It's a very human moment when even Fred goes to his apiary and forgets his hive tool.

"Crackle of Death" - stealing that.

Stressing over watercolour cards I was painting, I thought to myself, well, maybe things are friendlier when they’re imperfect. Nobody noticed my mistakes. I learned it’s more satisfying to give as is than to “perfect and perform” first. Loved this vid. Thank you. 😎🐝👍

I like your "honey bridge" term, I'm stealing it! I also don't use a queen excluder. I've never seen these rounds before, they remind me of petri dishes 😆.

I prefer the look of the bottle of chunk honey that was topped off. It was so pretty in the jar, golden with the light coming through. It was very interesting to see the Ross rounds in action. Thanks!

I'm a first year beekeeper in Bangkok, Thailand and your videos have been very helpful. I only now figured out where you are. I grew up in Summit Township and that remains our home base in the States. Thank you for all the hard work you put into your videos!

I loved my Ross rounds. They made perfect gifts for my family in the UK.

FRED! This channel should win an award for the value of education you so kindly share with us for nothing but our thanks! Not even ads enabled on this video. You are doing it for the love of helping the bees and us and you are inspiring thousands of us! Please share as much extreme cold methods with us this year if you can. I have just started this year with one hive and a free swarm that turned up at my yard - initially I thought it was my queen, but nope it was an external swarm ;). I am a Brit from E.Anglia and I now have a permaculture homestead 62 deg North next to Russia in the Eastern Lake lands of Finland. Winters are cold. But the bee hives are thick and the lovely kind Finnish bee keeper I got my bees for is very much a man who works with the nature of bees. When I got the hive he gave me 6 hours of one on one Q&A time and I used the knowledge I had from watching you to br able to ask the right questions ;) My dream is to set up a bee "sauna" in my garden as per Dr Leo Sharashkin. The smell of my hives is so fantastic it really makes me so relaxed and I think if my hubby makes this for me I will want to sleep in there all night ,) Only 2 months in after buying my bees and the difference in my strawberry and Raspberry harvest is incredible. My fruit growing is not professional, but this year thanks to chicken/turkey manure and the pest control services of baby turkeys my fruit yields are off the charts. I would be happy for my bees to have all the honey if they needed it. Because just in pollination on my 2ha land here they are worth their weight in gold ;) Thanks for the amazing work you do. I believe good deeds are rewarded and may you always bee Blessed,!

Very interesting as I have never heard of Ross Rounds before. I find the whole idea of cut honey, and now also Ross Rounds, very appealing even if I am not keen on chewing on the wax myself. Presenting honey in this way is of course more visually pleasing, and as pure a product as can be(e), so I am sure it will sell quickly at markets, fairs, or in gastro shops and such. There is of course a bit of extra work to produce these rounds, but on the other hand no extraction equipment, or additional process is required, so from that perspective it might actually not end up being more labour intensive at all. Thanks for sharing.

I learn a tremendous amount form your video's. I love the diversity of your apiary equipment and the fact that you approach various changes you make in a scientific manner to draw accurate conclusions.

Delicious looking honey! So glad you are enjoying the hive tools 💛

Fred, you always make me smile with your whit and humor while also answering my questions, but I must say, you made LOL when the music started playing and changing to slow motion (at least it looked like it to me) when you added the honey to the jar of chunk comb. That was perfect for the moment, nice my friend!! Have a great week!! 👌

Wonderful, Fred! Always enlightening. Saves people a lot of time doing individual research.

I'm from Australia and I'm trying Ross Rounds this year for the first time. Glad I found your video. Very interesting and helpful as usual. Thank you

Thank you for this delightful and informative video! As a beginner beekeeper, I appreciate you sharing this. Your style made me feel confident and reminded me just how seductive beeswax and honey can be!

Thank you for a nice video. Looks like honey can come in many different shapes and forms of containers. Please keep it up for all of us to enjoy.

Not sure how I missed this video. Thank you for linking it in your newer video. Thank you.

I get so much information from your videos Fred!! Thank you so much. You have a knack for explaining and teaching in my opinion. All the way to the tone and relaxed expression of your voice. I’m almost two years into my quest for knowledge about honeybees so I can keep my own. Thanks in large part to you and other great video publishers on KZfaq I believe I will be confident enough this coming spring. Thanks again Fred!! Have a great weekend!!!

Thanks for sharing this. I’m considering this type of comb honey next year, and I’ve been wondering about chunk honey and how to make it. Very informative, as usual. 😊🐝

Thank you so much for another fine video, Fred! Hello from Nita in Idaho.

another perfectly presented topic mr dunn!!!! i have never done these before and you make it all seem so simple! grateful as always keep up the good work!!

Just found your channel watched this video and subscribed. You're very detailed and pleasant to listen to.

Great video!!! My 1st year doing Ross Rounds and this helps me a lot. Thank you Fred!

Love your posts Frederick, please keep posting👏👏👏👏😁

Really appreciate this video Fred. Ross rounds next year for sure!

Good video fred I also put a ross round super on I use to use hogg halves but did not have good luck with them

Wow! This was Awesome! And Your narration of the video was excellent ☆☆☆☆☆ 😎👍📹🎬 All the way from Miami Florida USA

I’m on my second year of hobby beekeeping. Next year I’m doing 1 super of rounds per hive. This was a great video! I had quite a few questions until watching this video. Thank you!

My pleasure Fred! Thank you for what you do...

Definitely gonna try this next year. Looks like fun! Thanks Fred👍

The bees and Fred are amazing. Thanks for the great video!

Just got an 8 and a 10 ross rnd kit today from Blythewood bee. Had to look for your video. Looking forward to spring.

Thanks very much Fred from the emerald isle. I might try next season if I can buy R rounds in Ireland.

Yet another fantastic video! I love comb honey and think it tastes the best. My mom used to do comb honey. All the parts were made from wood, they were square, some kind of thin wood wrapped into square shape, then loaded into medium sized frames then into medium langstroth hive body. I don't recall if you could put foundation in them. She would give them as gifts, and they were greatly appreciated.

That jar of honey looks like pure heaven .

I like both ross rounds and hogg halves, it give buyers options aside from the 4 jar sizes and the 1/4 & 1/3 gallon jug. The angled labels for the halves are limited, but you can find others. The ability to see the honey and the comb on all sizes is unique. The ross rounds are nice and if you’re having issues with the label sticking to itself, use a small piece of clear double tape between label ends. Currently Michigan has a cottage food law that works, it limits sales and what can be done, but there are legal loopholes for that.

Really great video. Very instructive.

I learn so much from watching your videos. One of these days I just might have the courage to get some bees. If I could just get someone young and enthusiastic to help me. Lol. My family aren't interested and are all flapper when they see a bee

Makes a beautiful presentation.

Thank you kindly for this video. It was very informative and thorough. I've been thinking about producing comb honey using this methodology and I now feel ready to do so. :)

Fred, great video so far, I need a nap, you put me to sleep again. 🤣 I really like the J Hook from the Honeysted, it's very nice. Frederick Dunn - ASMR videos.

Thank for showing video! I like that stuff. I m beekeepers to! You have a great time

love the hive tool!

Thanks for the video my wife and I are looking at getting some next year and we were on the fence.

Comb honey is my favorite but I had never seen it sold in rounds before, I always see it in cut rectangles. Very fascinating stuff :D

0:48 I’m here because I was just watching Better Bee’s video about Ross rounds, and your video showed up! 😂 I got a Ross round super for Christmas and I’m looking forward to using it in my apiary this year. 😊 Thank you for making this video!

Great info 🇦🇺 thanks Fred 👍🏽🐝

Hi Fred, Thanks again for all your time putting these videos together. It is very beneficial. I have a quick question for you. How do your weaver bees do filling out the Ross Rounds. I have two weaver hives that I would like to test these out on. Thanks, Tom

Great video.

TY for a most well done and instructional video!

Thank you so much Fred. Really enjoyed that. Yummmmmm!

Cool video Fred, thank you. When I started my bee hobby last year I was targeting the comb honey segment. I agree the Ross rounds method is a cool technique, my only major gripe about it is all the packaging is not sustainable. I wish their was a more friendly approach to that...

I use half hogg it’s nice. I may try these next year

Dear Frederick, Again. Many thanks for your amazing contributions to bee keepers world wide. Two questions: Is that video on hive inspection coming soon? Can't wait! AND, what are your impressions of the Weaver Bees. I drove all the way from TN to Navasota, TX to pick up a package (and a few nucs for a neighbor.) They're doing fine but really having to fight the hive beetle. Also saw some mites and I've treated times one. Are yours still doing well? Thanks!

Great video as always! My comment today is not about honey or comb. It's about bees in general. I want you to know that watching your videos had changed my thinking about bees completely. I'll tell you how. I had a bee in my house yesterday. Before watching your videos I would have simply killed that bee without thinking one thought about it. But yesterday, I felt bad about killing it. It was simply trying to get some sweet juices from the pineapple I was cutting, to take back to the hive. So I tried to coax it out of the house but it didn't work. And since I'm allergic, I couldn't just let it stay inside, or tell other he's where to get the set pineapple juice. So, I still had to kill it. It's just the thought process during and after killing it that was completely different than my way of thinking before. Thanks for sharing your videos and knowledge. I'll keep watching!

looks delicious!

Always love your videos and the vast knowledge you share with us... invaluable! Just a thought, I noticed you use the hive tool to pry on the side where there is no brown plastic circle to protect the comb. Maybe you can protect the round if you pry between frames on the dude opposite of covered rounds facing you? And, you poured unfiltered honey in your chunk comb. Do you normally filter your honey for bottling without comb?

Hi Fred. I was wondering, if I notice there is uncapped honey on the RR outer frames after a few weeks, will the bees finish capping it if I put them in the center of the box? (basically just swapping the 100% capped honey to the edges of the box). Thanks you!

Hi Fred, thanks for another great video! Just wondering if you could put the uncapped frames into another Ross round box in place if a complete frame to get capped and be used, what your opinion on that?

25:24 - Money shot and Mr. Dunn salivating. HAHA! Don't record when you are hungry.

Very informative video as always. One question have you ever used hoghalfs before you made it clear you like Ross rounds. Thank you

Very cool!

Nice job

Awesome!!! Thank you!

I have two Ross Rounds from about 30 yrs ago in the freezer, my sons 4-h project. I'll take one out one of these yrs to see how it has faired.

I might try some some Ross rounds latter on. When I can afford it I will.

Fred, I've found you can use starter strips in Ross Rounds. The bees draw them out just fine You don't have the thicker wax foundation running through the whole Round, which makes a nicer eating experience. As an added bonus, you save some $'s since I cut the foundation you use into 3 or 4 strips.

THANKS ALOT. VERY INFORMING AND CALM 👍

Thank you so much, a very informative video

That was was awsome!!

Very cool thanks for sharing 👍

Really interested to hear how the rest of your ross rounds turn out :)

For some reason, I thought that I had already subscribed, whelp did it again. That being said, thank you for this comprehensive video. Unfortunately, my kit that I bought recently was more expensive, but what isn't 2 years later? And they didn't come with 2 clears... but going forward, that will be the plan. I was told from the local supply store that I could sell them for $20 ... hopefully so. I intend to put this on my strong 3 deep hive although I have apimaye hives, so I have no inner cover. Maybe put a shallow or medium super on top with drawn comb? Or would they just pass these to go up top?

Ha Mr Dunn great video u kept talking about getting your bees ready for winter what do u do for your bees to get them ready Thanks and have a great day

Привет коллега. Мы сразу ставим банки. Тоесть сверху улея фанера, в ней отверстия под банки, в банку ставим небольшую вощину, потом банку снял и запечатал. Удачи, спасибо за видио.

Nice video! Im looking to do this next year. Since the bees didn't fill the outer rounds. IYO, would it be worth it to rotate the rounds or would that be too much of a hassle?

Hi Mr Dunn, Have you ever tried the jar method? My daughter and I were thinking of trying that one, with the mason jars on top for them to build comb and fill with honey... So I was wondering your thoughts on that? We love your channel :) thanks for your time :)

Have been following for a while now and as and old-time beekeeper was wondering if the outer Ross round frames could be replaced to the middle of the super in hopes they could be finished off? Tried the square boxes as mentioned below (that's going back a few years for me) but suspect the hives were not strong enough. Thanks for all the time and effort you put into these videos. Cheers from New Zealand.

Very helpful thanks

I wonder if you had some clear shrink wrap that you can put around it to keep the labels on and secure? That's beautiful honey.

Well here we go again another very interesting video . Let me tell you help me Jesus to be watching and not having a full mouth of water I almost swallowed my tongue that's how hungry I fell , beautiful color of a honey. Insight in the jar with the wax . Your brain is definitely got exploded with happiness thank you for that , almost impossible to be sitting and watching and not making yourself hungry from all of that beauty. I definitely saw it first time Captain honey like that and amazing. Work that those hard-working bees done , usually you see when they slice little squares of Captain honey weed wax and put them in the plastic bag I think it didn't look that nice like the circle ones. Something new for us to tell and show the kids I'm sure this work is not new but for our family interesting to see that thank you for that God bless stay happy be healthy peace. I will be very happy to buy honey like that I wish I was leaving somewhere close to you guys .🌻🥀🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

I love Fred videos for real. However, in my country what we do in the season, we go to any carpenter or we can do it on our self, we make round or square frames and fit them in out ordinary langstroth frames and put them in the hive, either 10, 8 or even 6 frames. and we sometimes put bees packages and it'll collect as much as we need of honey. that's I believe is cheaper and won't cost that much of money. It's just my point of view no more 😊

Would the insulated cover also have a benefit in the summer keeping the hive cool?

It's beautiful, but I want to know how it tastes. Will you be offering it on line or specific stores?

If I had these, my wife would have given everyone she works with one within 24 hours, haha! All of her coworkers got 12oz samples this year.

Hi Fred, someone mentioned fermented honey and I immediately thought of your Mead. Had a chance to crack a bottle now it is further along in the aging process?

Thank you sir.I am from pakistan and i like the way of you explanations

Beautiful nice

I think it's a good idea ..... you like it

👍 👍 👍 Super Video wieder mal 👍

I really enjoyed this, thank you. However, I think I will stay with cut comb.

Fred, do you have a video of how you prepare your hives for the Ross rounds… I.e. spring management for the flow"

After the first season, how clean do you need to get the plastic frames? My bees seem to deposit a lot of propolis around the edges of the white rings. Glenn

Fred would it help to swap the cassettes and move the outside ones to the centre to get them to be all filled?

Nice vid Fred! How do you get your honey down to 15% humidity and how long does that take?

Nice👍👍

💥Very nice🏆

With the slow-mo and smoky jazz music you used in the “topping off” scene, you’re coming pretty close to ‘food porn’ there Fred. 😉 Nice looking stuff!

question could you put the unfinished rounds in an extractor spin the honey out and use the rounds with the wax the next year to speed up the process

Sorry, I know this is a dumb question but can someone please explain to me, what's the difference between 'normal honey' and these ones? Do they just look different? And what honey I should choose the next time I want some honey?