Comb honey built in the jar

[Brian]

Anybody ever raise comb honey in jars?
What's the best way to get the bees to leave the quart jars when I'm ready to harvest?
And
Any suggestions for final product best results

Didn't really want to smoke them because I've heard it changes the flavor

[Jen]

Hi Brian, I have seen this before, thanks for bringing it up. Such a cool idea! I would like to know about this as well

[kebee]

 Welcome Brian to the forum, hope you enjoy it here, the only way I would think for them to leave with out smoke is take the jars off and let them leave on their own.

Ken

[riverbee]

brian, another member here does mason jar comb honey, fatbeeman, might send him a pm and ask him how he gets the bees out or ask him to post how he does it here on your thread.....

btw very cool!

[Bakersdozen]

I have never seen or heard of this before.  Will those jars have propolis inside them?  Couldn't you put little mini escapes on each jar, removing the jar of course, and let the bees return to the hive?  You could fasten the escapes on with canning rings if you used canning jars.  You wouldn't have to remove all the jars at once.  That would reduced the number of escapes needed.
I don't smoke when pulling supers so as not to effect the taste and smell of the honey.  I think it would really have a negative impact on your comb honey jars.

[LazyBkpr]

Hey! Welcome to the forum!!
   I had never considered getting the bees out of the jars before.. I have seen this, looked it up and watched some vids on it, but had not considered getting the bees out..

   I think I would set the jars upright on the garage bench and turn on a single lightbulb in the opposite corner of the garage.. the bees will go to the light...   In the morning open the door and let them out.

[Jen]

Well for cryin' out loud! Of Course! Why didn't I think of that. Especially since last spring when I was bringing swarms into my garage and half the swarm was hanging off the the light bulb string ~ 

[iddee]

I would recommend a window, unless your light bulbs don't get hot.

[Jen]

Hi Iddee    bees on the lightbulb strings because we did them at night. They were long pull on and off strings so many bees were swinging from the chandeliers if you will LOL

[pistolpete]

since that whole setup is basically a super, you can just put the whole thing on top of a triangle escape board and let the bees leave.   In twenty four hours there will be a dozen bees or less left up there.

[Brian]

That's some good input
 thank you
Glad I asked...
Yes there's some propolis, isn't that a bonus?   
the mini escape sounds like it would work best except I don't really want to build 12, think I have to take the whole super off so maybe a trap out cone.
and the  escape board is a good idea never used one but what do I do with the dozen bees that won't come out?
Just opening the jars with a light maybe works but no good place to do that where the other million bees won't empty my science projects. ... If not mine, then the Russian neighbors defiantly would wipe them clean (that's a whole other post)

Anyone ever used bee-go or bee-b-gone fumes to get the bees away from honey?

[iddee]

""Just opening the jars with a light maybe works but no good place to do that""

A dozen bees or so, the kitchen table...........

[riverbee]

"Anyone ever used bee-go or bee-b-gone fumes to get the bees away from honey?"

bee go......hmmm, brian are you married? do you like your vehicle? don't spill it in there.  your clothes, don't spill it on them either........

[Jen]

Riv- I think I remember a story you told about traveling down the road with the aroma of bee b gone? is that correct 

[Brian]

Don't have to worry about anybody, it's just me. And the dogs but I get the idea it's really stinky stuff. Well it sounded easy

[riverbee]

"Riv- I think I remember a story you told about traveling down the road with the aroma of bee b gone? is that correct  "

yes jen.....two of them are here:

First Lessons In Beekeeping

A new standard on how not to transport bees

brian, the beego is really stinky, well it works....on bees and people, and even dogs...... many other options, maybe, beequick and jpthebeeman's friend scott derrick who developed and is selling a product called honey-b-gone. i have never tried it, but just ordered some. i sent fatbeeman a message and asked him how he clears the bees out of the jars, and invited him to post here on his method.

[Jen]

Thanks Riv, this stuff would have helped get my bees to leave the bottom of my screen bottom board 

[pistolpete]

My understanding is that the bee "repellents" make the bees travel away from the source, so that would not work on jars, unless you drop it in the bottom and that would ruin the honey.

[Brian]

Thanks for all of your advice
This seem to work just fine
Helpful hint... do not set the jars out over night without the trap even on a cold night I was up early but not as early as the babies and they removed quite a bit of the honey before I set up the trap out

[efmesch]

Welcome to the forum Brian.  Thanks for your question---something the set the minds at work.  Glad that you are of an experimenting nature---those are the kind of beekeepers who contribute to developing the skills we all need to improve as we go along.