HONEY ON TAP: Harvesting Liquid Gold from the Flow Hive

G`day sweet folks and subscribers to the channel 🐝 🧉
I know there is always a lot of discussion and opinions about the Flow Hive both this way and that, so here is another chance to air them. 🥊🤣🤣😛
The latest episode from The Weedy Garden will show you the hive from my perspective. In my opinion folks it is gentle, practical, bee friendly and clean and easy to harvest. You still need to know how to care for your bees, to assist them in fending for themselves (they are a wild insect after all).
There is time to harvest, and times NOT to harvest. A few easy steps I take to maintain the hive are explained in this video. I have another video on my channel here: • THE FLOW HIVE - Harves... where we look at the hive on the inside.
I am working on another video at the moment where I successfully split the hive.
I`m open for discussion here in the comments, to hear your EXPERIENCE with the flow hive. If you are totally against them I encourage you to explain why. Perhaps we all can shed some light on some misinformation while we are here :-) Let`s keep it sweet righto :-)
Thank you Flow for the extra footage of the beautiful bees an slow motion!
Have a splendid weekend
Weedy
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[@TheWeedyGarden]

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[@VOTE4TAJ]

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[@CRAZYCR1T1C]

“Always leave some honey for the bees” somehow that phrase hits home hard. We should all live life with that philosophy.

[@xaviercruz4763]

Bees are so particular and smart. They have a whole free zone enterprise there like a supermarket production with roles for everybody and even carry weapons to defend themself as armies, wow thank God for this and all

[@Zuki-gj8or]

The Bob Ross of Bee Keeping. "Happy Bees". 🤣

[@videogenie1236]

A very interesting flow hive. I think that makes bee keeping easier and less stressful on the bees and keeper.

[@t0mt0mt0m]

“I feel like whinny the poo” and that smile. Thank you for the content.

[@user-kt7he2bz6c]

From a person that lives in the city and is absolutely in love with nature, i love your life. The things i would do to have a simple life in a field, growing my own food and taking care of my animals. I'm feeling a bit lost in life, but seeing how happy you look and how your happiness cheers others up it's very heartwarming to me. thanks bud :,)

[@Cardboardgrinch]

Go for it then. Can be actually really! fullfilling. Cant buy that with money sometimes

[@gorki910]

Same here brother I feel with you , the struggle is real ..

[@adammikulas5858]

@@Cardboardgrinchto have enough land do this stuff in uk is pricey

[@emilyj8967]

Have you heard of the WWOOFers? You can go on a working vacation and try this life out for yourself - it’s all over the world! :D

[@najmanadeem5648]

Never seen anything so immersive....i was with you as you did the maintenance, filled the jars and tasted that honey....i felt so connected. What a beautiful video....thanks for sharing.

[@texasRoofDoctor]

I am not a beekeeper yet, but plan to start. I live in the middle of Austin and mow around all of the wildflowers in my yard so that the bees can do their thing. I love going outside in the morning and seeing them just buzzing around.

[@lisathiedeman4487]

Thank you for this video! It was stunning and so endearing to see the bees up close❤

[@hakitoookami1980]

Great job running your channel. Your voice and energy is so calm and pleasing. Great entertinment after a stressful day. Love your videos ;)

[@santigabriel333]

The best bee video ever

[@bigfoot3322]

When you said No bees were hurt when you split the cells the very next clip was a bee stuck in the cell squirming a 9:30 just off center, I don't know why i laughed i guess because of the irony.🤣 Good video though weedy love it !

[@TheWeedyGarden]

I see it yes, but it was not harmed. When it was closed it got free again 😮

[@bigfoot3322]

@@TheWeedyGardenyeah i know i seen how gentle it was , he was just like nooooooooo im stuck :D

[@ingridjohannasatizabalr5807]

Admirable y bello tu amor a tu pedazo de tierra. Es maravilloso cuan diverso y abundante es. Tan amoroso y respetuoso con nuestra mamita tierra. Eres un gran ejemplo para seguir y aprender. Un gran abrazo desde Colombia en mi bella ciudad de Popayán.

[@melissamoore5170]

Just came across your channel, thank you so much for sharing. 💜🐝 You are awesome! 💯 I really resonate with you. That hive is amazing, not to mention the BEES 🐝. I aspire to have at least one someday soon! 💜✨♾️

[@TheWeedyGarden]

You are so welcome

[@BlackRiverGold]

Thank God for the Bees.

[@jackiephi6310]

❤❤❤ I love 🐝 bees and I love the weedy Gardner and his garden 😊

[@MeshachShakes]

This is life 🫶🏽 love your content man.

[@heidimckee8492]

I absolutely adore this man! I don’t know if I’m speaking directly to you or not. This was one of the or the only video I’ve ever seen that made me think I could actually make my own honey. Fantastic demonstration! I can’t wait to try this.❤

[@PolineChan]

Bees: why are we being taxed more than 60%? and have to work like 24hrs/day.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Queen: Easy answer - Because Weedy the pooh likes honey, now get back to work and stop asking silly questions 🐝

[@alexb8926]

@@TheWeedyGarden😂😂😂🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝⛓️⛓️⛓️

[@adjbutler]

Weedy the pooh makes sure they are safe and well protected so they can live long lives. Weedy serves the bees and the bees are living lives that they love. Bees love to work, so it is not really "work" from their view. They are doing what they love to do! Making sweet sweet honey!

[@doitdan2354]

Sounds a lot like communism

[@richlijacanacua]

What a blessed honeybee harvest!❤

[@Spiceisnice13]

Hi Mr. Weedy- have you heard of Tera Petra Soil? It was created by the tribes in the Amazon forest. It’s amazing stuff, groups of scientists have tested soils from all over the world and found that the Tera Petra soil was the most fertile soil on earth. It can be replicated too. It’s worth checking out. Happy garden!

[@nicosambeta]

I’m a friend of the weedy garden

[@merijaydoconnor1506]

That was great! I love the footage of the bees flying and the flow hive feels like a peaceful way of harvesting honey.

[@melthouseculture]

Love that 😁 I need to get like you 💪🏼

[@CH-oj7kv]

You have such a calm and happy energy. It was a joy to watch you.

[@JssQLD]

Your Dragon fruit look like their doing well mate from that last aerial shot, but the best thing I like about this video is, no bee bio-hazard suit heehee! Well done!!

[@carolewarner101]

Mmmm, lovely!

[@adjbutler]

The Bee Castle! Love it!

[@naturewoman1274]

Bees are amazing

[@AhsanDar]

I LOVE YOUR ENERYGY

[@zenclimber]

Thanks for this video Been looking at these for some time

[@mannyrivera3625]

God Bless you Sir, Thank you for the Video

[@B30pt87]

Lovely!

[@MrDerpy-ns6sy]

ive always loved this dude. i love your videos! keep it up

[@frost6471]

It's outstanding

[@sw8871]

So rad to see your garden all grown up! I remember watching you start it during the lockdowns, next video should be about what's grown and changed since you started. Do the big leafy, tropical trees like banana have a problem with attracting a lot of cockroaches? I live in a semi-tropical zone too, South Texas, and want to grow banana & coconut etc. but I've always heard of terrible problems

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Never seen a cockroach here but maybe the came toads eat them all. Did you see this video yet bro kzbin.info/www/bejne/ionUfJyGiptsa68si=XFGL5LUA7SyDYQEP

[@sw8871]

Excellent, thanks!@@TheWeedyGarden

[@ren2ski]

That’s a lovely idea to give away a Flow Hive on the channel, love the video thank you

[@dusan19377]

I love your content and I am so impressed that you have a flow hive! I am familiar with Flow hive for maybe 10 years bit it's kinda expensive for country where I live. I could afford it but unfortunately there are other priorities of family and life. Great video, hope to see more and have a nice day in your amazing garden!

[@8valvestreetsociety012]

You are living the life 👌

[@victoriaman117]

I plan on having a flow hive one day, but at roughly $1000 set up I will have to buy local honey for a while

[@mustangunique3214]

This is incredible!! Very nice video and very nice vibes! or should i say vibees :P

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thank you so much!!

[@scottrouwhorst881]

Nice

[@2indaPink]

❤️Weedy

[@pietsnot7002]

Go with the flow yo 🤠

[@Khomisahmis5130]

wow👍👍👍

[@kylejennings819]

That shb trap looks amazing. Ive been using little ones that you put inbetween frames. It works but its alot of effort and not as effective

[@chefgiovanni]

Wow, I learned so much here. We use honey every day. Can you list your top 10 flowers to plant for the bees? 🌻🌺🌹

[@TheWeedyGarden]

I don’t have ten top favorites. Bees like everything I have growing. They love basil flowers

[@natemissin3893]

I want one of these hive so Bad.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

They are on the website 🫵🏻

[@residuevideos]

Can you explain the overall maintenance of the hive? How often do you need to remove everything and do it all over again? Or is it forever continuous?

[@narelle4868]

Loved viewing this. When is the bee suit used?

[@buggzy4382]

I'm 43 yrs old and love watching your video's. Your videos should be part of school coriculum around australia

[@TheWeedyGarden]

That would be nice 👍

[@tigdakid]

What a beautiful beautiful man.

[@user-lz7wy9to4r]

Please it’s a question I watched some of your video and I have a question can fishery waste water be used to help plant grow are the lactobacticulus grown or mixed in the fishery water

[@TheWeedyGarden]

It would be good yes 👍

[@user-uy8qm7cf7k]

I am glad you feel like Winnie the pooh ☺️

[@kathleenlewis1954]

What about wax ?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

What about wax? There is no stealing wax. Only the bottom brood section has wax and I don’t disturb that. No wax😢

[@tessb3039]

Propolis, and the bees make it ❤

[@everestpeake1]

question with setting up the hive, do you just wait for the bees to come or do you buy them from another hive that someone has ?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Good question. You could watch “splitting a hive” video. It will give you one idea. Another is to catch a swarm, another barter something for some bees. I would say last resort would be to buy some, but yes, you need to find a colony to inhabit your hive. They will very unlikely find it themself. There are just way too many natural locations they could find.

[@jonathancina]

Do you know approximately how many flowhives it can take in relation to the plot area?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Bees travel up to 6 km to gather nectar & pollen, so in theory you could have hundreds

[@little_tinker]

The flow hive is why I'm not technically vegan anymore

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Heard that before 🙂

[@Ok-vj3dw]

Also vegan, if I had bees id probably use a flow hive as well.

[@Over.thewillow]

Vegan but I have ethically sourced honey from family

[@robo3644]

You can make fake honey with sugar and flowers here's a video for who is curious kzbin.info/www/bejne/ml7KapqLoqqpo68si=0Xzj9O0u04JLFP-e

[@Christopher-be1qc]

Thanks flow hive !

[@thecrazy8888]

MmmmMmm

[@canadianyoutuber9448]

Do you get wax and propolis from this system

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Yes, but not from the super, only from the brood box. A little propolis if the clean the super. Look for the video on splitting the hive.

[@canadianyoutuber9448]

@@TheWeedyGarden ok I will thanks

[@sindesade3867]

where i can see how to build one of this little house for bees

[@TheWeedyGarden]

You can’t buikd such a hive, but you can look at the here: www.theweedygarden.com/the-flow-hive

[@user-qt4zy2jx4r]

باسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ما شاء الله

[@user-qj7sc4pf9l]

Astrilan bee box BD price

[@aaronhopkins6697]

Weedy, this is the one I've beeenn waiting for. Great show, I've seen the flow hives a few years ago. Now that you have clearly explained it, I'll be definitely looking at getting one in the near future.

[@xaviercruz4763]

How long to the next harvest in that amount?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

depends entirely on the availability of flowers

[@xaviercruz4763]

@@TheWeedyGarden could be one month in the flowering season you were in?

[@micakingsea9031]

In the start of the video I thought he said "I feel like we need to poo". Then I realised he said "I feel like winnie the pooh" 😅

[@pasveritas1872]

Fantastic learnings for us all. Must show the children. Thanks David - dunnit again 👌😎

[@DeathToMockingBirds]

I really enjoyed the vibes, the music, the beauty of life celebrated, thank you!

[@N1ghtR1der666]

when you apply proper bee keeping practices to look after your bees, the flow hive just becomes a better hive at minimum, I cant understand keepers poo pooing flow hives

[@keshlalish5586]

i feel like i missed so much of your channel. that garden is huge now.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Please catch up 🤗💪🏻🎥🦍

[@observanttps]

Nice video, but I noticed that you put the oil from your hive to your compost. Oil is not good to your compost it will attract pest, and it affects the composting process.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Not sure where you heard that, but everything organic is good for a compost. Not much oil in there

[@observanttps]

@@TheWeedyGarden I see, I'm actually taking Organic Agriculture course here in the Philippines. Our Trainor taught us that it can affect the microorganisms in your compost. That's why I just got confuse when you put the used oil from your hive in your compost. But please correct me if I'm wrong I wanna learn more from people who are more experienced.

[@LorenHolloway]

Weedy the Pooh!! 😂 You always make us smile Weedy!

[@brianquinn5060]

What a sweetener for the day David, thanks.

[@bubaks2]

Sugar rush!!

[@valsmith2643]

That was really amazing. You really love your Bees. It’s great to see respect for these hard working little darlings. Fascinating thanks. You must be a very calm person and the Bees sense it.

[@michaelspence3097]

Great video. I’ve always wanted to get a flow hive I definitely will now when i get out of the military. I was wondering if you would ever do a video on cameras? I really like going out into nature and taking pictures and close but I’m a bit of a noobie

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Most of my subscribers are not intocameras, but I did just start another KZbin channel JUST FOR THAT!!! www.youtube.com/@atanygivenmoment

[@ginac9008]

A flow hive is on my bucket list. Thanks David for explaining the Flow Hive to us.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Makes life for the bees a lot more comfortable...and me

[@jast9999]

As a bee keeper I'd say, don't buy one, it's bad to work with, bad for the bees, very expensive, complicated to build and set up and just all around a bad choice. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing the honey flow out of the hive. But harvest is really the only part that is made more simple by the flow hive.... and there is a lot more to beekeeping than harvesting. All of which is way harder with a flow hive.

[@jast9999]

​@@TheWeedyGardenno, it's really bad for the bees actually.... The bees communicate with each other through dancing, the vibration of the dance normally goes through the hive and the bees know where the food sources are. But the thick plastic comb in the flow hive stops this vibration which is really bad for bee communication.

[@jast9999]

​@@TheWeedyGardenlove your videos But please look out for moisture content in your honey, it seems very liquid (could also be because of temperature of course). You always wand the bees to have the honey caped before you harvest it. High moisture content can impact shelf live and, at least in the eu, you aren't allowed to sell it with to high of a moisture content.

[@jhawk1045]

​@jast9999 the flow hive folks were some of the first to widely educate about waggle dance and bee communication... do you have any proof that bee communication is blocked? Or unproven?

[@plowestory]

Such a great harvest - will be certainly getting one from your site soon ! -just saving up .

[@SubjectiveFunny]

Amazing invention this thing, always blows my mind. You are living the dream, sir.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

You would like this video according to your user photo kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep-YZauHasRle6c

[@vancamerawoman7399]

That was excellent. A lovely vid 😊

[@ZZzzummeren]

I enjoyed :)))

[@Sylvie_M]

I am so envious!!! My city has bylaws that prevent me from installing a flowhive due to my proximity to neighbours. 😞 It is so good that you can harvest hone. I still feed the bees! LOL

[@bhupalsb]

Mesmerizing as always... Thanks a lot and all the best.

[@angietaylor5311]

Thank you Weedy, I’d never seen a flow hive in action 🐝

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Now you have 🙂

[@emsey6097]

That was awesome!! Im sold, how much easier that is than the regualar hives!!!!! Wonderful!!! and YUM YUM YUM. Nothing like fresh honey! Mr Pooh!

[@markas1987]

Loved this Video Weedy.

[@kaiz0099]

always enjoy you.

[@ParqForrest]

Great video!❤ My husband was studying to be a beekeeper though he got spooked by the idea of mites. Do you have any suggestions on dealing with mites and the flow hiv3?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

They are not in my area so I have no experience with them. If you really want to know, the join the live shows that Cedar from Flow does every Wednesday on KZbin.

[@J..O..D]

You and Lucinda should hook up.

[@boayman5153]

مزرعة ماشاء الله

[@heath551986]

❤your work Mr Weedy❤

[@locke6531]

👍 i've noticed how you squat is something you hardly ever see people do as an adult. i love it, as i garden in that position all the time. most adults look strangely at you when you can squat like that and will be thinking how the hell do you get that low. i get comments on it all the time, lol. good grounding buddy, i love it 💚

[@TheWeedyGarden]

LOL. As I was finishing the editing off this video this morning, I actually thought about how easy it is to squat and wondered if anyone would comment on my squatting.

[@binglebongle8601]

I do really wish I could squat like that. After two knee surgeries though unfortunately that ship has sailed.

[@Alchemyforall]

I'm a squatter too, LOL

[@VK-qo1gm]

​@@AlchemyforallSame , seems so much easier doing things in that position & relaxing

[@thebackyardbrewer5611]

Your have either Slavic or Asian genes, straight up white people can't squat flat footed like that

[@racebanning6390]

WHAT A SWEET CONTRAPTION...😋😋😋👍👍👍🤙🤙🙏🙏HONEY FROM HEAVEN.

[@Awellsfarm]

Absolutely the best channel on KZbin! Never have to worry about the kids watching with me as well ! Thanks for another great one weedy !

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Love that the kids are watching 👍🐝👁

[@Awellsfarm]

@@TheWeedyGarden yes the love all the cool things you teach us !

[@Msmeomeo]

Where I live in the forest, there is a lot of honey in the highlands. I often harvest it to go to the market to sell and use for drinking and seasoning food. ❤

[@cheaputhyvan4705]

Great job 🏞️🏡🐝

[@gidicaetano195]

Wonderful, thank you 🍯

[@Reese-wg7jb]

they're so beautiful and cute i love bees

[@filipporossifavilli68]

Plastic honey...