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Offline MarkCase

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Flow Hive
« on: August 28, 2016, 07:09:37 pm »
The "Flow Hive" has gone viral all over Facebook.  As I read the description, it seems it is going to stress out the brood and hive the way it is set up.  Has anyone tried them?  Good? Bad?  I'd like to have an intelligent answer for the 50+ people that have tagged me on the posts.
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Re: Flow Hive
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2016, 07:21:44 pm »
They're expensive.

I've heard both good and bad about them.  I have only seen videos of others using them, so I'm not going to offer an opinion.
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Re: Flow Hive
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2016, 07:42:24 pm »
I'm not that experienced , but seems to me if ya go into a dearth ya end up with no resources as far as drawn frames  ?
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Re: Flow Hive
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2016, 08:02:49 pm »
Quote from: Wandering Man on August 28, 2016, 07:21:44 pm
They're expensive.

I've heard both good and bad about them.  I have only seen videos of others using them, so I'm not going to offer an opinion.

Yep I get tagged with that several times a week...  :laugh:
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Re: Flow Hive
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2016, 08:13:42 pm »
Did you pay 500 for a commodore 64? You can now buy an intel i7 for 300.

If the flow hive even works, which I have my doubts, it will be pennies on the dollar in a couple years.
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Re: Flow Hive
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2016, 08:31:13 pm »
always good to see how a 'new idea' works in the real world.  a beekeeping couple in Austin have one and at some point I will get their view of the device.  they are more than pretty good beekeepers. 

I am pretty old school and more than a bit frugal.  About the cost of one flow hive is about the cash I have in all the equipment in my little honey house.  If I had to spend that kind of money I would more than likely buy another extractor.
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