Stella's Social Club

[kathyinmo]

Kelly and Rinda,
Have you seen this?

 

[Happy Chooks]

Beautiful hen Kathy! And yes, I've seen the flow. I'm still not convinced. You still would have to manage the bees, it just replaces the honey super. Bathe queen cannot lay in those cells.

 

[1muttsfan]

That hen has the perfect Teapot shape, Kathy. My only Orp, a pretty Jubilee girl, has no tail and her roost mate pulls the feathers out of her neck. She looks like a freaky big Turken.

 

[The Sheriff]

I love hearing about your bees, Kelly. That is so interesting.

My chicks are growing out. I really like this red cuckoo orpington girl.

Pretty!

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Beautiful hen Kathy! And yes, I've seen the flow. I'm still not convinced. You still would have to manage the bees, it just replaces the honey super. Bathe queen cannot lay in those cells.

Yes these are quite controversial among longtime beekeepers. Some of the beekeeper pages on Facebook have banned discussion of it!

The worry is- people will think they can install a hive and forget about it until it's time to turn the tap and pull honey, then forget about it again. Bees are living creatures and they need to be properly managed, you still have to get in the hives for inspections, make sure the queen is not getting up into the honey supers, etc. We worry that people will think beekeeping is "easy" when it is still work. Also, the "flow" section is only going to work during the peak of the honey season (end of spring). If you want fall honey you will probably still need to put a standard honey super on in the fall.

 

[kathyinmo]

Very interesting!
Well, I am glad there are people like you 2 that take proper care of the bees!

Rinda,
Would you be interested in some English Orps?

 

[drumstick diva]

I don't have bees and am very afraid of them but, they are necessary. That device looks like a 'soda fountain' bee hive. Just pull a draught of honey and chill with your friends!!

I am totally opposed to that. Everyone just wants easy peasy convenience and let the chips fall where they may. Geez they mentioned it had pulled in 4 mil. Maybe

I should have a kick starter to preserve my hand loomed potholders.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Very interesting!
Well, I am glad there are people like you 2 that take proper care of the bees!

Rinda,
Would you be interested in some English Orps?

Possibly, what variety?

I don't have bees and am very afraid of them but, they are necessary. That device looks like a 'soda fountain' bee hive. Just pull a draught of honey and chill with your friends!!

I am totally opposed to that. Everyone just wants easy peasy convenience and let the chips fall where they may. Geez they mentioned it had pulled in 4 mil. Maybe

I should have a kick starter to preserve my hand loomed potholders.

You heard about the guy who started a kickstarter to help him decide what kind of potato salad to make, right? He raised $55k!!

All kidding aside, I think the Flow Hive IS a really cool idea. And I love that it's getting a lot of people interested in and excited about beekeeping. And what I love more than anything else- instead of making his system a special size so it only works with HIS equipment that you have to buy, he designed it to fit a STANDARD Langstroth hive, so you can mix and match the pieces with 98% of the hives in the US!

 

[kathyinmo]

Quote: Red, Red Cuckoo, White, and maybe Black. This guy lives in Galena, KS but works in Joplin. He is selling out of all his birds. Maybe he is retiring? Not sure, but he is an older guy (like me!) They are all imports and he is selling them for $20 a pair. Some are just 3 - 4 months old. Not sure what all variety he has left.

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Netting is stretched and stapled all with way around! Yay!
Stella gave me no choice but to do that today. She stood on the hood of the car and tried to fly up into the net and over.

Poor thing.
A car and a bicycle and no place to go!





Hardware cloth is secured over the window so we can leave them open at night.

wow looks great . wish my netting was tight like that