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Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 15 7:27 pm Post subject: Interesting idea
https://www.honeyflow.com/ Crowdfunding shortly. Must check the bank account!

sean
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 15 7:49 pm Post subject:
Nifty if it works well.

jamanda
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Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 15 7:54 pm Post subject:
I can't imagine how it would work. Will watch for more details.

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
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Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 15 8:02 pm Post subject:
Bit more info. The cells of the comb are broken up in to vertical strips so that they can be moved up and down relative to each other and grind the honey cells.

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 15 8:26 pm Post subject:

It's a great idea, & should prove very popular with those that have a lot of money & don't like getting stung by bees.
But keeping moving parts working, when they have been covered in honey will be a problem IMHO.
Anything sticky will atract dirt & I see it gumming up quickly.
Also fast setting honeys like rape & ivy & fixotropic honey like manuka & heather will cause problems as well (again IMHO).
My philosophy has always been K.I.S.S. to the point where I've sold my extractor & gone crush & strain, so in completely the opposite direction.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Mon Feb 16, 15 11:56 pm Post subject:
I like it in the comb, even more KISS.

Cathryn

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Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 15 11:28 am Post subject:

Crush and strain is far too much like hard work for me Tav, I am quite happy to make use of centrifugal forces but I have a national as well as a topbar.

We had a conversation about comb honey last night. Part of setting ourselves new challenges for the coming bee keeping year. I would only eat it nowadays if it was from (my own top bar) hive. It would give me at least a rough idea of what was in it. That's me being purist (ish).

What on earth do you think organic foundation is? This was also suggested last night.

Still interested in this idea. I can see pitfalls but bee keeping is such an inaccurate science in any case.

Tavascarow

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Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Wed Feb 18, 15 1:02 pm Post subject:

Organic foundation is made from wax from organic bees.
The UK is such that it's impossible to have organic bees.
We can keep them organically but we have no control over the crops they forage.
Only parts of the world where there are large amounts of wilds like the forests of Victoria & Tas down under can you get real organic honey.
The nearest we can get is to keep them as naturally as poss, ensure no chemicals get put in the hive, including refined sugar & site them as far away as we can from intensive agriculture/horticulture.
In theory the Highlands of Scotland would be possible but you are relying on one crop (heather) & if you have a bad year, which often happens, your bees starve or you resort to sugar feeding.
You say crush & strain is more work but IMHO most of the work with extracting is the clean up afterwards.
There's less washing up involved when you ditch the extractor.

sueshells

Joined: 20 Jan 2009
Posts: 690
Location: North Bucks

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 15 8:48 am Post subject:
This has really taken off! Goodness knows how the company will supply all the pledged Flow Hive systems. They set out to raise $70,000 and are currently a little short of $11,000,000! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/flow-hive-honey-on-tap-directly-from-your-beehive#shipping

Pilsbury

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 5645
Location: East london/Essex

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 15 9:15 am Post subject:
Well they say they can supply 7000 boxes and there is a few left for the $600 pledge so i guess they must of known how many they will be able to make. Its certianly the biggest crowdfund i have seen. Good luck to them.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45668
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 15 9:29 am Post subject:
Surprised this one hasn't done better: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/godblessyoo-the-app-that-blesses-your-friends

Falstaff

Joined: 27 May 2009
Posts: 1014

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 15 1:11 pm Post subject:

sueshells wrote:

This has really taken off! Goodness knows how the company will supply all the pledged Flow Hive systems. They set out to raise $70,000 and are currently a little short of $11,000,000!

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

Strewth !

You wouldn't be able to sleep at night would you ?

Maybe reviewing life and your objectives - Should you really be messing with bee hives - or perhaps a modest trip to reconsider options may be on the cards ?

https://www.google.co.uk/search?sclient=psy-ab&btnG=Search&q=buenos+aires+points+of+interest

sueshells

Joined: 20 Jan 2009
Posts: 690
Location: North Bucks

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 15 9:00 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Surprised this one hasn't done better:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/godblessyoo-the-app-that-blesses-your-friends

Sounds like a sneeze.

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