Flow Hive Honey Harvest: LEAKING HONEY Onto The Bees!! | Practical Solutions to User Error

In general I do love the Flow system and the ease with which I am able to harvest honey in small batches straight from the hive. I DO find that the system is a little fussy, and user error caused me to rain honey down onto the bees in the brood box below. This video discusses WHY the Flow Hive harvest instructions are so particular, and it all makes perfect sense! Hindsight is 20/20.

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[SageandStoneHomestead]

All in all I got 3 quarts out of the two frames, another pint or so went into the colony and got cleaned up by the bees. 5 more flow frames to go!!

[stonesoupsubstitutions]

Thanks for explaining that! Such a simple, logical reason for waiting for the capping on a flow, but too often the simple things don't get explained all the way.

[merryanneadair]

Very much enjoy your bee keeping videos! That honey is beautiful; what a blessing for your family! 🙂

[nolliesteers]

Good morning Heather. Thanks for explaining so thoroughly. All your videos are so educational. Love you guys

[cindyboard]

I love your bee videos!!! Best of luck with your harvest!!!! Stay safe!!

[TheOldSwedesFarm]

Great video Heather! I'm learning every time I watch your bee videos! It's great you got the three quarts!! Have a great week!

[littlefootranch]

Great video! I'm new to your channel. Found you while researching bee keeping & different hives. It's something we've always wanted to do & now we're finally in a place where that's possible.

Thanks for sharing your experiences

[GWPHomestead]

That honey looks great! Thanks for explaining about the Flow system, always love to learn from others’ experiences.

[ulaB]

I wonder if the spill happened because the bottom channel was "overflowing". If the honey doesn't flow out of the channel fast enough, the only way for the honey flowing down is to spill over to the sides. In that case it might help to open the frame in two or three steps by not pushing the key in all the way?

People have also mentioned that FHs tend to spill more during the first harvest.

[jennizona]

Now that you have harvested, what method of beekeeping do you prefer, traditional boxes or using the Flow hive?

[Felicias_Box]

I really enjoyed this video. You’re very thorough. I want so bad to start trying this but I’m scared to death of bees 😂

[johnhall]

plus I noticed you opened up the whole frame up at once I think not sure but to only insert the key a third or half way in so as not to overwhelm the honey channnel, personally I think its a design flaw and should be looked into to fix it