Honey on tap....very clever.
Discussion
Always been fascinated with Bees' and beekeeping, although Ive never done it myself.
I also love fresh comb honey.
This came up on my twitter feed and I think its a brilliantly simple yet ingenious to simplify honey collection.
Watch the vid to understand the sytem.
http://www.honeyflow.com/
I also love fresh comb honey.
This came up on my twitter feed and I think its a brilliantly simple yet ingenious to simplify honey collection.
Watch the vid to understand the sytem.
http://www.honeyflow.com/
A quick look seems to be a bit of sour grapes from bee keepers and also a valid concern that it will get people into beekeeping without them knowing what they're doing. Another concern is the use of plastic in the place of wax.
There's a post here that's quite useful once you wade through the melodramatics
http://www.honeycolony.com/article/3-reasons-to-go...
There's a post here that's quite useful once you wade through the melodramatics
http://www.honeycolony.com/article/3-reasons-to-go...
Hmm, interesting responses.
Seems like overall,a good beekeeper could use it and appreciate the benefits.
Not sure about the factory farming views - if you know enough about the critters you keep then you wouldnt leave them without food ect.
Still find the whole hobby fascinating though.
My garden has been heavily planted for bees/butterflies and birds so I like to help them when poss.
Seems like overall,a good beekeeper could use it and appreciate the benefits.
Not sure about the factory farming views - if you know enough about the critters you keep then you wouldnt leave them without food ect.
Still find the whole hobby fascinating though.
My garden has been heavily planted for bees/butterflies and birds so I like to help them when poss.
I keep bees and extracting can be a bit of a pain. This looks great in theory, however:
- it seems rather odd that there are no bees or wasps around the exposed honey running into the jars. IMHO they are very quick to pounce on drips, and you'd really need the sealed plumbing they show later to prevent robbing. Something's suspicious with that bit of the video.
- you still need to take the honey supers off once a week to inspect the brood box, so this doesn't eliminate the heavy lifting, smoking, squashed bees etc.
- maybe honey is more runny at Australian summer temperatures but here it would take forever to fill a jar if it's draining through small cracks in the comb.
If you want to keep bees but aren't too fussed about maximising honey production then consider a "long hive". You'll still get honey comb but would have to press or melt out the liquid honey.
- it seems rather odd that there are no bees or wasps around the exposed honey running into the jars. IMHO they are very quick to pounce on drips, and you'd really need the sealed plumbing they show later to prevent robbing. Something's suspicious with that bit of the video.
- you still need to take the honey supers off once a week to inspect the brood box, so this doesn't eliminate the heavy lifting, smoking, squashed bees etc.
- maybe honey is more runny at Australian summer temperatures but here it would take forever to fill a jar if it's draining through small cracks in the comb.
If you want to keep bees but aren't too fussed about maximising honey production then consider a "long hive". You'll still get honey comb but would have to press or melt out the liquid honey.
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