Beekeeping aside, that is an extremely beautiful environment complete with those brilliant cloud-dotted skies! And so quiet as if there isn't any wind at all? I also appreciate her hive bench system. Thank you so much for sharing and how nice for her! OH! at 11:51 that's where our ReCap Mason Jar lids come in :) annnd the 3rd bee hits the honey. You truly live in paradise.
@@BuzzyBeezTV I do, I definitely do! As a kid, my bedroom walls actually had posters of the reptiles of New South Wales :) it's a part of the world I've never been to and I've actually been all over, from China to Africa.
Ugh I want to become a bee keeper so badly! This is amazing and seems so rewarding. I love bees and love what they do. Being able to raise and help the world pollinate food is amazing
Omg so nice to see Delvene Delaney again, absolutely loved watching you & your beautiful & sadly missed Strop…may I also say what a fabulous setup you have created 🌹🌷🌻🌼🌸🌺🥀🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐞
Awesome Video thank you Delvene for sharing - Newby myself just received my Flow Hive in the mail thank you Cedar and Team. Looking forward to arming myself with more info and setting up.
Wow I went to Wavell High School with Delvene & so glad to see she is keeping bees & learning as well. I am currently learning from a fabulous Beekeeper who has about 40 hives here in Geebung Qld. Learning is the most important part before getting a Nuc or Hive. Cheers Denise
Ah.... Ms Delvene. Australia's china doll. Absolutely brilliant video!! What to do with high moisture honey? Mead!!! Or eat it quick, 😄 Thank you for sharing this with us. 🇦🇺 🐝🐝 🍺
OMG. It was so good to see Delvene. She is so stunning. What a beautiful set up. I dream one day of having my own hive. My father had a bee allergy which prevented me from entertaining the thought of keeping bees but since losing him, it is all I think about. I just have to work on the hubby now. What an incredible invention and such peaceful harvesting.
I love that Delvene has so many hives....can you tell me if she bought them all at the same time, or over a period of time? I am referring to the fact that some hives seem to have more honey in them than others.
Usually, an apiary expands over time, with the opportunity to split an existing colony and transfer bees over. Colonies will work at different productive rates bringing in honey, and with a Flow Hive there is the ability to harvest as soon as the honey is ready. There is a good chance Delvene has already harvested before our visit. Heres a video of a split in action, ruclips.net/video/H5JKW01h9UQ/видео.html -Kieran
@@FlowHive Thank you so much for your wonderful explanation..excited about the Flow Hives. Is about 40 years since my hubby and I had bees. Now have 3 excited grown sons wanting a hive each.
I noticed there is a couple of extra holes in the lid at the back that is not normal with the FlowHive. I have the original cedar flowhive and have thought to do the same but on the front side. Reason for this is I thought it would allow easier access to the worker bees and save them some hardship in tackling the queen excluder and navigating the brood box, thoughts? Also, we didn't get any shots of the front of the hives in this video, is there additional holes in the front of the lid? Im guessing the rear holes are for ventilation and the front holes would be for access? I know Fredrick below does similar.... I have only had my swarm caught bees for approx 5 weeks and the brood box if filled with good brood and some waxed honey. The outer frames on each side are still developing from the wax sheet but I thought Id add the flow frames on top to get them underway to start sealing it and using it for Honey Stores for winter. To date no activity in the upper super as yet, just some condensation on the window. Is this normal or will they make their way up when they are ready? Will the holes talked about above assist? Thanks in Advance.... :)
Also, would it hurt to have the hives turned straighter when harvesting (to make room for the jar) and then turn them back again after? as I see she seems to have most of them facing in another direction from the first! Is Delvene following the seasons by pointing the hive towards a particular direction, i.e. North, South etc?
You wont want to move a hive in this way, unless fully suited up. Bees are sensitive to movement and can feel threatened. You can always bring in a bench or use our harvesting shelf brackets that turn the arched caver into a shelf for jars. -Kieran
We are from Cambodia, I would love to have this set at our waterfall nature reserve Flowhive set up..We love that this set up do not interrupt the home of the bees and they look healthy and happy to produce a happy healthy energy honey! What is your email?
No. They need to be closed Cells (cavity is like a cup on its side.) And they fill it with Nectar (Honey.) And when the moisture level is low enough, they Cap it, with Wax ! (Close the end up. ) If it's got to much water content, the Bees fan their Wings to dehydrate it down to below 20% .... Clever or what !Hope this helps. 🤗 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
You turn the Key (Upper Slot) the Wire tension mechanism 'Closes' those Faux Cells up again, (Bees still need to Wax up and Seal those tiny lines between each Channel of stacked Cells.) Until they crank that Key, and the flood gates open again. Open via Lower Slot, Crank,. Take Honey. Add Key to Upper Slot, Crank, Closes it... Repeat, Repeat.... Hope this helps. 😏 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
It stays liquid, with the Heat of the Hive (Bees moving about, the level of Moisture in there.... For a short while. # Here in UK we have Oil Seed Rape # (Canola Oil) that also sets hard. It's lovely, but granulates in a few weeks, (when other Honey types takes Months, sometimes Years ! 😱) Just a case of knowing when it's in Flower, give the Bees a few weeks to collect the Nectar from it ... And Harvesting it quite quickly, doing a moisture test maybe a little higher than normal, allowing for more 'set' later. Hope this helps. 😏 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
Hi Nena, you can have multiple brood boxes and/or multiple supers we do recommend the highest being four boxes otherwise it can become a bit unwieldy - Sam
Hi Tigre, Thanks for your message - here's a great article on how much honey can be harvested in the Flow Hive. support.honeyflow.com/how-much-honey-comes-out-of-a-flow-hive-or-super/ - Sam
Hey there :) Stingless bees are too small and don't produce enough honey for the Flow design, but we do have a pollinator house for solitary bees available in the US and Australia. They're currently sold out but if you're in one of these regions you can sign up to be notified when they're back in stock here: go.honeyflow.com/products/flow-pollinator-house?_pos=1&_psq=pollinator&_ss=e&_v=1.0 I hope this helps! - Danika
I made up a stand approx 300-400mm high to fit my hive unit and get it up more ergonomically accessible. I then tied some old oil soaked rag strips around the 4 legs.... Boom, no ants can get in.. :)
KISIERA ASER UN NEGOCIO DE MIEL PERO NO TENGO EL PRESUPUESTO PARA COMPRAR LAS CASITAS PARA LAS AVEJITAS KISIERA MANTENERME DE LA MIEL TUVE UN AXIDENTE Y LLA NO PUEDO TRAVAJAR😭
How to get honey with your flow hive: throw it away and put a proper super on. Three years and my bees would never use it! They get honey bound in the brood chamber before they'll touch it...I add a super on top of the flow hive and it's full in a week... Flow hive still empty. In my 20 years keeping I've never regretted a purchase like I have this "toy".
Sorry your bees haven't taken to it. I love mine. I have two and the bees have taken to them both in no time. Have you tried adding wax to the flow frames to help the bees get used to them
![How to tell when your Flow Hive is ready to harvest 🍯🐝🌻[LIVE]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0UMyWfxe2NI/mqdefault.jpg)
Beekeeping aside, that is an extremely beautiful environment complete with those brilliant cloud-dotted skies! And so quiet as if there isn't any wind at all? I also appreciate her hive bench system. Thank you so much for sharing and how nice for her! OH! at 11:51 that's where our ReCap Mason Jar lids come in :) annnd the 3rd bee hits the honey. You truly live in paradise.
Sounds like you need a trip down under Mr. Dunn!!!
@@BuzzyBeezTV I do, I definitely do! As a kid, my bedroom walls actually had posters of the reptiles of New South Wales :) it's a part of the world I've never been to and I've actually been all over, from China to Africa.
@@FrederickDunn 1
Can we all appreciate how beautiful everybody's hair looks in this video?
Lol yep. That is one hot older woman.
Ugh I want to become a bee keeper so badly! This is amazing and seems so rewarding. I love bees and love what they do. Being able to raise and help the world pollinate food is amazing
Omg so nice to see Delvene Delaney again, absolutely loved watching you & your beautiful & sadly missed Strop…may I also say what a fabulous setup you have created 🌹🌷🌻🌼🌸🌺🥀🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐞
Different hive get different flavors..... Wowww...
Incredible... 💞
Awesome Video thank you Delvene for sharing - Newby myself just received my Flow Hive in the mail thank you Cedar and Team. Looking forward to arming myself with more info and setting up.
Wow I went to Wavell High School with Delvene & so glad to see she is keeping bees & learning as well. I am currently learning from a fabulous Beekeeper who has about 40 hives here in Geebung Qld. Learning is the most important part before getting a Nuc or Hive. Cheers Denise
Wonderful to read, I am pleased that you are learning from an experienced beekeeper what a great mentor to have. -Kieran
Great video guys, Love this totally. So information packed!
Ah.... Ms Delvene. Australia's china doll.
Absolutely brilliant video!!
What to do with high moisture honey? Mead!!! Or eat it quick, 😄
Thank you for sharing this with us.
🇦🇺 🐝🐝 🍺
Delightful to watch
A lovely, informative video with informative comments and replies.
This is awesome
OMG. It was so good to see Delvene. She is so stunning. What a beautiful set up. I dream one day of having my own hive. My father had a bee allergy which prevented me from entertaining the thought of keeping bees but since losing him, it is all I think about. I just have to work on the hubby now. What an incredible invention and such peaceful harvesting.
Love her setup. She's a beauty, still.
What a lovely location for bees!
High class beautiful home for the bees...Love to have this set up!
What a gorgeous Apiary
Right through this video I was waiting for Hoges and Strop to enter stage right with their beer, sleeveless shirts and elephant wrinkles. 😂
When will the “Strop” brand of honey be available in the supermarkets to buy?
FlowHives.. Genius!
Brilliant system !
What size jars are those? Love watching your videos!
Congratulations on your first harvest!
They are about 400g jars -Kieran
I love that Delvene has so many hives....can you tell me if she bought them all at the same time, or over a period of time? I am referring to the fact that some hives seem to have more honey in them than others.
Usually, an apiary expands over time, with the opportunity to split an existing colony and transfer bees over. Colonies will work at different productive rates bringing in honey, and with a Flow Hive there is the ability to harvest as soon as the honey is ready. There is a good chance Delvene has already harvested before our visit. Heres a video of a split in action, ruclips.net/video/H5JKW01h9UQ/видео.html
-Kieran
@@FlowHive Thank you so much for your wonderful explanation..excited about the Flow Hives. Is about 40 years since my hubby and I had bees. Now have 3 excited grown sons wanting a hive each.
So nice
Thanks Beckie, glad you enjoyed it :) - Danika
I noticed there is a couple of extra holes in the lid at the back that is not normal with the FlowHive. I have the original cedar flowhive and have thought to do the same but on the front side.
Reason for this is I thought it would allow easier access to the worker bees and save them some hardship in tackling the queen excluder and navigating the brood box, thoughts?
Also, we didn't get any shots of the front of the hives in this video, is there additional holes in the front of the lid?
Im guessing the rear holes are for ventilation and the front holes would be for access?
I know Fredrick below does similar....
I have only had my swarm caught bees for approx 5 weeks and the brood box if filled with good brood and some waxed honey.
The outer frames on each side are still developing from the wax sheet but I thought Id add the flow frames on top to get them underway to start sealing it and using it for Honey Stores for winter.
To date no activity in the upper super as yet, just some condensation on the window. Is this normal or will they make their way up when they are ready? Will the holes talked about above assist?
Thanks in Advance.... :)
Hi Cedar, any thoughts on this? Cheers.
Good Luck
Also, would it hurt to have the hives turned straighter when harvesting (to make room for the jar) and then turn them back again after? as I see she seems to have most of them facing in another direction from the first! Is Delvene following the seasons by pointing the hive towards a particular direction, i.e. North, South etc?
You wont want to move a hive in this way, unless fully suited up. Bees are sensitive to movement and can feel threatened. You can always bring in a bench or use our harvesting shelf brackets that turn the arched caver into a shelf for jars. -Kieran
@@FlowHive Thank you so much.
What kind of Queen excluder is she using? Doesn't look like the plastic one I got.
I'm curious about those also as they appear much thicker than the standard plastic QE units.
We are from Cambodia, I would love to have this set at our waterfall nature reserve Flowhive set up..We love that this set up do not interrupt the home of the bees and they look healthy and happy to produce a happy healthy energy honey! What is your email?
Can I use flow hive for apis cerana
Hi there, absolutely :) - Sam
Can you leave it slightly open for a very slow drip and still produce honey?
No. They need to be closed Cells (cavity is like a cup on its side.) And they fill it with Nectar (Honey.) And when the moisture level is low enough, they Cap it, with Wax ! (Close the end up. )
If it's got to much water content, the Bees fan their Wings to dehydrate it down to below 20% .... Clever or what !Hope this helps. 🤗
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
Hello..👍👍👍
What if you have lots of ants in and around the bee hive ?
How do u stop the flow once you have finished harvesting?
You turn the Key (Upper Slot) the Wire tension mechanism 'Closes' those Faux Cells up again, (Bees still need to Wax up and Seal those tiny lines between each Channel of stacked Cells.) Until they crank that Key, and the flood gates open again. Open via Lower Slot, Crank,. Take Honey.
Add Key to Upper Slot, Crank, Closes it... Repeat, Repeat....
Hope this helps. 😏
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
What about honey from jelly bush which could crystallize inside the comb?
It stays liquid, with the Heat of the Hive (Bees moving about, the level of Moisture in there.... For a short while. #
Here in UK we have Oil Seed Rape # (Canola Oil) that also sets hard. It's lovely, but granulates in a few weeks, (when other Honey types takes Months, sometimes Years ! 😱)
Just a case of knowing when it's in Flower, give the Bees a few weeks to collect the Nectar from it ... And Harvesting it quite quickly, doing a moisture test maybe a little higher than normal, allowing for more 'set' later.
Hope this helps. 😏
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
@@ME_MeAndMyBees Canolo crystalises quickly as well as jellybush here in Australia.
How many Kg’s can you harvest each year?
hey again Michael :) Please see this article:
support.honeyflow.com/how-much-honey-comes-out-of-a-flow-hive-or-super/
Danika
Why does she have different heights, no box underneath?
Hi Nena, you can have multiple brood boxes and/or multiple supers we do recommend the highest being four boxes otherwise it can become a bit unwieldy - Sam
الله يوفقكم ويسعدكم يارب العالمين حتى ولو ما مسلامه
How often you harvest. The hive. And how much honey. You pick every time. I’m thinking. To buy the #2. Tanks
Hi Tigre, Thanks for your message - here's a great article on how much honey can be harvested in the Flow Hive. support.honeyflow.com/how-much-honey-comes-out-of-a-flow-hive-or-super/ - Sam
can you make stingless bee flow hive PLS?
Hey there :)
Stingless bees are too small and don't produce enough honey for the Flow design, but we do have a pollinator house for solitary bees available in the US and Australia. They're currently sold out but if you're in one of these regions you can sign up to be notified when they're back in stock here:
go.honeyflow.com/products/flow-pollinator-house?_pos=1&_psq=pollinator&_ss=e&_v=1.0
I hope this helps!
- Danika
Any advice for ants in bee hives? thanks
Ground cinnamon
@@justinmitchell1704 Where do you put it? Do you create a line around the edge of the hive? Thanks
@@fleurmp3820 put it on the stand around the hive and put it on the inner cover
@@justinmitchell1704 thanks!
I made up a stand approx 300-400mm high to fit my hive unit and get it up more ergonomically accessible.
I then tied some old oil soaked rag strips around the 4 legs.... Boom, no ants can get in.. :)
hola que precio tiene una colmena como esa . para medellin colombia
800. Us. Dólares.
11:51 I thought she was smoking 🚬 😂
KISIERA ASER UN NEGOCIO DE MIEL PERO NO TENGO EL PRESUPUESTO PARA COMPRAR LAS CASITAS PARA LAS AVEJITAS KISIERA MANTENERME DE LA MIEL TUVE UN AXIDENTE Y LLA NO PUEDO TRAVAJAR😭
Lamento escuchar eso, espero que te mejores y vuelvas a trabajar pronto. - Sam
Hi
How to get honey with your flow hive: throw it away and put a proper super on. Three years and my bees would never use it! They get honey bound in the brood chamber before they'll touch it...I add a super on top of the flow hive and it's full in a week... Flow hive still empty. In my 20 years keeping I've never regretted a purchase like I have this "toy".
Sorry your bees haven't taken to it. I love mine. I have two and the bees have taken to them both in no time. Have you tried adding wax to the flow frames to help the bees get used to them