Amazing honey collection

[SJSFarm]

I just saw this on FB and thought HT would be interested

http://www.honeyflow.com/?utm_source...paign=flow-pre

[nobrabbit]

I saw that too and shared it on my FB page for my friends with hives. We get our honey straight from the bee trees but I would definitely check it out if we had backyard hives.

[indypartridge]

Thought it was a just another scam when I first saw it, but learned that Michael Bush (http://bushfarms.com/bees.htm) was given several units to test and he says they work. I've met Michael at some beekeeping conferences, and don't believe he'd endorse something that was fraudulent.

I quickly breezed Michael Bush's website & didn't see the hive in question mentioned . Did I miss it or has he not written about it on his site ?

[deb_rn]

Hmmm... my Grandparents and my Dad have had bees for years. Knowing how the bees encapsulate each little cavity and how that has to be opened and then "spun" out to extract the honey... I can't imagine HOW honey could just flow out from those sealed combs! Anyone else have a problem with this idea?
I'm by no means an expert, but I understand how bees do their business!

Debbie

Originally Posted by deb_rn

Hmmm... my Grandparents and my Dad have had bees for years. Knowing how the bees encapsulate each little cavity and how that has to be opened and then "spun" out to extract the honey... I can't imagine HOW honey could just flow out from those sealed combs! Anyone else have a problem with this idea?
I'm by no means an expert, but I understand how bees do their business!

Debbie

I kept several hives for quite some time & only have 1 now & I can't see how it could work .

[Speckledpup]

I don't know if it will work or not but found this over on BeeSource. Michael Bush speaks on them on the second page.

http://www.beesource.com/forums/show...ight=Flow+hive

[7thswan]

FAQ.http://www.honeyflow.com/faqs/p/22

[wy_white_wolf]

Here's the pattent information that shows how it works.

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0370781.html

I posted the hive in my local homesteading group that I know a few of them raise bees. They are not that impressed by it. Seems you would still have to open the hive for cleaning, bee care, and to get the bees wax. They didn't see how it would save you any expense in equipment or time.

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[Michael W. Smith]

I don't know . . . . . . I've always heard if it seems too good to be true . . . . . .

I don't understand how the honey would flow out of the tube at that rate and into jars that seem to have no cover over it. Do the bees not get into the jar? Is it actually that quick that you hook up the tube and it fills the jar up in 3 minutes?

Being that the honey comb is built on a slope - sloping in towards the middle of the frame - I would have to assume if this thing even is true - you somehow work the tube up through the middle of the frame so the honey flows into the tube. But as you insert the tube, you are going to be breaking through wax and according to the video - pure honey flows out.

Why don't they open up the hive so we can see what is inside? I'm guessing it's a big can of pure honey!!!!!!!!!!

[wy_white_wolf]

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20140370781.pdf

Maybe this link will be easier to use. It explains how it is suppose to work

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