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Im surprised this isnt getting the same level of push back as the flowhive did in bee keeping communities. The flowhive simply makes extracting honey easier, yo
by ct0 5y ago
Im surprised this isnt getting the same level of push back as the flowhive did in bee keeping communities. The flowhive simply makes extracting honey easier, you can literally leave the flowhive on the brood box and pour out honey. Its very nice for someone who doesnt want to pull frames and use an extractor, which is tough work. People would say its not real bee keeping and worried about spreading problems to other colonies.
This "does" everything but I am confident it can't replace a real bee keeper somewhere in the chain. Ive had issues with hives that are unrelated to pests that have slowed down the production of brood, for example a new queen mated but never started laying eggs. Would this device notify the land owner of that? Most likely not.
- 0des 5y agoThe main criticism I remember of the flowhive was that it increases chances of infection and can destroy the cells of the frames. I have no experience with this hive, that's just the common criticisms I remember from the time.