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Thank you. I find it increasingly difficult to deal with extraction and moving the boxes. This design appeals to me but I am hoping to find a group online befor
by jelliclesfarm 5y ago
Thank you. I find it increasingly difficult to deal with extraction and moving the boxes. This design appeals to me but I am hoping to find a group online before I can invest in it.
Have you heard of the flow hive? https://www.honeyflow.com/ https://www.honeyflow.com/ I have considered replacing my entire set up with this. With covid, I have no labour. And I had to rent a space for bottling. All that cost plus cleaning/sterilizing etc is worth the extra cost of self extraction hives that seems to be the promise of flow hive.
I do need hives for the orchard for pollination. I grew lavender for essential oil. The field has aged out and I am thinking of razing it down. Every year I am growing more and more disillusioned over the notion of hobby farming small acreages. No matter what I grow, I have to consider labour costs/availability.
At any poiny, I’d have 7-14 langstroth. I want to increase honey production upto 30-50 hives. Flow hive would be astronomical in costs. Cost savings won’t scale. AZ hives seems like it could be work!