Hi, With the flow frames going in a different direction and having the slight tilt, can you use foundation less frames in the brood area? Or do they need to be wax frames?
that was a great video thank you - can i ask do you know what the thing connecting the two wires together is called? I have managed to break my wire and need a way to make it circular again
Kat boa noite como vai sou aqui do brasil sera que me ajudaria pra mim adquirir aquelas colmeias de fluxo eu queria começar na apicultura mais com aquele sistema voce me ajudaria pra mim poder compralas aqui no brasil não tem delas si você tiver WhatsApp pra conversar eu te agradeceria
Сегменти леви прави ключм миюд ушла интиресни канструцияа хароши я друзияа я приду америка приу практики тибе ти маяа учител я любиш учу спасиба тибе пака
FANTASTIC VIDEO - Exactly what I was looking for. I wanted to see how these frames work, and you literally answered every question I had - it's like you read my mind. :) Thank you!
Thanks Kat will have to start now seeing we now have Varroa over here in Oz. Do you treat with other organic chemicals? Could you vapourize Thyme oil using the wand? Francine
what if I didn't dilute the wine and it's been sitting for a.week. Can I dilute it now and add the appropriate amounts of AC Vinegar w Mother? Or, do I need to start over.
Hi Kat. Have been following your progress from Aussie. Great info thanks. Just wondering how the girls went with the flow frames this year as our season is about to wrap up? Did they get in and fill them up? Thanks again for all your time and effort. Francine
They didn’t. Second season not really touching the frames. This winter we will put them in langs and hubby will modify the hives so the frames are all going in the same direction.
@@Kat_Andrews That's a shame, it's such a great idea, finding the boxes a bit heavy now I'm getting older . Yes I was thinking that might make a difference changing the orientation of flow frames.
@@francinekeane9900 fingers crossed. We’ll see how it goes next season. Just did a honey harvest in the spinner from the two hives and got 35kg of honey, so that was pretty good.
Hi, Kat! Just wanted to let you know that I started another batch. The last one turned out absolutely fantastic! I used your calculations again and am hopeful that I will have strong vinegar again in about four weeks. Would going five weeks or six weeks “seal the deal” a little better, do you think? I just need to know when to screw on the solid lid to stop the exposure to air. Cheers from Logsden, Oregon! ❤
I've had Flow Hive for 9 years, since the original Indigogo. This is absolutely fantastic! I love what you've done and can't wait to see how your girls take to it. Please keep it up and keep us posted. (Any chance you'll be making your drawings available?)
This was great. Thanks. Questions. Have an old vinegar from my mom who passed. Was always strong and great but got weak over the years. Made some home made wine a few years ago. Decided to add it to mom’s old vinegar as was running low. Has been a few years now and seems like half wine and half vinegar. There is an inch or two of mother on the bottom. Am trying to get it back up to propper strength. That said: Peroxide: not needed as no sulphates in home made wine. Alcohol: no idea how strong the wine was - but not overly. How do I decide if I should add water? What would you do? Should I simply get some braggs and test .25 braggs to wine by weight and give it a month? Thinking of trying a few tests in a few mason jars. Have about 4 gallons in a large old plastic olive container she used for decades. What would you do? In advance, thanks so much!!!
Excellent video. Converting cider we don't like into ACV. We plan on using this for cooking. I added a bottle of Braggs to my full 3 gallon carboy. If it is too weak, <4%, will more time help? If it is too strong, >5%, should I dilute with distilled H2O?
What abv% was your cider? And what volume is your bottle of Braggs? More time won’t make it stronger as it is a direct corrolation between abv and acidity.
@@Kat_Andrews I don't have exact numbers but I assume the cider is around 5%. No sugars were added and it fermented dry. (assuming 1.000) I think it was the 16 oz. Bragg. There are over 3 gallons in the carboy.
@@paddymeboy7741okay, let’s do some math and work our way through it. Assuming 5%abv and exactly 3 gallon (384oz) 384 oz x 5% = 1920 1920 / 416 (384 oz of cider plus 32oz of Braggs) = 4.61% This is what the abv has been diluted down to with the addition of the braggs. While it is possible for vinegar to convert on a straight 1:1, I calculate for 80% conversion, this allows for a bacteria that may not be strong, evaporation, environmental factors etc. So, 4.61% x 0.8 (80%) = 3.69. So your vinegar can be expected to end up somewhere between 3.7 - 4.6%. This is where acid titration is so handy as it can tell you how close you are getting. If you test a week apart and you watch the numbers rising, 3.0, 3.2, 3.5, 3.8, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5, then they drop, 4.4, then that shows you have gone past the maximum conversion and now the bacteria is starting to consume the acetic acid. If this happens, bottle it quickly and keep air in the bottle to an absolute minimum.
@@Kat_Andrews You are amazing! I am still going to try to test it and it's only had the mother for a month or so! Thank you! Very interesting about the numbers rising. I will get testing!
I just found your channel and I enjoy watching your videos. Keep them coming please. I will be making a few Long Langstroth/Hybrid Hives too. Thanks for what you do.
Initially, I came here to beg a clarification, but I see in your answer to Irvin Simmons the answer to my question. You say in the video that you’re adding 375 grams of vinegar and I was just wanting to be sure you meant 375 mL. Which you did. All is well. What a fantastic video from which to learn the science of making a good wine vinegar.
Hey mate, while I did say 375gm, I meant 375ml, and I use the terms interchangably simply because for something like vinegar they are pretty much equal. My scales were set to grams so that’s what I measured in. If I was pouring in a thicker liquid like yoghurt, then 375g vs 375ml are very different. The difference for vinegar is negligible so I wasn’t worried about being too pedantic e
Grams and milliliters,,,, milliliters is based L grams of water remember,,, and the density of liquids are all different but the density of water gives you grams
Haha, unless you want to re-plumb half your house and replace your dishwasher, I wouldn’t be putting these into one. And I’m pretty sure Aussie has dishwashers, but I can’t say for certain as I don’t live there 😂
Wow. So, I quit drinking 6 month ago and have 2 bottle of Merlot that I want to make into vinegar to be used in finishing some of my hot sauces. This video was a gem to find. Thank you so much. Would you be willing to share your documentation sheet?
Hey James, well done on quitting drinking. Making vinegar is a great use of the merlot. I certainly can share my documentation. I think the easiest way is to take a photo and post it under the ‘Community’ tab of my channel. It’s just an excel spreadsheet so you can copy it that way. Otherwise you would have to supply your email address and I really don’t want you being targeted by bots and scammers simply because you put your email out into the public world.
