Huge Record Setting Honey Harvest (Part 2)
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We had a great time as we extracted honey for our huge record setting honey harvest! Great friends came from as far away as northern Utah to help spin out this beautiful liquid gold. We used the old and refurbished Cowan Uncapper as well as two brand new Hillco Megamax extractors and we were finally able to get the job done after a long day. It was so much fun and very satisfying. I simply could not do this beekeeping thing at this level without great friends who are not afraid to work. There is nothing quite like the beekeeping community. The bees truly are the conduit to the people!
#brucesbees #honey #honeybee
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It’s great to see so many people getting into the bee movement. God bless you all.
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
Yes! Good times!!
Nice team work. Country living at its finest.
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
Absolutely. I love it! Great folks who aren’t afraid to work. There is no better fellowship than working hard together to accomplish a goal.
Look at all those buckets of honey! About a bucket every 2 boxes. Awesome teamwork!
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
Yes that’s about what we average it seems. Good times…
Awesome operation Bruce!
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
Yes it has been a major upgrade! It’s till hard work but not nearly and physically taxing as it was in the past.
Congratulations on the amazing haul this year!
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
We had a blast. We need to get you down here one of these days Conner!
Wow Bruce, that was some hard work! Congrats on the harvest.
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
It sure was but I love it. And I think the crew had a great time as well. Very satisfying!
Awesome Bruce and crew.
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
It was a great day. Thanks for checking in!
Love watching these videos!!!
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
Yessir. So much fun. I love it! Thanks for checking in Rafael. We will have to get you down there for one of these sometime!🍯😎
Brilliant 👍 great helpers and great success. Fantastic 👍 hi from central Otago southern New Zealand 👋
@barkersbees
2 күн бұрын
Wow New Zealand that is awesome
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
Thanks so much for checking in from the other side of the world!
@Manuherikiabeekeeping
5 сағат бұрын
@@barkersbees it's winter here it ain't that awesome at the moment 🥶😅
@Manuherikiabeekeeping
5 сағат бұрын
@@brucesbees cool. Always interesting to watch north american beekeepers doing stuff we'd like to be doing right now😄 except it's our winter 🥶 so I'm making boxes, frames and clearing wild rose by hand out of a new remote apairy site for spring 😂👋
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
@Manuherikiabeekeeping no doubt. We are burning up here. Hot and humid!
Congradulations Bruce!
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
Thanks Don. Good times!
Sweet crew😂 You all should make it a tour and visit others extracting 😂
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
Haha. I hear ya. You’re right. Great crew! I am truly blessed to have such great friends!
@gallowaylights
4 сағат бұрын
@@brucesbees * Thanks for showing us how honey can bring people together ❤️
Just pulled my honey supers for the second time this year. I have to extract 13 8 frame supers. Man I love this stuff.
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
Sounds like a nice pull. It’s so satisfying to see what the bees can do.
That, to me is fellowship! I love seeing this, Bruce should host helpers for future honey harvests. "Come work your butts off extracting honey!!" My brother is coming over and that is what we have planned for today, lots of work!
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
Absolutely. Haha. It’s basically what I do. And we have such a good time!
Enjoy watching all of y’all work so hard. It’s good to have help. Poor ole Bracken and the humidity. It’s good he is young.
@barkersbees
3 күн бұрын
Haha it kicked my butt a little for sure!
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
Yeah that guy is amazing. What a fun time we had though!
"Cleanse your pores"???? What a nice southern way to say you're sweating your tails off!!! 🤣GREAT crew and GREAT harvest!!!! Looks like your new process was a huge success. Congratulations!!!
@barkersbees
2 күн бұрын
The old Alabama detox!
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
Yes! What a day! Thanks for checking in Keith!
Did the trailer tarp work for ya? Recommend pulling the spinners to almost touching the corner of the uncapper drain tank. Keeps more honey off the floor and lets the loader be only 1 person per side. Great season! Love it.
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
Yeah the tarp worked well to keep the cappings off the trailer bed. I hear ya on the extractor locations but it just seems to work better this way. As people are always moving through the honey house. We are always trying to improve so thanks for the tip. I have thought doing something like that but if too close to the uncapper it would get too congested I think.🤔
I believe the hillco extractor is gonna be my next big investment. We ran 2, 9 frame SAFs this year. I thought I had a load with 20 plus buckets 😅😅😅
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
We really liked the Hillco extractors. I am going to try to get a review out soon. I have grown to the point where it is a little crazy. But I love it!
Great job guys.
Keeps that bearing greased good it will keep your machine working for many years
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
Oh yeah. We estimate this uncapper is around 50 years old and I’m sure the extractors will also last for years to come!
Nectar of the Gods. Man that’s beautiful honey.
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
Yes. It is amazing!
Great video!! I looked forward to seeing this years extraction!! Things looked a lot smoother than last year!!
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
Yes it has been a wonderful year so far! We ended up with a total of 9300 pounds for the year! A record for me!
@autumnhillbees
6 сағат бұрын
@@brucesbees 9300 WOW!! That’s amazing!! Congrats!! How do you top that for 2025
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
@autumnhillbees not sure if I want to lol. Will see if I am able to get rid of it. That’s a lot of honey to sell😅
So satisfying!!! After this, do you bottle?
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
Absolutely satisfying! We store the buckets and bottle it up a little at a time as needed.
Great video congrats on an amazing harvest!! I am in process of setting up my honey processing room now. I got everything Hillco had to offer for the most part. I got 2-3 weeks for extraction. I can't wait to put all this equipment to use!
@brucesbees
7 сағат бұрын
I think you will be satisfied with the Hillco products. I have been impressed with their customer service and products for sure.
Did I see a drone comb in that honey super 😂
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
Maybe. Not sure. Every once in a while it happens … but very rarely. I am pretty careful.
wish I was there with you''all
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
We certainly had a great time! Thanks for checking in!
Love my Hillco... much smaller than yours😉
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
Quality product for sure. We are pleased!
You need to get rusty on one of your streams he is good hearted
I recognized Grammy's voice right off the bat.
@628DirtRooster
Күн бұрын
Good to see Richard too.
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
Grammy is awesome and definitely has a recognizable voice. We had such a fun and hardworking crew! It was fun!
How did the hops spider work? Was it a pain to clean?
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
They worked great. Easy to clean. Flip them upside down and spray the out. We cleaned and changed them out several times during the harvest as they do eventually get clogged with particles. But they were awesome! It was good to have 2 of them to rotate.
@tritonewr4054
5 сағат бұрын
@@brucesbees that’s great to hear. I just ordered one. It’s coming from Canada. Where did you source yours from? Thanks.
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
@tritonewr4054 probably the same place. Ours came from Canada.
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
brewhaequipment.com I believe.
@tritonewr4054
5 сағат бұрын
@@brucesbees yep same place. Thanks Bruce.
Hello All. Happy 4th
That’s a lot to bottle, congratulations
@brucesbees
7 сағат бұрын
Yep we will be bottling for months now haha. I bottle it up on an “as needed” basis typically.
Looking good
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
Thank you. Good times!
Dang, my wimpy 17 buckets over here.... Lol
Get a fan in there 😅
@barkersbees
2 күн бұрын
Oh we had some!
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
There was a fan in there! Just very humid.
How does the hillco compare to the lyson?
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
Much preferred. Heavier duty. I think Rusty really liked the Lyson but as soon as he saw my Hillco he ordered one for himself. We sold our other two extractors.
@jayphillips2582
5 сағат бұрын
@@brucesbeesnice, the lyson has treated me very well over the last two years but I have noticed hillco has really come out and on fire with products. I have the hillco bottling tank, uncapping tank and auto bottle filler. Seriously considering adding a second extractor and may lean that direction VS a second lyson.
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
Oh yeah. Rusty loves his Lyson. But is sold completely on the Hillco. I would recommend it for sure. I don’t think you will be disappointed.
Great job happy Independence Day god bless !
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
Good times…
You have a nice place of land is that your home ?
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
It is my friend Rusty’s place.
Hay there's no way that was you wife . You got 2 daughters. Awesome job and video tho .
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
Yes she is beautiful and willing to put up with me. She’s a keeper!
@kentcostello5286
4 сағат бұрын
@@brucesbees my wife wants to throw me back because I'm never home when I am home hunting fishing or out gardening or in the messing with my honeybees.
Why the motor is on top and not under like some European models
Good harvest. What kind of machine is that, he's putting the wax cappings in?
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
A wax spinner. Not sure of the brand. I bought it with the uncapper.
@jimallen1176
41 минут бұрын
I'd like to see a video on the wax spinner. I've got a chain uncapper. I'm trying to figure out a better solution for my wax.
What a HAPPY GROUP an DEDICATION you see in EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE BEE FAMILY. Bruce I think you have sure got you choke points worked out . The filtering tank sure works great . Great job for you all . Thanks
@brucesbees
5 сағат бұрын
We are getting it figured out. And it’s so much fun. I love the fellowship of people working together to accomplish a goal. Nothing better than that. I truly am blessed with great friends!
Amazing haul great hard working crew,nice equipment too,so whats that 500 gallons
@brucesbees
6 сағат бұрын
Yes a little over 500 gallons that day. 775 for the year. Or 9300 pounds.