Should I Buy A Flow Hive?
In this blog, I am going to provide everything you need to know about Flow Hives. Are you wondering what is a Flow Hive or are you thinking, do Flow Hives work in the UK? I have been using my Flow Hive for over 2 years now and I am going to give you as much detail as I possibly can, coupled with links to a few Flow Hive videos, so you can see what these hives are capable of.
What Is A Flow Hive?
The Flow Hive is an ingenious invention which allows plastic injection moulded, honey comb frames to be extracted of honey without the use of a centrifugal honey extractor.
How Is A Flow Hive Different From A Normal Hive?
In a normal beehive, honey frames are stored in supers which are shallow boxes that are stored above the brood box. The shallow frames are generally filled with wooden frames and wax foundation and this is where the bees store their honey. In order to get the honey from the frame to the jar, the beekeeper takes the frames of honey and removes a thin wax capping. The frames are then placed into a centrifugal honey extractor and the honey is then spun out, filtered and left to stand before being poured into jars.
