Beekeeping honey flow hive.......

[Kerrmudgeon]

I don't know if this important invention was already posted, but it bears a repeat to get the word out. Price permitting, I want one! :seasix:

https://youtu.be/WbMV9qYIXqM

....Off to find out what they cost now...:leaving:

[lspencer534]

I've read about that, and I think it's a great invention. But allow me to be the Devil's advocate: I would never allow the honey to drip into open containers: Honey is sterile, but it won't be if flies eat the honey as it's flowing out of the hive. Seal the tubes and jars.

Other varmints like raccoons and birds can contaminate the honey, or an insect could drown in the honey. Like I said, honey is sterile and lasts forever; honey recovered from an Egyptian pyramid was still pure and edible. If contaminated, though, it's a different story.

[OddBall]

I know some beekeepers at work, and I've heard them talk about this thing. I'm sure one of them will try it out.

[DAB]

Will have some honey on my oatmeal today. :yum:

[Rob]

I saw this video the other day and sent it to a beekeeper friend of mine and waiting to hear what he has to say.

[Kerrmudgeon]

I've read about that, and I think it's a great invention. But allow me to be the Devil's advocate: I would never allow the honey to drip into open containers: Honey is sterile, but it won't be if flies eat the honey as it's flowing out of the hive. Seal the tubes and jars.

Other varmints like raccoons and birds can contaminate the honey, or an insect could drown in the honey. Like I said, honey is sterile and lasts forever; honey recovered from an Egyptian pyramid was still pure and edible. If contaminated, though, it's a different story.

Sealed lines and lids would be easy to fit and I bet they've already done that. It's so obvious in the video. Wonder what 2000 year old honey tastes like? :(

[CertInsaneC5]

Sealed lines and lids would be easy to fit and I bet they've already done that. It's so obvious in the video. Wonder what 2000 year old honey tastes like? :(

2000 year old honey. Do we have to esplain everything to you? :drool:

[Kerrmudgeon]

2000 year old honey. Do we have to esplain everything to you? :drool:

:yesnod:......I'm :canadian: after all! :rofl:

[CertInsaneC5]

:yesnod:......I'm :canadian: after all! :rofl:

:cert:

[OldSarge]

As a Canadian, I know maple syrup, not honey.

[Stevedore]

So are the bees inside wondering why all of their honey is disappearing as fast as they make it?

My wife is a hardcore vegan, and won't eat honey because it's bee puke. I enjoy it though.

[Ol Timer]

So are the bees inside wondering why all of their honey is disappearing as fast as they make it?

My wife is a hardcore vegan, and won't eat honey because it's bee puke. I enjoy it though.

Does she wear perfume? :D

[lspencer534]

So are the bees inside wondering why all of their honey is disappearing as fast as they make it?

My wife is a hardcore vegan, and won't eat honey because it's bee puke. I enjoy it though.

Does she wear silk? It's worm vomit.

[CertInsaneC5]

Does she wear perfume? :D

Does she wear silk? It's worm vomit.

:waiting:

[OddBall]

So are the bees inside wondering why all of their honey is disappearing as fast as they make it?

My wife is a hardcore vegan, and won't eat honey because it's bee puke. I enjoy it though.

:Jeff '79: Poor bees, standing around: "WTF!? we just filled the damn thing!"

[Czarvette]

I am a beekeeper and have to say it's an intriguing concept. Being a commercial, what was depicted was quite idealized; the idea that with a turn of a lever pristine honey will flow leaves me skeptical. There's be wax and bee parts along with the honey. Also, any kind of open honey will stimulate bees into a "robbing frenzy" (why work for the rather thin stuff that is nectar when there's finished honey for the taking?). The video of flowing honey filling jars was a time lapse video appearing to last the better part of a day. Open honey definitely would not go unnoticed over that length of time. Also, the inside of a hive tends to get gummed up with a material called propolis. Bees love to coat corners and crevices with this (it's a mix of natural resins from plants), gluing parts of the hive together. For this free-flow device to work it will have to be resistant to bees' efforts to glue the working bits together.

But, kvetching aside, if the inventors can make this idea work reliably, it would be a significant convenience.