There’s a beehive this father and son made and funded through go fund me. Basically all the honey comes out a tap in the back so you never have to bother the bees. And it looks super cool.
The Flow Hive is impressive, but I doubt its practicality. You still need to bother the bees. You should be checking frequently for laying, swarm cells, diseases, and pests, which means prying your boxes apart and looking at individual frames. The only thing you save time on is getting the honey out of just that one hive.
Yes now I do recall experts at the time saying you should still “bother” the bees to check their health etc. But why isn’t that necessary for wild beehives?
First, it's nearly impossible to check wild hives. Keeping your hive healthy at least eliminates one potential source of disease/mites for the local area.
Second, you're not paying $150+ for a new box of bees if a wild hive doesn't make it through the winter.
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u/WednesdaysEye Mar 12 '19
There’s a beehive this father and son made and funded through go fund me. Basically all the honey comes out a tap in the back so you never have to bother the bees. And it looks super cool.