.

They're still going to make the jars regardless if he buys them or not lol the environment will still have as many jars as it did the day before

I appreciate that!

This is good to know that other beekeepers say that. I'm really thinking of starting a beekeeping business with 200 hives :) Though my only knowledge is from Alex' videos and after that a little research on the internet. Alex gave me the idea to that, thanks Alex :))

What’s a serie?

Series*. Serge is French and most probably isn't fluent in English spelling:) ​@@royedwards51

Is the beekeeping the same in France and England?

I agree So true

Ditto

Go check out his first ones where he was just starting and learning - I learned a lot as he did and explained it

I really love finding RU-vid content like this on the home page

Honey is bee vomit

Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love , and peace all over the world 🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Thaoms Gabriel from Brooklyn New York, where are you from if I may ask??

Truly truly inspiring Keep doing what you doing Wishing you all the best from across the globe 😊

how lovely right!

same here, he did a pleasant job of introducing new things to be curious about. without showing something repetitively the whole video.

Enjoy!

Same here ❤❤❤

So true😊

Agree! :D

I have bee'n saving my bee video for today ...brilliant ....I'm really enjoying it🦄🐆🍰💐🥂💜😎🎭

Here here from South Africa

@@sUASNews I want to be Alex when I grow up - wholesome and curious and loveable. (I am grown up, but still...)

I just loved this comment, and I thoroughly agree. Alex you're a fine young man, and your parents are surely proud. Thank you for the clear, easy to digest information. I am now considering getting some bees of my own. Thank you again, from US. 🐝🍯 Wishing you well in whatever you do. 🙏

😀you did awesome. Congrats🎉

Thanks so much for watching!

One of the best content creators out here in my opinion

Best of luck buddy

@@just_alex Solid work Alex, but moving to the city is a really bad idea if you plan on even keeping bees, cities are too confined for proper bee keeping without building a whole habitat for them, also unless you're going to live on the outskirts of the city

Do it

Thanks so much!

You’re first words are so true ☺️

@@just_alex not sure if you’ve close comments, but I’ve only just seen the video and it would seem I’ve missed out again 🤨 You are my local bee-keeper, or at least you were, but being that you’re on the move won’t be soon. I enjoyed you videos so keep up the good work.

His parents must be great they let him dig the garden up for his veggies now he's moving out!

It's just so true that the more you do something, the more you learn and get better! By documenting this project, I have really seen that!

Wow

@@user-fx7kk8il6b troll...if you can't say anything constructive, don't say anything at all.

Thanks for all the info! Appreciate it!

The part about the jars also was a bit odd to me. Maybe he did wash them and just put them back into the boxes for convinience...? Regarding the filling of the jars: I already see him picking up his next projects with programming and 3D printing to automate the process at his new place. :D Or maybe he starts small and just sticks an electric motor and a gearbox to the extractor next time. ;)

@@markuswierer1755 an aftermarket electric motor is a great next step, especially if Alex is looking to increase the number of hives he has. We used to do it by hand, but with the addition of the “plug and play” motor, it makes the process significantly faster! Not to mention, less tiring.

That was also my highlight of the video :)

Thanks!

Love the videos keep on trying new skills (: @@just_alex

What area are you in Alex? I'm at base of Cleeve Hill

Does your son love insects? I have always been interested in bees and other insects. Here is my favorite insect of all time since I was a kid, it is the Polistes annularis paper wasp, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LJmOkR1yd9E.htmlsi=3U7GpURjEIuyAmTw

Agree with you entirely! Great way to teach kids about science and chemistry

Thanks so much! means a lot to read this!

@@just_alexmuch love from the states

Thanks a lot! :)

thanks for your kindness!

Epipen is definitely your friend! But also, it's worth talking to a specialist to see if you can get desensitised to bee venom.

Thanks Kalle, my trip to Sweden to meet you was very inspiring!

Absolutely! I always thought honey was expensive, as a new beekeeper this year I am figuring out the cost in terms of investment and time needed to harvest the honey. Let alone the effort the bees need to to put in to make it all possible!

Thank you so much!!

Thanks so much! :)

omg congratulations 🎉❤