tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440727903338657511.post5574948012270295008..comments2023-10-28T03:05:05.173-07:00Comments on the winnebago diaries: { Fair Share Honey's Perspective on the Flow Hive } pollen artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842764938981076367noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440727903338657511.post-67885327388959065232015-02-27T08:42:32.756-08:002015-02-27T08:42:32.756-08:00Youtube Vid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb...Youtube Vid: <br /><br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbMV9qYIXqMpollen artshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842764938981076367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440727903338657511.post-31573250124114148852015-02-27T08:41:49.730-08:002015-02-27T08:41:49.730-08:00Take a closer look (@ 2:11 on the "full revea...Take a closer look (@ 2:11 on the "full reveal video on youtube) .. the only way those cells can move up and down is due to two splits in the plastic (top and bottom) in every single cell.<br /><br />Those cells won't hold liquid unless the bees go in there and sew every cell together, top and bottom, with real beeswax. Once they do that .. and then fill them with nectar, cure it to honey and then cap every cell, they're pretty proud of their work and feel good knowing they've got savings ... and then the operator of this "kind system" throws the lever, and breaks apart all the seams and wax patches that the bees closed up (that's where the honey flows down through).<br /><br />So in a place where the bees just had complete cells full of capped honey, with the flip of a switch, the bees now come back to find frames inexplicably void of honey, caps all broken apart broken, and all the seems broken and needing repair again. <br /><br />If I was a bee, I'd rather have the beekeeper just pull the frames, shave the caps and spin the honey out .. at least that way the comb comes back in tacked. <br /><br />This is a mess, and these guys are lying if they say this is easier on the bees. Easier on the lazy drive-thru beekeeper maybe. <br /><br />Too bad so many people are buying in on good intentions. pollen artshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842764938981076367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440727903338657511.post-42516197883233971842015-02-26T21:02:15.159-08:002015-02-26T21:02:15.159-08:00After the honey has been harvested, the cells are ...After the honey has been harvested, the cells are returned to their original intact position so the bees don't have to "sew it all back together".poophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14324312486204998485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440727903338657511.post-37730142108627466612015-02-26T12:40:21.919-08:002015-02-26T12:40:21.919-08:00I'm with you on this...I did not feel good abo...I'm with you on this...I did not feel good about "harvesting" the honey with plastic tubes and a tap system. I want to give bees respect, and kind~nurturing care. The comb is such a work of he~ART, that breaking the cells is broken & destructive. New to bee~keeping...working towards a gentle, mindful, intuitive, & attentive nature working with bees, xo~ AmbujaAmbuja Lotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771158756095219765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440727903338657511.post-46986577364559128672015-02-26T00:08:23.511-08:002015-02-26T00:08:23.511-08:00As I said (in detail) .. the system is destructive...As I said (in detail) .. the system is destructive, breaking thousands of cells down the middle and then expecting the bees to sew it all back together and refill. And this is supposed to be kinder and less disruptive? Traditional harvesting leaves the comb fully intact minus the caps.<br /><br />This system won't work without a queen excluder .. unless you don't mind drinking bug juice, and so that keeps the queen from traveling the hive and laying where she wants (this inspires swarming) .. and the whole marketing campaign seems to promote the soda fountain approach to honey harvesting, but bees need care. It's not disturbance, but love and care. This system is an expensive unneeded gadget that promotes bad practices, and makes way more work for the bees and less responsibility for the lazy beekeeper.<br /><br />There's much more, but I've already wrote it once up there. .. pollen artshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842764938981076367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440727903338657511.post-81531284910062541292015-02-25T23:55:25.285-08:002015-02-25T23:55:25.285-08:00... and for all the people who are watching these ...... and for all the people who are watching these pitch vids and buying flow hives outside of sub-tropic Australia : ? pollen artshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842764938981076367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440727903338657511.post-84535968877810247842015-02-25T23:28:00.040-08:002015-02-25T23:28:00.040-08:00It seems that most of problems with the Flow hive ...It seems that most of problems with the Flow hive derive from the two box set up in the photo rather than considering the system itself. I am happy beekeeping my own way but it doesn't stop me from admiring their inventiveness and enterprise. I can just hear some skep owner predicting the sky would fall when the langstroth came on the market.<br />Mooooooohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336461143152605729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440727903338657511.post-22897364263243081492015-02-25T22:51:34.823-08:002015-02-25T22:51:34.823-08:00The Flow hive in the picture is in sub-tropical Au...The Flow hive in the picture is in sub-tropical Australia where there is no dearth and bees never starve.<br />Mooooooohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336461143152605729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440727903338657511.post-11804757275030666442015-02-25T10:50:17.338-08:002015-02-25T10:50:17.338-08:00AMEN!AMEN!pollen artshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842764938981076367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4440727903338657511.post-81790299791980192742015-02-25T10:48:32.670-08:002015-02-25T10:48:32.670-08:00Love the awesome way you bring attentions to the i...Love the awesome way you bring attentions to the important aspects of having a respectful, skillful and kind relationship with the bees! I also didn't take honey from my hive last year (my intuition told me not to) and found out that my neighbor who gave me his hive when he moved didn't either. For me, it's about kind, compassionate and skillful relationship with the bees.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16293731294581763029noreply@blogger.com