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This was so interesting! I learned so much and appreciate honey even more than before. I also love how the whole family came together to prepare the site for them. You are raising a lovely brood!

This would have to be one of my favourite videos that Mark does ( I loved the one he did two years ago as well), he is a natural born teacher. Thanks so much to Mark, Weston, and you, Lauren, for another brilliant video on the real Alaska Life 👍

There's an orange grove behind my apartment and I've watched the beekeepers set out boxes with bees. Let me tell you that the orange blossom honey is the absolute best. There are also cactus along the fence line and the people who pick the fruit cut down the cactus to take home to eat. I find the whole process very interesting. I enjoyed hearing first hand you and Mark breaking the process down for everyone to better understand

Excellent educational video. And great family work ethic. Lots of work but lots of rewards as well. Love that everyone gets involved. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thank You Lauren and Mark for the knowledge of Bees in Alaska ! They sure did work hard to dig out the place for the hives... great job guys ! Very Interesting .. can’t wait for updates on them . Have a good day to all !!

I love learning about Alaska, and wow beekeeping in the snow! Love your boys and how they are always so eager to help. Have a blessed Sunday 🙏🏾😘

What a great video. Thank you for taking the time to bring us along.

Bees are such amazing little creatures! Keep fully living the experiences, being present in the moments and cherishing the memories with your beautiful family Lauren🫶🏻🌈 🐝

Thank you Lauren and Mark. What amazing information. I had no idea what the process was and how they produced. As always loved watching you and gaining information about Alaska

Good Afternoon Hamm Family ❤️ Bees... hmmm... I have a love-hate relationship with bees. I love watching them at work collecting nectar, their importance to our environment, and the delicious honey they provide. I hate the memory, at age 10 or 11, when I accidentally ran into a natural hive while playing hide n seek with friends. So many stings. So much pain. A trip to the ER, but luckily not being allergic. The cats love watching them from the window, chattering up a storm; while Maggie has yet to learn that catching a bee in her mouth is painful and results in a swollen snoot and mouth, and a long Benadryl nap 🐝 We thought about raising bees, but decided against it. We have so many apiaries, and a beekeeping school, in our area and a co-op that carries local honey. We get our honey from an apiary up the road (mostly) and the co-op... delicious... and great for my allergies and for immune support. I love my honey both in its traditional syrupy form and the creamier form... and don't forget the honeycomb... a nice little treat. A piece of toasted bread, a little butter and a generous amount of honey is good for the taste-buds and the mood🍯 Love seeing all the work smarter not harder mindset and dedication preparing for the new arrival. Lots of busy bee work from you and the Alaska Boys proves you're all up to the task, including getting an area cleared out... big difference from the pix. Awesome job by you all 💪 Weston looks like he may have a new interest. So inquisitive and happy to lend a hand and make sure the bees are happy and content 😊 Thank you, Mark, for the lesson on bees and beekeeping; so informative. It's interesting to see and hear about how much work is involved in having a successful harvest... both by the bees and the beekeeper. As always, thank you, Lauren, for sharing another family adventure. The two of you are too cute together... like kids in a candy jar, but instead it's the honey jar. And, please Mark, no silly Dad jokes about bees 😁 Have a blessed and happy day. Yah's Blessings 🤗 P.S.: I'd love some of your honey harvest. Mmmm 😋

Awesome video, so different, great to see. Thank you for sharing as I bet was a real task to film.❤

That was fascinating! Thanks for taking us through the whole process 🐝🐝🐝 I have to say I never appreciated the work involved before watching this-for the bee keepers & the bees !

This was SO interesting. Never dove so deep. The best kind of KZfaq channel!

Omg 😱 those bees in the car 🚘

Did anyone else find the irony of the Honey Maid Graham Crackers stored on the shelf beside the bees in the garage...maybe a subtle little incentive for the bees. =o)

Great video, Mark and Lauren,thank you so much 😊

Very interesting!

How interesting! Thank you so much.

Wow! So much I didn't know about bees and bee keeping. Very good info. Also, Loved the "this is the place" reference from yuor husband when you all found the spot for the bees.

Lauren you look absolutely fantastic, your gym sessions are paying off 😊👍

Thanks for sharing. Hope y’all get lots of honey.

Thanks for sharing! Very informative and interesting! Good luck with your Bees!

I didn't know about honey bee not being in Alaska. It greats to learn this Bee's

Amazing I I love honey

I really enjoyed your Bee video learned so much and could see having bees is a big job. thank you for all the information and your knowledge good luck.

Oh I’m so excited to watch this about bee’s. Yes keep us posted. 😊

Wow. Thanks for sharing. Good luck. Very exciting✌️❤️🇺🇸

Thank you both for the info on bees. I look forward to checking in on them in the future!

Good job hamm family.. Good luck for a good bee season🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

that was very interesting and informative,thanks for posting

Exciting, Mark great job on clearing snow.Lauren new adventure for you.

Thanks that was very informative..

I love how you share your knowledge and encourage your kids to join in. It is wonderful how everyone gets involved. You truly live the life of sustainability. Getting as much of your food supplies as possible directly from your environment. I really respect that. Thank you so much for taking such good care of the earth and each other.. May God continue to bless your family. Hello from Minnesota..🌎

There's so much that goes into bee keeping. I can't wait to follow the journey and see what happens. You can't beat good quality honey 🍯🐝

Love this. Informative videos. Thank you much.

Thanks for the knowledge of the bees in Alaska I enjoyed your videos your family is awesome

This is fascinating, thank you for sharing it 😊

Very interesting never thought of Alaskan s having bees. 5hanks for sharing!!

Very interesting Lauren and Mark

Awesome information thanks!

Bee's are amazing creatures, my daughter absolutely loves them, grows wildflowers every year so the Bee's have food sources, since she found out they endangered! She asked me since she watched this video with me, if you guys feel guilty knowing that so many Bee's die cause of Alaska cold weather, knowing you choose to bring them there and it not there normal home? Love your families positive attitude with the compact snow!

I learned alot about bees today!! Thanks Mark for explaining it well! I love honey. Great video. Good luck with the bees! Have a great weekend!🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

The honey comb is delicious. Good luck with the bees.

That vlog was an eye opener full of information. Maybe give away or sell your spare honey to local people who could do with it for health reasons eg hayfeaver or psoriasis.

Yes!!!

Fantastic video!!! I learned so much about bee keeping 💛🐝. Excited to see more this upcoming summer and fall!!🐝🐝💛🐝

Very interesting and educational.

You all are way more adventurous than I am. I’ll continue to support a local honey stand at the farmers market. 😂❤️ Thanks for all the info.

Your vlogs are so interesting. I really enjoy them.

I know I will never be doing bees so this is exciting for me to watch the progress of your new babies! Thank you for sharing!!

A great reward for your efforts, yummy honey. Interesting video. Thanks

I feel so lucky. Live in AZ. I have locally sourced honey delivered weekly 😊😊😊 Honey Hive Farms

I really want to know what bee jokes mark was talking about 😂

Good luck 🐝🐝🐝

Thank you for your informative video. We are beekeepers in south east Queensland, Australia. Our winter isn't really that cold, especially compared to yours. We don't have to winterize our bees as there is so many winter vegetables & tree blossoms to keep them going,,, & we don't have snow... Your video was so informative and interesting. We look forward to seeing more of how you keep your bees. Cheers, Kelcy & Bruce

Hope y'all get lots of honey.

Finally caught a live ❤

Thanks for sharing...that was so interesting...I live on North Carolina and some of our neighbors have hives...have never seen anything going on other than alot of bees around the opening..all the time...this is just so interesting...thanks again...😊

I love your family! We’re now empty nesters and We just moved here last year. Watching your videos has actually helped us a little because figuring things out here has not been easy. But we’re managing.

This is fascinating. Never seen it done before. Thanks for sharing. Hafa adai and love from the island of Guam 🌴❤🌴

Our spring is still pretty cold and there is no natural food for them yet. Farmers will have to feed them until the weather improves. Not much out there for bears coming out of hibernation either.

I thought the marshmallow was so the bees accept the queen and get used to her , we have bees in Minnesota and that’s how we do it also

Hi Lauren

More power to you all. I would never 😂. I about had a heart attack when they just put them in your car. Very interesting though!

Finally something interesting about Alaskan life. Much better than watching you drive to Costco and shop. Will like to see more of this kind of projects. Won't watch shopping.

Your video was amazing. I'm excited to see how your hives do. We can't have honey at my house because my granddaughter is allergic to honey and I'm allergic to bees but I think beekeeping is so fascinating

How exciting for you getting bees again. I love my bees. We live in northern bc Canada so we had to put a big electric fence around are as we have griz and black bears in our yards during the spring summer and fall.. good luck with them this year. 🐝🇨🇦 ps honey bees are not native to Canada either. Like you guys….our winters are very long and cold too.

Do you get wax moths in Alaska? Your drawn comb looks to be in good shape. A good trick for removing your sugar water can is to use a big magnet. I just learned that this year and it's a game changer.

Drones insulate the hive , and the bottom of the cluster

wow! you learn something every day☺ can you store them inn your garage next fall/winter?

You should do whipped honey

Different colors are seasonal. Early honey is light. Dark honey is fall honey.

I love honey, but seriously allergic to wasp's & Bee's, that I have to carry a epipen😮 but it was very interesting to watch x

Set in warm water it will melt delicious

I live in Southern California and just got into bee keeping. I picked up my first set of bees about two weeks ago and I paid 180 for my set (10,000) bees. So far all has gone well and I am enjoying them. The bees are very friendly haven’t had any issues yet. I was told not to harvest any honey the first year. I find it interesting you will be harvesting your honey in August and being that you’ve done this before have taken classes I am wondering why we are told not to harvest until the fellowing year ?🤷🏻‍♀️

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i saw on Facebook or instagram someone who had crystallised honey they made it into whipped honey.

double screen board, check out bob binnie bee keeper videos. hes a big honey seller in georgia. I am in Portland, so wet and cold, but not like alaska.

I did not know Alaska does not have Honey Bees. So interesting. How do you keep the simple syrup (food)from freezing?

That was very interesting. When will you strap the hives down? That also was alot of work. Good luck with the bees.

The honey that have been crystallized put the whole jar in warm water to turn the honey back to there color.

Sounds like this honey will end up costing more than a jar from the grocery store. 🤣🤣🤣

Great video! Very fascinating to learn so much about honey bees..silly question, do you encounter problems with bee poo on your cars? We had keepers near us once & all the cars in our neighborhood were getting poo'd on and it was hard to scrub off...I heard it can be bad for the paint.

Set your hard honey jar in a pan of warm water on the stove and it will in time look like the syrup again.

My the Lord Jesus blessings be with this family.

Lauren Mark and Boys love everything about all your Videos best ones on KZfaq love ❤️ just keep them coming I going to our little Costco it Quarter the size of yours xxx love can not wait and love watching yours (tell Mark you will go to Costco to get his sugar ) lo

Try putting an electric fence wire around your boxes to keep bear from destruction

Wd it be helpful to have the boxes in a dog run? I don’t know anything about bears but wd it be protection? And chain link wd allow the Beas a way to come and go.

So every year you have to reorder your entire everything?? There isn’t a way to maintain a small population in a 5 frame hive in a small barn and overwinter them?

So do you have to get new bees every year or how long do they last?

Wow,that was a great video,I learned a lot about these amazing creatures.I have a question for you or Mark,If the queen dies ,does the whole colony die? Thanks ,Hi from Ontario🇨🇦🍯🇺🇸

Bee keeping is a lot of work!! My husband loves honey, I’m not a fan !! Good luck !! 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝

I have always wanted to keep bees 🐝 but I am severely allergic been in icu for a week for singular bee sting once and life flighted once from singular bee sting so husband and mom tell me I am not allowed to have any that is more than enough excitement for them those two experiences may you have an abundance of honey and wax

Ahu ………..You missed a stop😂😅😅😂😊 jk

After you harvest the honey do the Bees die or do they live on??

How long do the bees live?

What do you do with all the honey.

Excellent job on the hives Lauren! Watched a second time this morning. I was so impressed by the amount of work and the results! Go You!!!🫶🏻🐝🌈

Just drive real slow lol