Flow hive forum

einsteinagogo said:

I want the electronic cloud enabled version of Flow Hive Mk10, which emails or texts me when the frames are full, and then I text it back to start "flowing" and pumping all the honey out of the apiary to the jarring plant, which jars and labels, and then I collect later in my car to take to market.

Do you think that will out for delivery in 2037, because that's when I'll be retired!

But maybe by then, people could visit a "Flow Drive Through" for collect honey on demand, put a £20 note in the drawer and get a jar of honey straight from the hive!

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madasafish said:

", when bees swarm they fill themselves up on honey to last around 2 days, bees with full belly's cannot sting"
http://tinyurl.com/o2ux6qm

Someone please tell all the swarms I have met...

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einsteinagogo said:

I got stung, once in 20 swarms, I handled last year! (I don't often mention that to non-Beeks!), and tell them all the Bees are placid and docile!

"full belly's and cannot sting, because they cannot bend their abdomen" - is this fact ?

if they don't have any honey in the hive to gorge on, maybe that's why I got stung.

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dexter's shed said:

no idea, but to the non beekeeper it sounds good, sometimes it's better to baffle them with bulls**t

imagine telling all those non beekeepers that phone you about possible swarms that bees are dangerous and can sting, would we get as many wanting to help the bees, or would we be compounding what most think, that they will sting you to death, and have them reaching for the can of aerosol and lighter instead.

the old saying, what you don't know, won't hurt you springs to mind

1, tell passer's by, when near a swarm, to calmly walk past, they won't sting you

2, tell passer's by, to run screaming past whilst waving your arms in the air as the bees will sting you


what one's the best thing to say

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dexter's shed said:

no idea, but to the non beekeeper it sounds good, sometimes it's better to baffle them with bulls**t

imagine telling all those non beekeepers that phone you about possible swarms that bees are dangerous and can sting, would we get as many wanting to help the bees, or would we be compounding what most think, that they will sting you to death, and have them reaching for the can of aerosol and lighter instead.

the old saying, what you don't know, won't hurt you springs to mind

1, tell passer's by, when near a swarm, to calmly walk past, they won't sting you

2, tell passer's by, to run screaming past whilst waving your arms in the air as the bees will sting you

what one's the best thing to say

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madasafish said:

3. tell passers by to walk slowly and not upset the bees. If you upset them by running, they may sting you...


There's always another option in beekeeping...

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dexter's shed said:

4, walk by slowly whilst dropping £10 notes to please the bee god's to not sting you

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bpmurray said:

Some interesting questions

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Erichalfbee said:

This one, today.
The Brood box, do I need to just leave all the frames in all the time or is there maintenance that I need to do like remove the frame and ad new ones. As you can see I have don't have a clue.


Dexter is doing his best there, I see
The trouble is that there are a lot of new beekeepers who do not have clue that there is keeping to do.

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