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[عبدالرحمنعبدالرحيم-سح]

Very wonderful and really wonderful nature I wish to live there and enjoy working with honey and bees and production I am very passionate about this kind of work ❤🐝🍯

[TheBirdyONFire]

Youre bees are so much calmer than mine. I would never dream of opening the hive without having a suit on.

[Abderrahmane_Aitouche]

📃 And your Lord has inspired the bees to build dwellings in the mountains and in the trees and in what they erect, so follow humbly the paths of your Lord and eat of all the fruits from their bellies comes a drink of various colors, in which. there is healing for people. Indeed, this is a sign for a people who reflect 📃

[honeymcdonald]

This was great, but the sound problems were often when you were saying something interesting :)

[TL-rf]

The comb guide should be coated with bees wax. It works better like coating plastic frames to start pulling out comb. Uncoated plastic frames are patchy at best.

[darrensmith]

Hello, great video sound is coming and going

[agentbz]

That was a fascinating video. I learned several things, such as that both outside and inside surfaces of the roof should be sealed with a good paint. I wasn't sure about that after hearing that only the outsides of the major hive components should have a coating applied. Having written that, I intend to coat the outsides of the brood box and super with Thompson Water Seal. It's popular in the States for use on equipment exposed to moisture. Do you approve, Flow crew?
EDIT: I searched beekeeping forums and found mixed reviews on TWS. Apparently, many beekeepers do use it. However, several commented that it doesn't last more than two years, then the outsides of the hive require re-coating. The reviews are from 2011. I think they now have several formulae. The one I have is TWS "Barely Tinted" - "Natural Cedar".

[agentbz]

I have a Flow Hive 2+ with room for seven frames in the brood box. The nuc that I will be transferring to the brood box has five frames of bees. I infer that I will only ever need two of the frames that are included with the 2+ full complement of components. In fact, my beekeeper did confirm that I will be transferring the five frames and putting two Flow frames outermost, one one either side. If all the foregoing is correct, I guess I should still assemble, glue, and nail up all the included frames and put them in a safe place in case of need at a later date. Comment?

[PilotMcbride]

Perhaps next time you doing a hive inspection and find queen cells it may be an idea to explain the difference between swarm and supercedure cells.
Just a thought.

[OSUprincessXOX]

If we are transferring from non flow frames, how do we eventually move them to all flow frames? Will the system work with the frames we get when we purchase our nuc?

[erikesparza]

What types of flowers are good to plant to help feed my bees?

[camelia]

Someone is keeping the finger on the mic every now and then 😉

[rockieramshur]

So when you put the swarm in the brood box that you're taking them out of now, the frame had nothing but the surrounding frame, no comb and they have since made all the comb that's in there, and how long did that take for them to make that??

[arixcava]

Do I need a swarm to start the flow hive or can I buy a queen with 5 helpers

[Rhonda-rd]

How long since you caught the swarm and have had it in that brooder box?

[AllysonLynch-vi]

What kind of oil should I put in there for pests?

[glenhopes]

Flow Hive Team New Year's Resolution: Solve the problems with the sound!! It is beyond frustrating getting half the story!

[allensmith]

Hi there I live in Limpopo South Africa which is mostly wild African bush veld. Nowhere to get bees. I need to know if I purchase the complete kit that is primed will this be acceptable for our bush veld bees to move in

[Ash-icyg]

I was told queen bees are light sensitive and as u take the racks out the queen will move away from the light is this true?

[JimmitheV]

Why did you have to transfer the frames..? Why didn’t you just put that box onto the stand?