Bee keeping

[Billygoat]

Does anyone here keep bees?

I have been procrastinating for close to 12 months now on getting into it and would like to buy a Flow hive. Absolute Genius invention.

Any tips or feedback appreciated. I am in a suburban environment.


https://www.honeyflow.com.au/products/flow-hive-2-plus?variant=32318297931878

 

[Porky]

Does anyone here keep bees?

I have been procrastinating for close to 12 months now on getting into it and would like to buy a Flow hive. Absolute Genius invention.

Any tips or feedback appreciated. I am in a suburban environment.


https://www.honeyflow.com.au/products/flow-hive-2-plus?variant=32318297931878

I've thought it would be cool to have your own bees.
Fresh honey and honey comb.

 

[Red Eye Hero]

Does anyone here keep bees?

I have been procrastinating for close to 12 months now on getting into it and would like to buy a Flow hive. Absolute Genius invention.

Any tips or feedback appreciated. I am in a suburban environment.


https://www.honeyflow.com.au/products/flow-hive-2-plus?variant=32318297931878

Mate I’ve been thinking the same thing for the past year once my parents property is built down in Geelong I’m gonna buy a flow hive

 

[Sedge]

Me mate got one last year ,so I’m seeing how he goes with it ,,
he has a manual centrifuge ,,so not the type you want.

 

[Red Eye Hero]

I seen a cool video where they feed the bees sugar syrup infused with cannabis then the bees naturally produce cannabis infused honey

 

[Madmick]

Think I saw something similar

 

[Indy]

I mentioned that type to the neighbour (a bee keeper) when the guys were looking for crowdfunding for their design. He said he wasn't quite sure if it was suitable for the bees found in Oz.

The father and son team that come up with it were located in northern rivers, IIRC. Which would make you think they would've designed in mind for the Aussie bees. Might be a question you put to them before purchasing it, bill. Either that, or the neighbour is full of it..

Fuck it all, quoted my own shit. D'oh.

 

[Indy]

My orchard 'n vege patch is big enough for a hive. Been wanting one for a while now, but haven't pulled my finger out yet.

 

[Red Eye Hero]

 

[Gazza]

I was looking at hives awhile back thinking the same thing besides the lucrative market, pretty cool how the whole process works and the product is determined on the different pollens they collect.

 

[Billygoat]

I also bought some manuka seeds a while back. lol. wonder where they are now...

 

[Pikey]

Yeah a great invention and they're down to earth guys to boot. If you want to save a bit of money you can just buy their flow frames and they've done viddies to show you how to easily modify normal boxes to fit their frames.

Modifying a 10 frame Langstroth Box to fit 7 Flow™ Frames (This one is a fair bit fancier)

Modifying a 8 frame Langstroth Box to fit 3 Flow™ Frames (A bit older/more crude design)

 

[Anoma]

This must have been the same Aussie company the missus was talking about a while ago, she's interested in it too when we get a backyard. Pretty cool stuff.

 

[Billygoat]

Yeah a great invention and they're down to earth guys to boot. If you want to save a bit of money you can just buy their flow frames and they've done viddies to show you how to easily modify normal boxes to fit their frames.

Modifying a 10 frame Langstroth Box to fit 7 Flow™ Frames (This one is a fair bit fancier)

Modifying a 8 frame Langstroth Box to fit 3 Flow™ Frames (A bit older/more crude design)

Watching now.

do you happen to know the price difference?

 

[Pikey]

Having a quick look at it...

Flow Hive classic (7 Frame) is $929
Vs.
7 Flow Frames are $594 on their site + 2 x Boxes @ ~$35 each (flat pack)... so say ~$700 including incidentals.

OR

The 3 Flow frame one (first viddie) for roughly $420 ($344 for 3 flow frames + ~$70 for 2 x boxes)