Extracting Honey From 80,000 Hives | Tour of Adee Honey Farms

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We toured one of the massive honey houses of the largest beekeeping operation in the country, Adee Honey Farms based in Bruce, South Dakota.
Follow third-generation beekeeper Kelvin Adee along as he walks you through his entire facility, from preparation in the hot room to barreling in the warehouse.
A big thanks to Kelvin and his team at Adee Honey Farms for hosting us. It was a true honor to share the story of the Adee family.
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0:00 - Hot Room
2:29 - Extracting Room
7:30 - Storage Room
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@Catseye189 10 ай бұрын

All the flowers and bees that went into that production, we thank you!

@dylanbenz7724 14 күн бұрын

My grandpa has worked for Adee Honey Farms since he was 16 years old. He’s 83 now. Still works hahaha. I’ve gotten so much of this honey over the years. It’s great!

@EverybodysSenator4US Жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to get a personal tour by Mr. Adee of the entire Bruce location and think back to it often. I am super pleased they made this video. And I thank him and his family for the wonderful tour several years ago. They are the largest Beekeepers in America.

@captainamericaamerica8090 Жыл бұрын

THEIR HONEST IS JUST A CHEAP MASS PRODUCED MECHANICALLY PROCESSED HONEY. 😣😤😤😥

@Ghhyuttgg Жыл бұрын

@@captainamericaamerica8090 as opposed to what?

@Konarcoffee Жыл бұрын

@@Ghhyuttgg The same process but you take out every mixer/separator/etc. machine that you see in this video. Doing things at such mass scale 100% effects the final product

@chuckholt9860 Жыл бұрын

I am a truck driver who used to haul honey from a warehouse in New Jersey to Ohio. The loads were very heavy and tricky to know where to set your tandems. Your facility and process is impressive!

@rexrovig9299 2 жыл бұрын

As a resident of Bruce of many years ago it is of interest to me to see that the Bee industry is an up and going business in the area.

@MrTimjd123 Жыл бұрын

Remember this. No bees. No food. No food. No people. Bees are angels and need to be loved and protected.

@davediamond7228 Жыл бұрын

it appears bees are slave labor ...

@susanfulce764 2 жыл бұрын

So impressive. Thank you for this virtual field trip!

@PremierBeeProducts 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Susan!

@brettdean6182 2 жыл бұрын

Hi from Australia. I'm a queen bee breeder and harvest honey as well but only small scale. Love the set up you have for your extraction room. Keep up the great work.

@danielcollins9628 Жыл бұрын

Hey I'm an aspiring queen bee breeder do u have any tips for North Queensland

@ak-jx1pm 5 ай бұрын

Make the bees have sex

@gerardjohnson2106 2 жыл бұрын

AMAZING. Their whole operation is AMAZING. Thanks for sharing

@PremierBeeProducts 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Gerard!

@captainamericaamerica8090 Жыл бұрын

IT'S A MASS PRODUCED MECHANICAL PRODUCTION FACTORY. THE BEST HONEY IS SMALL BATCH ORGANICS RAW HONEY. THE BEES🐝🐝THAT" MAKE THIS HONEY HERE ARE FED WHITE REFINED SUGAR=!😣😣😤😧😧

@la9679 5 ай бұрын

I used to work for the adee family, great people great company.😊

@user-si7ps9jt6o 3 ай бұрын

Could you help me, please, what frames are used, can`t identify them unfortunately

@papasgrogreens9054 Жыл бұрын

So AMAZING!!! Thank you guys, I love honey! 🤤

@kennyirish5021 11 ай бұрын

Crazy big work force, Glad they are putting that many people to work. Wow

@BradCampbellmn 6 ай бұрын

Most of the workers are H2A workers from other countries

@VictorFursov Жыл бұрын

Thank you for interesting video about beekeeping industry and honey bees. Best wishes to the entomologists and beekeepers and bumble-bee lovers, honey lovers and insect lovers!

@woke1340 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting! I’d love to see the hives they have!

@mynsal 2 жыл бұрын

My hometown is Bruce SD and my mothers house 🏡 is right across the street now currently bought by. My baby sister Julie and John

@gwenyngruffydd 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video! Great work! Big thumbs up from me all the way from Wales in the UK 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@russellkoopman3004 2 жыл бұрын

I got my college degree from Brookings SD and went by Bruce many times and never knew there was such an impressive bee operation there. I wish I would have stopped in, maybe I could have gotten a summer job there. LOL

@nectardocerrado Жыл бұрын

Congratulations, hugs.

@satyanarayankankipati3633 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very informative video. From India.

@gunawan8989 Жыл бұрын

Lovely experience...❤

@elricthebald870 2 жыл бұрын

As a mead homebrewer it's very interesting to see how my main ingredient is processed on a large scale. 👍 "Obey the bees." 🐝

@nalixl Жыл бұрын

That was something i wanted to see for a long time. Always been curious how something like that works at scale. Anyway, is there any chance we'll see a video of the hives where this honey is harvested from?

@mattstead387 Жыл бұрын

Worked it out based on 80000 hives and average Hive producing 60lb of honey the total wholesale value of that honey each year is $32million.

@beebop9808 Жыл бұрын

@ $2.60 avg wholesale price US/lb, that'd be a little closer to $12.5 M.

@JamesJones-cx5pk Жыл бұрын

Each hive 60 lb?. More like 6 lbs.

@beebop9808 Жыл бұрын

@@JamesJones-cx5pk lol That's pretty pitiful. Adee's bread and butter is pollination services, honey is a byproduct. I'm sure they get on some crops that don't yield much honey though, like almonds.... but when you're cashing in $125 bucks a hive or so for a couple of weeks who cares how much honey they make.

@captainamericaamerica8090 Жыл бұрын

@@beebop9808 You're clueless. You= 😳😳they sell , the wax= 💰💰💰the pollen è 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰wax is super pricey!

@jeffmaster2306 Жыл бұрын

@@JamesJones-cx5pk you clearly don’t have bees some good hives can give more than 100lbs

@kennethdrovdal1082 Жыл бұрын

Impressive. Top notch from in the door to out and continued success to you and your crew. I've always considered Watertown home no matter my address.

@3eqab Жыл бұрын

لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

@628DirtRooster 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice tour video. I interviewed Richard Adee in their Mississippi queen rearing yard several years back but never got around to editing the footage.

@isaacmartinez2102 Жыл бұрын

Id like to see footage of Adees Mississippi location.

@628DirtRooster Жыл бұрын

@@isaacmartinez2102 I'll try to get that edited this season.

@MECowgo Жыл бұрын

That was pretty cool but I can't help thinking what would happen if a forklift ran into one of those walls of stacked honey barrels. A tsunami of honey.

@kleebgaming5209 Жыл бұрын

Yeah this plant is absolutely crawling with OSHA violations. Stacking barrels like that, full or empty, is an instant citation. 105 degree F work environment, un-guarded chain drives, lack of hearing protection, bad forklift discipline, the list goes on. They should really take down this video or they're asking for a surprise visit if they haven't already.

@vivianhart7152 Жыл бұрын

How can the bees produce honey without flowers?

@blaahster 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@alexarce8547 Жыл бұрын

Hello, greetings, I am Alejandro Arce, I am a Mexican beekeeper with 28 years of experience. I am looking for a job opportunity in a bee farm. I appreciate any information. My mother tongue is Spanish. Thank you very much.

@mikefrench4787 Жыл бұрын

Very impressive

@afterburner3999 Жыл бұрын

Nice System i only had a 24 frame xtrcta and hand operated frame loader. No wax seperata just let it float on top in big tank b4 draining honey into drums then washed wax out after 3 days extracting 8 44s in one day alone.

@Will-ol9lp Жыл бұрын

So where are all the honey bees ???

@achosenone44 Жыл бұрын

the sickos demonic fallen angels killed them !!! not deceiving me

@Nick_865 10 ай бұрын

Tell us you know nothing about beekeeping….without telling us you know nothing about beekeeping

@deanguando1335 Жыл бұрын

Quite an operation.

@squirtdaddy3428 Жыл бұрын

Now I want some fresh buttermilk biscuits, with honey.

@beegoodlife 11 ай бұрын

Nice !

@HiMarsPewPew Жыл бұрын

That’s a lot of honey 🍯 money 💰

@OregonCrow Жыл бұрын

Nice video, love the bee's! Subbed

@NinjaForHire Жыл бұрын

Its crazy how we can scale just about anything

@tawilk Жыл бұрын

wondering since they're not checking for amount of capped cells, how do they prevent fermentation when they're just blindly shuffling each frame in?

@ibraheemali9541 Жыл бұрын

nice content subscribed

@jt-bw6qd Жыл бұрын

Find this to be stunning! Gagagagaga

@alisonyahna8041 11 ай бұрын

How do you control? Small hive beetle in the hot room?

@Q..J.. Жыл бұрын

No one explained what happened to the bees who worked so hard to make that honey. What happened to them?

@id10t98 Жыл бұрын

They were given several weeks off to vacation in Italy, Monaco and the south of France before needing to return to work.

@nailadee Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure they were moved to the empty hives

@jamesdeclan7538 Жыл бұрын

Worker bees fill these things in the video called 'supers' and queen excluders, so the bees fill it up with honey, and once full, the bees leave that section of the hive alone, usually only a couple stragglers will be in it but otherwise none.

@Chef2667 Жыл бұрын

What you see here are just extentions . Bees stays in the main hive to serve the queen.

@airheartforge1796 9 ай бұрын

. . Like You and Me . . They Die . . .

@penelopelgoss2520 Жыл бұрын

Where do you get your barrels? Used? Reused? New?

@jovanvujovic3932 9 ай бұрын

👍, riječi su suvišne

@staudtj1 Жыл бұрын

Is Honey still on the list of U.S. Govt. Commodities, available to Schools and Prisons?

@cw7784 Жыл бұрын

It looks like the guy that was told to to get a barrell was like nah go get that other guy to do it @ 08:12 lmbo

@theophiluseshun771 Жыл бұрын

I am from Ghana... Please can I extract from the Queen hive??? Because it contains a lot of honey...

@adirtyrat Жыл бұрын

Cool

@oceanic8424 Жыл бұрын

Where do the bees hangout during the extraction process? Is the frame completely emptied in the extraction process?

@suryakant1112 Жыл бұрын

In heaven ... 🤣🤣🤣

@robertzalenski4512 10 ай бұрын

WOW ! I am so surprised thete aren't a bazillion bees in the extraction room.

@brianschrombeck7313 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome setup! Just a backyard Beek here. Hey I noticed the sound mix is really uneven. I had to turn it down to 1 and it was still too loud. Just a thought. I'm also a sound engineer lol.

@infinity_CNC Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly. Why do content creators rarely get this right?!

@daleolson3506 Жыл бұрын

The. Music sucks

@bogey19018 Жыл бұрын

What does a barrel go for?

@gcb6185 14 күн бұрын

How do you control moth infestation in the bee boxes?

@karlburt01 Жыл бұрын

Your centrifuges times seem twice as long to spin, Ever considered Beetec nz centrifuges? Smaller units but i could see 4 per station would half your time and near dry.

@elbrusibrahimov9261 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@3Beehivesto300 Жыл бұрын

What is the round thing the pallet is placed on at the extraction line?

@azpcox Жыл бұрын

Makes their job easier by raising and lowering based on the frames they have left. I imagine with as many boxes to process, bending over for even a small amount would build up into major back pain.

@redwood1957 5 ай бұрын

Is this non pasteurized honey? Thank you

@jonesy4588 10 ай бұрын

after you take your honey up what do you do to ruin it , I have never bought any honey that was good to eat but from 1 person , and he did nothing to his honey but strain it and put it in a glass jar straight from the hive .

@Sorga_myth_dewa_real Жыл бұрын

HONEY : Natural liquid glucose,,(plantic glucose harvest by honey bee)

@zahrahoneypakistan9798 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing work sir۔🥰 Sir I have some questions، can you please anwer me?

@buyamerican3191 Жыл бұрын

Talk, Talk, Talk. Just show the important stuff!

@BlackWit11 Жыл бұрын

So just one question..... where are all the bees?

@JimDean002 Жыл бұрын

Back on the farms in the hives. They don't take the entire hive down just the parts filled with honey. They leave the rest for the bees and add new empty slats for them to fill

@halfnelson6115 Жыл бұрын

Is Nature Nates real honey or does it have sugar syrup mixed in?

@beebop9808 Жыл бұрын

Adee is legit. They don't pack that crap.

@halfnelson6115 Жыл бұрын

@@beebop9808 I asked about Nature Nates. Not Adees.

@claraeditacandini9001 Жыл бұрын

how do they differentiate honeycomb filled with honey and baby bees? no baby bees are killed in this process right?

@randallmarsh1187 Жыл бұрын

They make a screen called a Queen Excluder that has holes too small for the queen to get through. Therefor she can't get in those supers and lay eggs ruining the honey.

@garyclarke8862 Жыл бұрын

What do you sell a barrel of honey for

@raywyman8717 10 ай бұрын

How do they pollinate all of those fives that’s a question

@stephenfanthorpe2708 Жыл бұрын

Imagine separating wax to blend it in to separate it again , beyond me

@rockvillemike6062 Жыл бұрын

How do the bees feel about you taking all their honey?

@user-eb3oq9rn9n Жыл бұрын

Red paint painting barrel inside? Why it's not stainless steel ?

@Nick_865 11 ай бұрын

😂 you think food grade drums are all SS? Lol

@jebise1126 9 ай бұрын

with every barrel you get some extra rust or paint...

@Mike-lu1pt 10 ай бұрын

looks so dirty and the barrels are painted red on the inside?

@dewservices Жыл бұрын

How much for a barrell of honey? Since it lasts forever, may be a good idea to buy one for you whole life.

@rickpawl Жыл бұрын

It really would’ve been nice to see the extraction process and have that explained, but it was completely left out.

@noobishsite Жыл бұрын

This was a surprise.... i thought honey house was a completely different house with lots of red lights and beds

@EMBL2011 Жыл бұрын

My parents just got back from visiting a honey farm. They have 2500 hives and being located in the Canadian prairies are able to get double the honey from each hive. The make a profit of $900,000 each year 😱 I want to be a honey bee farmer now. 💰 Plus I love honey 😋 and raw organic honey has so many health benefits.

@SuperSaltydog77 Жыл бұрын

you're right, raw honey does have many health benefits. But you still have to be careful as honey is sugar, and to much sugar is not healthy

@rickjudgejr1435 Жыл бұрын

Is that safe to put the honey in a steel drum. Steel will rust or chip

@igors.787 Жыл бұрын

And drum never washed.

@sappir26 Жыл бұрын

Great set up but how much of that honey comes from Organic Pollination with No pesticides or chemicals used on the plants that the bees feed from during the spring and summer months?

@beeguyNE Жыл бұрын

There is no such thing as Organic honey, bees will fly all over the place to collect pollen and nectar, There is no test that can be done on the honey to see if it was harvested from chemical free plants. You could have one field of sunflowers that are not treated with chemicals, and 2 miles away have a field of canola that is treated with chemicals, the bees don't know the difference, and bring the nectar into the supers. Organic honey is a marketing term, it means absolutely nothing.

@spaaggetii Жыл бұрын

Honey! Wheres the HONEY?

@johnl2727 Жыл бұрын

This kind of ruined my head in the sand vision of bee hives and honey driving down a road seeing five or six white hive boxes on a corner of some farm.

@Aereaphotography 2 жыл бұрын

Nice diesel forklift in the honey house

@Nick_865 Жыл бұрын

Its propane...

@Matty88K Жыл бұрын

@Nick_865 Yes, it is propane. They should be using electric in an indoor food processing facility.

@user-dz5hv3sx5s Жыл бұрын

Where do the Bees go when their hives are in the factory.?🤔

@MrGandoff Жыл бұрын

"WAX ON, WAX OFF"

@StephenBradley2317 Жыл бұрын

I bet there are zero days that you aren't sticky when you get home.

@JH-kh9lf Жыл бұрын

Has anyone in your warehouse, NOT be stung by a bee that's hitched a ride?

@tymz-r-achangin Жыл бұрын

The essence of the fruit from the garden of Eden is probably the only thing keeping them from getting down into their birthday suits in that 105 degree work area .... well that and the law suits that would follow

@lytken Жыл бұрын

you really need a better lens when filming the focus here if so bad and all over the place but a good info film

@DJSTEWS Жыл бұрын

Imagine a earthquake and aftermath of honey everywhere 😂

@dwaynekoblitz6032 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, where are the bees?!? No mention of them at all.

@tomheineman4369 Жыл бұрын

Old fashioned peanut butter is the only way I will eat honey. Maybe it's OK to put it in beer but I don't drink beer. Honey is like tofu. It's OK for somebody else.

@BrianGLee-bc7hj Жыл бұрын

Honey made a relative a wealthy man

@BrianGLee-bc7hj Жыл бұрын

In Michigan

@andrerousselsapet5219 Жыл бұрын

Looks great This is one of the more modern factory plants Especially in the separation of the wax and honey Your temperatures that you maintain in the different areas??? So you can still call it RAW HONEY THE MIXINGBOFNYOUR HONEY IN THE PIPES???? Looks great I like you chatting and summary of where your honey comes from 🤞🤞🤞🤞👌😊🐝🐝🐝🐝

@heidilecompte4198 Жыл бұрын

Where are the bees?

@hi.jonathan3987 Жыл бұрын

At $32million dollars a year you would think they would have electric forklifts. They could breathe a lot easier📌

@JimDean002 Жыл бұрын

Those are propane powered so they're already a lot cleaner than gas or diesel

@zincfive 8 ай бұрын

Do a video of your wax extraction, please,,

@freespeech515 Жыл бұрын

how many lifeforms in the honey?

@muhammadkabiruharuna4480 Жыл бұрын

Wow. That’s really great. I have a bee farm on a small scale in Nigeria Africa. I will like to visit your farm some day. I hope you will be interested in developing a similar farm in Nigeria. We can partner with you. If you like the idea we can talk.