Honey harvest Tutorial - Crush and Strain 2 of 2

[rborecki222]

Instead of waiting for it to drain out of the bucket for hours or days, you can use a silicone spatula to get the honey out faster

[noble6TheReachGod]

you seem like an expert, a few months ago, sometime last year, my sister was mowing our neighbors yard and ran into some honey bees (now i live in Florida btw, location is very important, different climates mean different kinds of bees), the bees weren't in a nest but there was a lot, they were flying around a plant, my dad said they were honey bees and were harmless, are they?

[SinnKanos]

@noble6TheReachGod Mostly, honeybees are harmless. YES, they can sting but Ive only been stung because I did something stupid, not my bees. Based on what you described, it sounds like you discovered a swarm. Contrary to movies, swarms are simply when a colony "splits" and a group of bees are looking for a new home. swarms are not aggressive, one of the reasons being they dont have a home tp defend.

[TheBayblademaster]

the good thing is now i can make honey

[TheBayblademaster]

how did i end up on honey videos.

[Macwylee]

@TheBayblademaster I was looking a Fus Ro dah videos when this popped up.

[dragonx151]

If ur in the air force like I am, we say over and out.

[deannacybele]

why didn't you use a spatula instead of letting it drain for days from the squish bucket to the strain bucket???

[LUK77ACH]

This video made go and get some honey. See ya later...

[sneakyam]

Thanks for this.

[jmallard34]

Very cool, question for about the wax after the honey has strained through. Does the wax left in the strainer come out pretty easily? I notice you have a solar melter and didn't know if by crusshing and straining the honey if that hindered your ability to harvest the wax from the strainer...thanks for your time

john

[joeratti]

this guy really dislikes tools. try a rubber spatula

[hellerZauberer]

Seeing as i'm more interested in the wax than the honey, TBhives are probably the way i'm going to go.

[uching]

good to see you put the honey from hive you clear out to good use

[mcmahonbj]

Good stuff. Thanks.

[C0Daddy]

the honey should be covered if it is going to sit open to air. Honey is hygroscopic and it will draw moisture from the air if it is humid where the honey is harvested. In the house where he has it, it's probably climate controlled but still, you want to keep the honey from getting too moist. Honey with a high ratio of moisture - over 15.6% is subject to fermentation.

[Kryochrysalis]

How do you decide on the price of honey? Is honey listed somewhere on the commodities market w/ pork bellies?

[OutOfaBlueSky]

@Kryochrysalis The price of honey should be set by you for your area. The local honey is $6/lb here. I set mine at $10/lb because I'm organic and I have a story to tell with my honey.

[fuzzywzhe]

@OutOfaBlueSky You went thorough all the effort for $40?

[TheSniperhotdog]

@OutOfaBlueSky and you went trough HELL to get it