Flow Bee Hive

[Quixote1818]

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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/flow-hive-honey-on-tap-directly-from-your-beehive

[Sienna86]

1. Saw this on Indiegogo. Fabulous.

Wish it was a bit more affordable. We could all have one in our backyard!

[bloomington-lib]

2. My bee keeping friends are very skeptical. They said if it works, great, but they don't see how

it could. They said honey is very thick and doesn't not run down a tube like that, especially when it's unrefined and still in the honeycomb. They said, that's why you put it in a centrifuge. The extra gravity pulls it out of the comb.

Does anyone with beekeeping knowledge know how to answer that?

[Quixote1818]

3. Here is what Michael Bush had to say about it

Last edited Thu Mar 5, 2015, 06:38 PM - Edit history (1)

Evidently he was given some to try out.

[Major Nikon]

6. My dad and I had 14 hives at one time

One reason you put it in a centrifuge is to speed up the process. Once the honey spins out of the combs, it still runs into jars for collection through the tap at the bottom of the centrifuge.

[central scrutinizer]

7. I think it would work well on a warm afternoon

I have kept bees and had an extractor (centrifuge) - as soon as you cut the caps off, the honey starts to run out of the comb. Spinning it just speeds up the process.

[certainot]

8. here are some critical comments from a beekeeper

who wrote this dkos diary:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/26/1367016/-The-New-Beehive-that-Pours-Out-Honey

The easiest mistake to make as a new beekeeper is to take too much honey so the bees die out the first year. How do you think you will act with a faucet?

The other great mistake new beekeepers make is to use plastic comb, the kind in this new beehive. Why would bees want to live in plastic? They only do it because you force them to.

If they have extra honey and I remove it without a sting, even though I was completely vulnerable, I feel differently about everything afterwards.

[Quixote1818]

10. Here is another video where you can watch the honey flow out

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[El Supremo]

4. I thought this was a thread about...

[progressoid]

5. Holy crap.

$4,777,061 raised of $70,000 goal.

[midnight]

9. kick.