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[pennyJo1960]

Have you seen the new beehive that you can harvest from without even opening the hive? I want one and I don't even have bees!

http://www.honeyflow.com/

if we all could do that maybe there would be more honey producers

 

[bruceha2000]

Have you seen the new beehive that you can harvest from without even opening the hive? I want one and I don't even have bees!

http://www.honeyflow.com/

I don't have bees yet but have been "investigating" and first saw the FlowFrame site about 9 months ago. Sounds like a great product, no ripping the hive apart to get the honey. And no you do NOT just tap off a bit for your pancakes. You still wait until the frame is full and fully drain it. I think the biggest downside is the cost. Makes SCG's $500 startup number look cheap. And no wax to make candles etc unless you have some regular frames as well.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I don't have bees yet but have been "investigating" and first saw the FlowFrame site about 9 months ago. Sounds like a great product, no ripping the hive apart to get the honey. And no you do NOT just tap off a bit for your pancakes. You still wait until the frame is full and fully drain it. I think the biggest downside is the cost. Makes SCG's $500 startup number look cheap. And no wax to make candles etc unless you have some regular frames as well.

I have a couple concerns about this.
1. You need to know when the honey is capped (ie dehydrated enough to be ready and not spoil) before you can harvest
2. Some hives mix their brood with their honey so you also need to be sure you have only honey
3. How will the bees know it is empty to take the tops off and put more honey in it?
4. Honey attracts bees like you can't imagine. I made the mistake once of putting a bowl outside that had honey in it (was just trace honey) and within probably 5 minutes I had 430698457 bees swarming the thing. I lost hundreds of bees in the battle and could not go in that part of the yard all day. You do not want open honey near your hive. When I go to take the frames off I have to have a towel covering the box I'm putting the frames in or they'll attract bees.

 

[drumstick diva]

Think I'll go without honey.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Me also still

 

[perchie.girl]

I like honey with bee chunks in it.... but I couldnt handle the responsiblity of maintaining my own hive... so will happily pay.

deb

 

[1kluckychik]

Real local honey is expensive here.

 

[drumstick diva]

Fancy honey in the grocery stores is expensive and I wonder if it is real honey. I've read that many are high fruitcose, molasses, etc.- some fake imitations of brand names.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I never had heard that before

 

[Beer can]

The people selling local honey here, my neighbor gets it straight from them, they refill containers cheaper.
How do they make that buckwheat honey I wonder? Just put the hives in the middle of a buckwheat field and hope the bee's don't wander? I like the dark buckwheat on stuff, but not in tea, regular honey if I use it for that.