I was really disappointed with my flowhive, hardly any honey this 1st year. I got 2 small jars! Lots and lots of bees and a professional bee keeper come to visit and said they just don't like the hive.
this is so helpful. I only put my NUC into the brood bo 2 weeks ago and all ten frames are nearly full! So excited. Thank u so much Cedar and Co for this amazing thing.
My grandfather was a beekeeper he always told my mom when you move a hive you move them at night but put something on the flight deck so they look around before they fly out. So they don't get lost and get their barings.
And bee's when out collecting Pullen one they come back to the hive they show the next set of bee's going out where the flowers are that are full of pollen. They do a dance/ and show them the directions to take to find the pullen
I have been wanting to get into bed keeping, and after seeing the hive I’m more excited than before. We’ll probably be ordering a couple of these soon.
Great video, I’ve wanted to raise bees since I was 15 years old(30 now) and I think it’s time a start thanks to this video I feel more confident in starting out!
Hey Brendon, oh that is so wonderful to hear :) Here is a page on getting started: www.honeyflow.com/pages/getting-started-beekeeping?_pos=1&_sid=e14ad5529&_ss=r Feel free to email us at info@honeyflow.com and ask for some more beginner beekeeping support resources. - Danika
Cedar boughs will solve mite problems..not only in hives but hen neat as well. Just cut some and lay next to it. Put hives under cedar trees work great.
"The bees, the universe and everything." Is that answer also 42? Thank you for the great vid. I ordered my first Flow Hive a couple of days ago and am excited to get started. I bookmarked this video to help me get started right. Thanks again, Damon (Idaho, USA).
My guess for buttercotch honey is most likely flowers that have diacetyl (used for butter or butterscotch flavour) two examples are: Fagraea racemosa(false coffee tree) and the Polyalthia longifolia(indian mast tree)
I've always been intrigued by bee keeping and your design has giving me the final push to get into it. Our deluxe model is on the way. Thanks for the inspiration.
4:38 You can wire up the frame and let them draw comb naturally, they will build around the wire and your brood comb is well secure. 6:30 Close the hive up at night and move the hive at night, or yes move it 1m at a time. 18:00 Place your super when bees spew out of the top once you open your inner cover, if you get a volcano of bees coming up and out to inspect, then hive is strong and full.
Was it Mr. C Hemsworth 😅 Just Saw his video with his bee hive system and loved the idea, but it looked like it was overflowing with honey 🍯 I think you should give him a shout and tell him what's up lol.
Hi Team, I am living in Malaysia at the moment, I am in worm farming and always wanting to learn beekeeping but I didn't have bees. So, how and where to start? Here is my story, at my regenerative farm, one day I was resting at my usual spot after couple hours for something to drink and eat. Guess what, there was a beehive right under my wood staked table. It is kind mother nature heard my request and guided to me. Now, I want to start this new adventure and willing to learn everything. Thanks for your advices. HLE
been interested for a few years now and I think I will be starting one up this year... My biggest worry is, I'm in UK... not the hottest of climates and very rainy most of the year. Will then hive be ok to survive in colder climates and how do you go about keeping your hive warm and fed in the winter times when there are fewer to no flowers about and temperatures drop as low as -5 in worst case scenarios? I'd hate to start a hive to only watch them grow and then die in the winter each year. Thanks and appreciate your help... Great work and product!
Hey Sam, Thanks for your message and interest :) We do have lots of UK Flow beekeepers - Jamie Oliver is actually a great one to follow on social media for it as he often talks about the different climate-specific tips and tricks to managing his Flow hives in the English climate. You can also find a list of our beekeeping clubs and Flow ambassadors in the UK on this map and directory: www.honeyflow.com/pages/bee-club-directory And our Connect With Locals section of our online community forum could be a supportive place too: forum.honeyflow.com/c/connect-with-locals/23 And any further questions please don't hesitate to email us at info@honeyflow.com :) I hope this helps! - Danika
So I am researching bee keeping to see if I want to get into it. My question is why do you not use a an Endoscope for inspections? It would seem you could reduce the amount of disturbance to the hive while doing inspections.
Not everyone has an endoscope just lying around also opening the hive gets the bees used to you being around also,the scope may nick a row of brood tearing their young
Try to find a split or nuc colony from a bee keeper, may be close may be far away. I had to travel 200 miles to get one. I'd make sure that you have a shipping date on your hives before you get the nuc, as it might get over crowded and split on you before your hive arrives. Have the nuc where you want your hive to be for at least a day so the bees know where home will be. Then you can add the frames to your flow hive. I'd have a smoker, suit, and gloves as well as a hive tool as well. You'll have to check if varroa mites are an issue in your area, if so you'll need to settle on a way treat them before your winter arrives.
Do you need to keep the flow give 2 in the "harvesting" level at all times, or just when you are harvesting? It seems to be a very steep slant. I'm worried water will spill in through the hive entrance when it rains.
Enjoyed your presentation from Canada. Just starting with bees this spring. There is a lot of controversy here re treating and not treating bees. Do you have any opinion on that subject. Thanks
By feeding simple syrup 1:1 sugar trough perforated lids or dedicated feeding frames, after flowers get scarce/havesting given the amount of honey taken from their winter storage in commercial applications. If you didn't havest you wouldn't need to feed bees at all, when you do it's dependent on their honey stores. Have you made any experience in the past 8 months?
I think you empty the tube once the window shows them full and make sure to empty ALL the way and not just take a little bit out or it will over flow ? Heard then talking about that on earlier page
I have a question about the color of hives. Some hives are the natural wood color and some are painted white. Is there and advantage to painting a have white?
You should make a micro flow hive. Similar to the eco bee box hives. This would allow people with balcony’s and small backyards the opportunity to have bees.
@@MEL.FreeToRoam there's always other bee options there are small honeybees from southeast Asia I don't know how well they'd do in cold winter climates though
I've been watching a lot of videos from different people on bees, so a question came to mind. Do you or is there a plan to make flow frames that will fit and work in a European style horizontal hive? As a disabled Veteran, the horizontal hives seem to be a better fit later down the road as their design eliminates having to lift heavy Langstroth style boxes. Just thought I would throw that out there and see what you think.
Hi Kenneth, there are some horizontal hives and top bar hives made to the Langstroth depth and length, if you are looking at getting one of these you can put Flow Frames inside this, with some modification to the hive. At this stage there is no plan to change the size of the Flow Frames. -Kieran
Mr. Cedar i wanted to ask you which staining coat type would you prefer for to keep the flow hive nice and durable for very long periods of time please sir?
1) Do you have a Mini-Flow hive, which might work for a balcony, or small yard? If so, how far away from balcony entrance does the hive need to be so as not to disturb the bees, or still be able to sit on the balcony? 2) How much (Qty ounces or pints) can be harvested from a full hive? 3) Is there a way to only open one only one slot at a time, so you get a full frame which is harvestable before you open another one?
Great review. Could you show on a video how the roof is meant to sit on your flow Hive. I have noticed that the wooden latch when the roof is on will not lock the flow Hive harvesting window. Is that meant to be like that?
Hey Ron, Thanks for getting in touch :) Hmmm, I'm not totally sure what you mean - could you send us an email at info@honeyflow.com with photos/videos illustrating your issue? - Danika
I live in Atlanta, GA and am new beekeeper. I originally wanted to use 2 brood boxes before adding the super. Being in the South the winters are not that long so would it probably be ok to use just one brood box and add on the super? Thanks
When you are harvesting honey, how do you prevent bees from other hives from getting in there and trying to eat out honey from your flowhive? That’s why we take frames away and get the honey taken out elsewhere so we don’t get our bees in danger.
I have a six frame flow hive, it's full. Top and bottom. I just bought a second six frame flow hive. Can I just take half the brood and half the flow frames and put it in the new hive ?
@Yo Mama You say that they're not worth the hassle, but turning a key seems like a lot less hassle than pulling out frames, replacing them, cleaning out the frame, straining it, centrifuging material, extracting the dead bees and wax, then filtering the honey. It seems like a lot of hassle not to have a flowhive, so what exactly are the cons of having one?
@@Nanamowa lol, what? Go watch jeff horchoff pull some honey and learn how it's done. Hell, even if you're doing crush and strain by hand, all you need are pantyhose, a bucket and your frames of honey. Do you even know how to bees?
Also, its great how no one has had any of their questions answered in the comments. Glad to see that. It's almost like you'd rather sell junk than actually advance beekeeping among new keepers.
I’m up in Cairns, I have Native bees all over, they occupy the walls of my house, once renovated and pulled off walls, honey went everywhere. Would those native bees occupy a Flow Hive if I put it near their entrances to my wall hives?
Hi Jacqueline, Our smallest is our Flow Hive Hybrid which is still the same footprint as our classic 6 Frame Hive. Beekeeping with a Flow Hive is exactly the same as with a conventional hive. It’s still important to inspect and maintain your hive in the same way - only honey harvesting differs. - Sam
Hallo :) wirklich super Idee :) Gibt es die Anleitung auch auf deutsch? Und kann man es so machen, dass die Bienen über Winter ihren eigenen Honig bekommen? Also ab eine bestimmte Jahreszeit sollte man den Honig nicht mehr ernten!
Hi, I have a flow hive 2 and I have a question about the bottom board. I have been keeping it in with the ventilation vent in the back in the correct position, but whenever I pull the board out to look at it it will be full of condensation and if I look underneath the flowhive I can see some mold starting to form where the board touches the wood. The entrance is open all the way and I added a top entrance, so there should be enough ventilation. Should I take the bottom board out or is this normal and I can leave it in? Thanks
Do you have any plans to make a Slovenian or AZ style box where you can access the frames from the back instead of the top? I'm wanting to have a Slovenian-style bee house with Flow frames for the honey.
Hey Dan, Thanks for the question. We love the look of the Slovenian/AZ kinds of hives but don't have ay immediate plans to do this, no, but you can search our online community forum using these keywords and find a good amount of threads from our Flow community who have modified their Flow hives for this style: forum.honeyflow.com/ I hope this helps, and if you do so we'd love to hear how you go! - Danika
Sir,for how much distance bees remember their location.and if we are to relocate the hive ,what is minimum distance we can move a hive to new location so that the bees do not move to their original location
Hey Edison, Wonderful! One of the best ways if there's one near you is to join your local beekeeping club. We also have an online beekeeping course with a free one month's trial here: thebeekeeper.org There's also lots of information here on our RU-vid channel and places like our FAQs page: support.honeyflow.com All the best on your learning journey :) Danika
For what it’s worth my friend is helping me do bees and he always does the nuc with only the brood box. Once the brood box gets filled out and healthy he adds the super. He does keep a close eye on it to make sure they don’t run out of room.
it is really important to start with just a brood box, only add the Flow Super when the bees reach about 80-90% bee population in the brood box, which is visible as a thick carpet of bees on top. -Kieran
Ever since I found out about flow hive I wanted to try it. However, I would like to beekeep Asiatic honey bee because they defend themselves better against predetors such as wasps. I was wondering if flowhive could be used with these bees or are there certain modifications needed.
Joe Blazer where can I watch the answer? I asked a question to know the answer and you informed me it has been answered but I can not find this answer.
@@camojoe83 Where can I watch the answer? I asked a question to know the answer and you informed me it has been answered but I can not find this answer.
@@sung-yulpark3258 they didn't answer you, he's being sarcastic. I noticed he's leaving many bitter comments about the flow hive and the expense of them. I prefer everything as natural as possible, but when I see so many people getting into keeping bees that normally wouldn't, how can that be anything but a wonderful addition to preserving the colonies? Everyone does things different, we learn as we go. If it works for you and your blessed to be able to afford it, wonderful. I see them working well in videos of bee keepers. I think they were raising the kind you want to raise. I do wish they'd lower the price. I don't think I can afford one, but I'd like to do a video reviewing one if they sent it to me. God bless 🐝🌻💯💪😀👍🦋🌻🐝❤️
I have heard people claim flow hives are lower stress, so don't cause Japanese bees (whatever they are) to swarm so much in distress... Have you made any experience last year?
It is always best to keep this for the bees, you might consider adding an additional brood box or a hybrid Flow Super if you are wanting to harvest honey comb. You can cycle out old brood frames and harvest honey from these at the same time too. -Kieran
Hey Gary, Thanks for getting in touch :) Yes, absolutely - we have Flow beekeepers in many such climates over the world. We strongly recommend getting connected with your local beekeeping club to get the best climate-specific advice, tips and tricks for your region. Here is our online directory of Flow-connected clubs and ambassadors, hopefully there's someone near you on it: www.honeyflow.com.au/pages/bee-club-directory There's also our online community forum, that even has a section called 'Connect With Locals' which can be a great way to reach out to other Flow beekeepers near you : forum.honeyflow.com/c/connect-with-locals/23 Here's an article on overwintering your hive in colder climates: www.honeyflow.com.au/blogs/beekeeping-basics/how-to-overwinter-your-beehive ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4QjBtY3xlZc.html Here's a couple of articles from our FAQ pages that are relevant too: support.honeyflow.com/can-i-use-flow-in-cold-or-freezing-conditions/ support.honeyflow.com/wintering-your-flow-hive/ I hope this helps - also you can always email us at info@honeyflow.com for further help :)
I saw a video claiming that if I try to harvest a flow frame before it is fully capped and bees are still working in the chambers I will maim all the bees in the chambers. They stated that you had to pull and inspect every flow frame to make sure it was fully capped before harvesting it. Is this true? Will I injure bees that are still in the chambers when I turn the flow key?
I wondered the same, I think that video was referring to the first one they made, I think they upgraded it so it doesn't do that now. Search flow hive honey,, a guy reviews the flow hive and its all good.
Hi Tanya, the bees normally stick the boxes together with propolis. They are also very heavy when full of bees and honey and so don't usually get blown over in the wind. Animals can knock over the hives so best keep them away if there's a danger of that - Sam
Hi there, probably best to check with local beekeepers for their advice, we are in a sub-tropical climate and as such do not need to overwinter our hive - Sam
Hey Michael, Please see this article for your question: support.honeyflow.com/how-long-does-it-take-before-i-can-drain-the-honey-from-the-flow-hive/ I hope it helps! - Danika
Hi VB, The starter pack does come with a Queen Excluder, in terms of balls hitting the hive, I guess you could pop a fence around it but perhaps not throwing them too close might be easier :D - Sam
I was thinking about getting a flow next year for my mom. But this seems quit long and complicated. Will I have to buy bees, wax, and all of that as well. Or do you just get to set it up and bees are attracted to it? The difference between the ads and these type of videos is huge. The ad looked so plentiful and simple.
Hey Elisabeth, Thanks for getting in touch. Yes, you'll need to source bees somehow - here's a good post on the ways to do that: support.honeyflow.com/how-do-i-get-bees/ And here's a page on the different options you have for setting up your brood frames: support.honeyflow.com/how-do-i-set-up-flow-hive-brood-frames/ And here's a good general one on getting started: go.honeyflow.com/pages/getting-started-beekeeping Please feel free to email us at info@honeyflow.com if we can help any further. - Danika
We have 2 dogs that we let loose in our fenced in yard. What kind of interaction can we expect and would there be problems? They are both medium sized dogs and I am sure they will get up and snoop around. I see flowhives on Amazon. If I do this, i want to make sure I have your new type, laser cut units as seen in your videos. Is anyone duplicating your hives? Thank you.
Hi Joe, there are many backyard beekeepers that have dogs in their home and yard. If your dogs are 'interested' in the hive you can place a fence around the hive. This way your dogs will not accidentally knock the hive or disturb the bees as much and they will be less likely to get stung. We have a limited selection of genuine Flow products available through Amazon (www.amazon.com/flow), but there are many fakes making their way onto the market :( You can also find all of our Flow products available directly from our online store: www.honeyflow.com/ Please email info@honeyflow.com if you have any questions - Leah.
BEE careful :) with dogs. I have a crazy German Shephard that tries to eat the bee's just visiting our bird feeders and water. I'm wanting to get a smaller one of these EVEN shared video with hubby ;) I just need to fence in one side of the hill side so Shephard can't jump wall to get to bees
Learn about beekeeping before you start. And dont for a second think you need a flow hive. Not until you see the hobby works well enough to spend that kind of money on something you might not even like.
Hey Wayne, It is a tricky question as the answer depends on so many factors, but please see it answered here: support.honeyflow.com/how-long-does-it-take-before-i-can-drain-the-honey-from-the-flow-hive/ I hope this helps :) - Danika
Hi lev - it's best to check with local beekeepers on your climate, as we are in a sub-tropical climate and as such harvest most of the year running only one brood box per hive typically at Flow HQ Apiary. - Sam
How I control the bee colony when I don't wont the bee colony go to big in and for my hive ? how I cover this bee hive in the winter time here in Canada and how much airflow I need to my bee hive in the winter time ?
I have a aquaponics glasshouse full of flowering plants, we wanted to have the entrance close to a hole in glasshouse so they can get into glasshouse as well as the rest of the garden, any thoughts or ideas on glasshouses and bees
I live in New Orleans Louisiana-USA. Would you make a smaller flow hive for small 35ft x 30 ft backyards. I am working on created nice plants for the bees and butterflies. I still want the easy flow hive that work in this size yard.
Hey Jacqueline, Thanks for your message. Unfortunately at this time we don't have any imminent plans to make smaller Flow frames. However, our hives can be kept in small locations - see this article for more info on the subject: support.honeyflow.com/how-much-space-do-i-need-for-a-flow-hive/ I hope this helps :) Danika
