Is The Flow Hive Dead? The Competition Has Arrived!

Is The Flow Hive Dead? The Competition Has Arrived!

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[johnsutton]

Be great to see a vid of how you inspect it once the supers are filling up…

[austerror]

That's not an argument being lazy saying the flow hive you can only extract one at a time, it's false.

[DreamofaHive]

If it is heavy BEFORE it is being filled will honey how are you expected to inspect your bees?

[jamesmgreen]

Any follow ups will also be appreciated.

[FrederickDunn]

Thanks for posting this! I've been receiving several questions about this system recently. So, how did it work out, and do you stand by it? Thank you so much. I find that the company is non-responsive about this system, so anything you can share would be great :)

[LileCremeans]

Absolutely nothing in this video showed me how this is better than the Flow Hive or traditional Langstroth. If anything it looks cheaper than the flow hive knock offs.

[TerryWheelyabarrabackApiary]

Don't know why you say it's better? Nothing in this video showed me that.
They have also stolen a concept from flow hive who spent years of research. The idea behind single spigot's is that you get to taste different pollen honey. They're not all the same as pouring everything in one barrel. They are also not meant for commercial use. They are a hobby Bee kit. Most people that have a flow hive like them. So I don't get your point? Also I personally wouldn't even use a flow hive as I hate all this plastic landfill happening everywhere. And Polystyrene's are the worst.
Wood and Bee's perfect match.

[mattlockhart-ij]

I don't understand why your so impressed by a rival company doing a rip off the original flow hive. They didn't come up with the idea just changed the process slightly to void copy right. Plus the main advantage you say of 1 harvest point is actually a disadvantage in that you can't separate the different honey flavours and colours that come with the flow hive of harvesting different frames.

[alancooney]

Hello,
Alan from Australia here.
So you are saying all honey from all the frames get combined and into a bucket, then you close up the frames and start filling Jars from the bucket?
If so then all the different flavours from each frame will be lost as they are all now mixed. I’m not saying it’s an improvement to the flow system it’s just a simplified way to extract honey.
But I am interested in your next video on this product and I am also open to different ways to extract.

[philaandrew]

Frames look a bit flimsy, will be interested to see how they stack up against the Flow frames. I am still running my Founding Member Flow frames from 2015....

[raterus]

Curious, did you buy in this yourself, or did they send you the stuff for free to try and give an honest opinion?

[dcrosco]

YOU really can tell you are getting paid to sell this equipment. NO I dont care about either system. but you are doing a good job brown nosing for the competition of the flow hive.

[honeymcdonald]

Looks like a total ripoff to me - a copy. I'm not sure I see the gaps needed to keep the bees safe either but camera work didn't show that. I would also NEVER extract more than one frame into one jar - you might as well go back to homogenised extraction, making all honey taste the same -like a supermarket. No competition at all. Team flowhive. I see you are selling them -- someone is biased.

[DirtRooster]

I'm really interested to see how well they function after a couple of seasons.

[crashclan]

How do you check if all the frames are capped so you don’t get too wet honey

[ogradus]

Is that ABS or PLA plastic?
PLA will warp in the sun.
Do bees like plastic the same as wood?

[CypherAFhhhh]

If it’s that heavy, how do you inspect and treat?

[tannyknight]

To all persons talking about coping ideas from the Flow system. If you do a research you will find out that Flow copied a similar system from around 1939 . Who are the copycats?

[Isaacmoilliet]

This NOT better then The Flow Hive!!!
This is much more complicated, and the flow hive does Not require a suit to collect!
Im going with the Flow Hive 🍯 🐝

[albigensian]

i already have 2 up and running, couldn't wait any longer to see you review them lol, personally i like extracting individual frames on the flow hive keeping the honey frames unblended, a selling point i like to have, trouble with the smart hive is i'd have to wait 3hrs to do each frame rather than 3hrs for all at once with the flow hive, but that's horses for courses, not sure about the viewing windows on the sides though as unlike the flow hive the plastic viewing windows are not screwed in or anything just a bit of tape holding them in when i got mine they drop out easily when i uncover to look, hopefully the bees will glue them in place, definately you'll need a top feeder ashforth ect since although the gabled rooves on the flow hives are horrible, they at least give a bit of room for feeding syrup ect. as for the super frames, omg are they in tight. hard to get out and hard to get back in, and that was just painting a bit of wax on the frames to encourage the bees. on the plus side, yeah should be well insulated, and half the price of a flow, will have to see how they work out before i'd get more, i love the fact there's no wires and the frames are more solid than the flow ones.