Lol me too. Just trying to learn as much as I can first.

So start journey✈️ the bee 🐝keeping

Do not buy from any KZfaq ad. I lost money they are fakes. Go to EBay and buy a imitation for lot less cash.

Me too!

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.

I'm so glad!

@Clark Khari bot

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

Go for it!

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

Good luck!

Did you ever get your hive going?

Did you get yours ? I was wondering about getting one but the more info I get the more I want to go the classic way.

Hi, can you give some tips on getting started with worm farming?

How is it going?

@@SageandStoneHomestead did my first inspection 5 days after and it was very plesent.

@@lovelymillie1967 awesome!!

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

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.

I wonder if it might be too small and the colony will out grow too quick and swarm.

@@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

They do, there is a process to moving bees but if done correctly they will adjust to their new location. -Kieran

how can i get one

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

That's fantastic! Glad it was helpful for you :) - Danika

We don’t have varroa here in Australia [last varroa-free place on the planet…] so it isn’t a decision we need to make…🤷‍♂️

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

You're welcome

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?

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

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

Fred Dunn has utube videos on harvesting flow hives. He also discusses cleaning and preparing for winter.

Just scrape anything off that’s not in the frames whenever you’re in there, bees will take care of the rest

@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?

You usually only need to clean it before you sell them to the next sucker who thinks flow hives are cool.

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

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

They could.

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 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/areaddeKmN7Qipc.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 :)

we have been building the glasshouse for over two years, super excited to finally put the flow hive into place with it

The roof goes on the brood box and then goes on the super when you put this on top. The Flow Frames get built out with comb the bees reuse this comb, uncapping, resealing and refilling after a harvest. You wont need to clean them unless you are putting them in storage and a pest gets to them. Yes there is a slope built into the Flow Hive for harvesting, the front to rear slope is able to be present indefinitely, it doesnt impact on the colony. A side to side slope would risk cross comb though so it is important to ensure this is level. -Kieran

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 KZfaq channel and places like our FAQs page: support.honeyflow.com All the best on your learning journey :) Danika

Use a bungee cord

Hi its best to harvest the Flow Frames on the hive as they have been designed in this way, the bees keep the temperature at about 35ºc/95ºF which keeps wax soft and honey liquid. There is enough of an allowance in the honey trough and tube that you dont need to disturb the capping. Doing so could lead to honey leaking out of capping instead. -Kieran

I would like to know too

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 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.

@@FlowHive THANKS

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

Our dog loves honey so I have hive protected. The bees would be the ones who would survive 👍

Great question

And your Lord inspired the bees: “Make ˹your˺ homes in the mountains, the trees, and in what people construct, and feed from ˹the flower of˺ any fruit ˹you please˺ and follow the ways your Lord has made easy for you.” From their bellies comes forth liquid of varying colours, in which there is healing for people. Surely in this is a sign for those who reflect. Quran : Surah 16, Verse 68, 69

Lina Di Pietro no you can’t just leave them You have to inspect them and check on them regularly

I certainly suggest looking into other hives cause this is too much I’m starting myself I got everything bees and all for less than $600 and this hive is more than that last I checked

Some honey bees can be left to their own devices and do whatever, there are honey bees in the wild. Most bees you’d get online wouldn’t do so well left on their own though, get some local bees and a top bar hive. They should be fine if you treat them for mites twice a year.

@@Ornatetooth0475 but then you still have to buy the equipment for extraction. That's fine if you have several hives, but if you're only wanting one this is a good option.

Hey Ruth, 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 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/areaddeKmN7Qipc.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 :)

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.

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

@@FlowHive thanks :D

Crikey mate, Just keep em in ya pants.

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

I thought it was really cool that @Flow Hive took the time to answer your question so thoroughly.

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?

Hey David, here's an article we've written on swarm prevention: www.honeyflow.com.au/blogs/beekeeping-basics/swarm-prevention Yes, we have Flow beekeepers throughout Europe and similar winter climates :) We always recommend joining your local beekeeping club to find out the best practices specific to your unique climate. However here are two articles on overwintering and using Flow in freezing conditions. support.honeyflow.com/can-i-use-flow-in-cold-or-freezing-conditions/ support.honeyflow.com/wintering-your-flow-hive/ I hope this helps! - Danika

You mention the word "auto" this is generally linked to fake hives, is it possible you purchased counterfeits as the plastic used in these is not going to be the same food grade quality that we offer, as well as the overall intricate design not able to be fully replicated. support.honeyflow.com/fake-flow-hives/ -Kieran

Hi Anil, We realise that our Flow Hive can feel like a big investment, however, this outlay can be weighed up against the need for expensive extraction equipment and the amount of labour involved with traditional harvesting methods. In the long run, the amount of time, effort and expensive extraction equipment required to harvest from a Langstroth hive make the pricing comparable. Flow technology is the first of it’s kind in the world. As with any new invention, the pricing is reflective of this. We aim to do business with all those involved in the creation of our products in an ethical and sustainable manner, and this is a further contributing factor to the price of our products. All plastics used are of the highest quality available, all timber used is sustainably sourced, harvested, and milled, which means it is more expensive than using lower grade, less environmentally conscious timber sources. All staff are paid fair wages and employed in fair-trade conditions. We are endeavouring to make this premium product as accessible as possible, and have a range of options to suit different budgets. - Sam

@@FlowHive I really like the technology but the price is a very big concern for us, as for our currency value is 55 times lesser than yours. To recover the investment done on 1 Flow Hive we have to wait till it gives us 163 Kilograms of honey. It will be feasible for people in your country, US and European. This will remain a dream project for us....