Watch as Cedar explains in detail how to harvest honey using a Flow Hive. For more info visit go.honeyflow.com Join email honeyflow.com/join Facebook / flowhive Instagram / flowhive
Bees really are the most majestic insects. They're underappreciated and feared when all they do is help so long as you don't provoke them. Even then, when you bother them a bit, they're usually so relaxed and docile. Truly the most wonderful insects.
No idea how I got here either, but I'm happy that this guy seems to have made a great product, for his passion, and now he can retire on the fruits of spreading his hobby to other's. Just seemed like a really nice guy.
I ordered from the Kickstarter campaign in 2015 or 2016 when it first started. Got my hive delivered later in 2018 and finally set it up this spring. Just harvested my first 3KG's of fresh hive honey from 2 frames! I'll get the rest tomorrow. My life will never be the same, and I'm a hobby beekeeper for life now. Thanks FLOW
I love how professional he is at keeping his bees. A fancy beehive, and fancy way of harvesting honey, and it’s in a fancy spot. I love it, even though I know nothing about beekeeping.
What I will say about the flow hive, is that if you have the money for one, and you aren't doing this for profit, then these are awesome. That being said, they take up a lot more space than a normal frame, and they are EXPENSIVE. What this ends up meaning is that your going to get less honey per harvest than with a standard langstroth hive with normal boxes. We usually harvest 3-4 times a year. Our first harvest is of the honey that we left them for winter(I always leave a full super for my girls), and we treat them for varroa at the same time. Next harvest is end of spring to mid summer, depending on how the supers look. Final harvest is mid to late October when we set the hive up for their winter. Anything over that one super gets harvested. Personally I love long hives, but these really are clever. I have a single hive set up with them, but it does produce less, and once the box starts to come apart I will probably get rid of it because you have to make concessions for the convenience.
@@rainnmoon114 a super is what you keep the honey in. You keep the queen and the brood chambers lower in the hive, and then above you have the honey supers. Hives boxes are going to deteriorate over time no matter what. You can't really paint them once they're in use. What we normally do is swap out the boxes and change the frames into a refurbished box, and then we either decide to refurbish or discard the box that we have removed. You can get 3 to 5 years of life out of a box before it needs refurb and repaint. Honey flow system is really nifty, but it produces about 30% less honey per super. That's not a bad thing, my grandfather is getting older and the convenience of it allows him to continue working with his bees. On a business level though they're not really an option.
@@johnb8440 I see. I actually wanted to start getting into bee keeping and then I came across this flow hive thing. It looks good for beginners. Thanks for the explanation! :D
@@rainnmoon114 for the most part, bees keep themselves. My job is to make sure they have space for resources, that they have resources through the winter, and that there aren't parasites affecting them. Beyond that, they mostly handle it themselves.
Hi Danny, harvesting with the Flow Hive is a gentle process which doesn't usually disturb the bees, after a time the bees figure out that the honey is gone and they start uncapping and refilling the cells - clever bees! - Sam
Bees: oh yeah gurl look at all them full honeycombs! 15minutes later.. Bees: WTF lass! where's all the honey!? guess we gotta fill them again now init!
Beekeepers leave some honey for the bees. A queen excluder is between the bottom of the hive and the supers atop that. The drones make honey in all chambers of the hive, but the queen is in the bottom part of the hive and that is where she lays her eggs. The supers are the parts of the hive that are "robbed" or harvested.
Keeping bees means a beautiful garden, a bountiful veggie patch, loads of honey, and a ton of beeswax. I wish there were more urban beekeepers because it would cut down on badly placed natural hives that tend to disturb humans.
This is absolutely beautiful, to see honey harvested without disturbing the bees, making it safer for both bees and beekeepers alike. I would definitely love to give this a go :) beeswould have a field day in my lavender
@@DocScience2 well I can promise you my flow hive is 100% real and works very nicely - perhaps you should go back to your make-believe bible story world and let the adults do the real work
Like many already said, absolutely no idea how I got here. But you're damn right I watched the entire video. As someone who has never wanted bees, this was probably the best video to make me think "I wish I had bees". Great video and great explanation, including the showing of everything.
I just found this extraordinarily amazing I never saw anything like this before and I am amazed I used to be a beekeeper years ago and only in a video just before watching yours did someone mention about the the honey flow system it's amazing thank you very much God bless you
This would be so awesome to do. I’m going to keep researching this. Really I wanted to learn about medicinal honey infusions but this video helps me even more. I could become a bee keeper work for the bees and they’ll pay me in honey. Thanks
Though I do not have the room in my backyard for a flow hive I still love this. Its such a cool invention and it doesn't harm the bees in the slightest, and at the same time it makes so much honey! Hopefully the use of this invention will help the world bee population.
Never kept bees, but always been very interested with honey harvests and the bees in general and when my local bee keeper got one of these the difference I've seen is amazing!!! She says she gets way more honey from the flow hives and the bees fill them much quicker then the normal hives. Plus each frame tastes slightly different. Plus if I'm lucky even I can help with harvesting! It's so easy and satisfying to watch and be part of xxx
I wanted to be a beekeeper but the materials are very much expensive cant afford it. I enjoy watching these kind of vids. Hoping to be one, one day. From Philippines🐝💙
Hi Kenneth, we realise that our Flow Hive is a big investment - some of this can be offset against the need to buy extraction equipment etc. Our Flow Frames are available separately in sets of 3, 4, 6 and 7. These are designed to be used with existing Langstroth deep hives and can be purchased with or without a super box. Here is a link to our instructions on how to modify a Super box to fit the Flow Frames - support.honeyflow.com/modifying-a-langstroth-box-for-flow-frames/ Please email us via info@honeyflow.com with your location if you'd like to know what the most economical options are in your area - Leah.
This seems like a much easier process for harvesting honey than I’ve seen in other videos, but I wonder, don’t you have to remove the wax caps so they can refill it with honey?
Bees will actually realize on their own that those are empty, remove the wax caps and start filling them again and reseal it with wax when done and then the process starts all over again.
@@KiLLJoYRU-vid Well, they are bees, they do not have the most biggest and evolved brains out there and to them it just looks like they have more space for honey. Even if we did not take their honey, bees have a bad habit of making so much of it, that they themselves can't consume all, so the honey that is left will eventually crystallize and become unusable, so the bees just go "Oh well, time to make more storage space!" without even cleaning the previous mess, meaning that their hives will just keep growing and the honey they do not consume will just keep crystallizing, meaning needing to make more space etc etc... Bees will just keep doing what they were born to do, they do not have any higher thoughts about it like us humans, so they don't really care that they keep doing work for nothing, doing said work is their lives entire purpose after all. It could be worse for the bees, since there are plenty of other creatures out there that would simply destroy their entire nest to have their honey, us humans are more gentle about it, taking it without making them lose their home and then having to use time and effort to rebuild it, while also of course making sure they do have enough for themselves to consume, both parties benefit from this arrangement. Humans get some honey and the bees have a safe home to be in and making sure that the nest itself is healthy for their continued existence.
Wait, so since you're not cutting the wax caps off but draining the cells from the inside, how do the bees know to open the caps back up? How do they know the honey inside is gone? Maybe I'm just misunderstanding how these work.
@@EdwardOskarsson ....what kills them long-term? My question was how do the bees know to open the caps back up, not whether this system works over time. My question was about the behavior of the bees. They clearly do know when the cell has been drained, so they chew the wax cap off and start again. But HOW do they know? Something like that wouldn't happen in nature, so you'd think if they saw the wax cap still on they'd assume honey was still in there and just leave it.
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I am in my third year college. I really want to have a business with honey since we have scarcity in it and we LOVE honey so much that it got me here. Watching from Philippines
Hi Shinju, We are currently refining our shipping processes to many countries, and will need some additional information from you to assist you with a quote or order. Please email us at info@honeyflow.com with what you would like to order including the quantity and I will assist you with the quote, purchase and shipping process. Please include the following information: Your full name, shipping address and telephone number. All our Flow products are available on our website here: www.honeyflow.com/collections/all We look forward to hearing from you again soon - Sam
Hi Ethan, that is a great question! We have found the bees will sense the cells are empty and begin the uncapping, re-waxing and refilling process straight away. Usually they finish uncapping all the cells in a day or two. A busy hive will uncap all the cells in a day or two. If the hive is not so busy it may take longer. We have seen a not so busy hive take a week to finish uncapping the cells on the outside frames. After they have uncapped the cells they will begin the process of refilling the cells with honey - leah
Sky Walker, that's why they suggest waiting for the cells to all be capped. Honey is very watery when the bees first put it in a cell. They then spend time fanning it with their wings in the warm hive, which evaporates out most of the water. The bees won't cap it until they're happy with the consistency of the honey. So if the bees have capped it, the honey is ready.
Sakura Miyamoto yeah, but how would you know if all the cells are capped, you really can't see inner honey cells from the outside and to make it worse, bees usually start capping honey from the sides so it might look like alls the cells are fully capped when it's actually not
Salene Brom It seems that way but the more I review it the more pitfalls I see with it. If you are not in a rush for the honey and are willing to leave it long past when you THINK it is ready then this would be good. But from what I have researched it, you can not tell when they come is fully filled and properly aged without still taking it out. It's a very expensive learning hive if leaving the bees alone is more important than getting the honey.
+Tom Leeds In that case don't buy the complete hive. Get a cheaper learning hive locally or build one yourselves. Some wood, a saw, some screws and a screwdrive is probably al you need. And if inexperienced just some perseverance in adjusting and fixing your build. An existing hive is easy to adjust to fit some flowframes. Then you only have to order 3 or 4 flowframes and put it in your hive. And even that you could decide on later when you've succeeded with your first trials :).
+jo han wtf? Why would anyone waste their time building your own hives when you can buy boxes for $25, bottom board $18, lids $15 flat packed, frames are $2 wired, excluder $10. Comb you buy per sheet... Making hives yourself is not easy But you’re right the flow frames can fit into modified standard boxes.
Thanks for sharing this, Angus. That is great to hear. We'd love to follow your beekeeping journey. Please feel free to share updates on your progress, photos, and insights into your beekeeping experiences.
They don't just produce more than they need, it's for a reason. They are not sure how much they need so they gather lots. The next year starts and they have access to extra they can now split the hive and spread out and keep the colony growing. It's like how we as humans stock pile stuff to use when we start to run out. I'm actually curious if this guy needs to get queens constantly because the hive leaves. Taking their honey all the time, they aren't stupid bugs they are really intelligent and they do talk to each other.
I love how he give lots of optional and useful tips. Great job to this guy who invented this kind of idea. 🤩 Based on his voice tune he knows what he is doing. Great job! (Manifesting someday to have my own honeybee farm and bee hives like this. 😇)
I love how you found a way to basically make vegan honey by making a hive that both produces a high amount of honey and does not stress out or bother the bees! (Also I know literally nothing about beekeeping but it is now officially my goal to save up and get a flow hive at some point in my life)
@@AgentClaytonWebb usually they do that to object to the conditions the animals are kept in and the stress and horror of factory farming. A process that doesn’t harm, stress or kill the bees while extracting a product for human consumption may certainly change a vegans mind if they can source their honey this way
@@AgentClaytonWebb By right bee it not animals but insect it should be vegan even is label as "Vegeterian" lmao. I've seen some do eat honey so no issue for them it's just bad practice beekeeper & GMO industry most important the unmoral beekeeper
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