I spent the day participating in a community event at a nearby park called a Pollinator Prairie. Native bees, bats, butterflies, and Monarchs were represented. I represented the honey bee on behalf of my local bee club.
This was a family oriented event. I gave away honey sticks and sample tastes of my honey.
I had basic bee equipment, brochures from the honey board, and info about our local bee club.
I met some great people including a young man that has a traditional hive and a flow hive. He has managed to put the flow hive on top of the brood boxes and use it in place of a honey super. This way he didn't need to bother with an extractor. He and his wife have two very young girls, so I can understand the desire not to try to extract with them around.
Sounds interesting! He gave me his name and address so that I could come by and see it in action.
