Episode 2022.08: Flow Frames V's Auto Frames (Part 1) - Our First Impressions

Episode: 2022.08
Episode 2022.08 - Flow Frames V's Auto Frames (Part 1) - First Impressions (May 22)
Time of Year: 7 May 2022
Temperature: 16 Degrees Celsius / 60 Degrees Fahrenheit
Weather: Sunny Again
Welcome to our Home Honey Bee Apiary / Bee Yard Channel. This is our seventh video of our second Season (2022), which we hope will be interesting and invite you to journey with us by Subscribing to this, our Beekeeping Story as our family share our experiences - good and not-so-good. We plan to upload new videos for you to watch on a regular basis, as we share with you our experience and on occasion reviews of our Beekeeping and related experiences, as well as our Family Home Apiary/Bee Yard, here in beautiful Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
Our beekeeping is based on using Long Hives, rather than the more common box hives stacked on top of one another. Just our choice and the bees are in our Home Apiary/Bee Yard, so will never be a large concern. We also aim to harvest Pure Natural ‘Raw’ Flow Honey and Comb Honey.
We plan to explore new and emerging - tools, equipment, frames and even the ‘hives’ themselves, which may provide a spark of interest.
This Episode (2022.08), is our review (visual) and first impressions of both the Original Australian designed and made ‘Flow Frames’ and compare this to the less expensive Chinese ‘Auto Frames’.
There are a number of different ‘Flow-Type’ Frames available n the market, though none are cost effective for large commercial scale beekeeping, however, may be suitable for the small scale beekeeper, or the beekeeper that has limited space for storing extraction equipment.
Flow ‘Type’ Frames only change how honey is stored in the hive and how the Beekeeper extracts this honey. These frames do not change what good husbandry a Beekeeper needs to do with the Brood Frames - Regular Inspections, Health Checks, Treatments, etc.
This video shares our view only, as we literally open the boxes and look at the contents.
Our next Episode in this serries will show how we have chosen to prepare these frames and then installing them into our ‘Flow’ Long Hives, made sustainably here in UK, by Hyde Hives.
Ethos
Our ethos is to use sustainable approaches where practical, that includes hives made from UK wood, supporting UK producers from beginning to end.
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Attributes:
- Music by Michael Ramir
Please do watch our previous and upcoming videos on this Channel to discover more about our hives, the bees and our journey in our Home Apiary / Bee Yard. We appreciate your leaving comments and suggestions.
For further connected sites:
www.NaturalRawHoneyBees.co.uk
www.AbreyPrivateClients.com
Hives made by: www.hydehives.co.uk
Flow Frames:
- Australian: honeyflow.com.au
- UK: uk.honeyflow.com
- USA: www.honeyflow.com
- Europe: eu.honeyflow.com
Hive Monitoring - 365 Days
You can follow how our Broodminder devices in all our colonies:
- Ambient (External Sensor: beecounted.org...
- Long Flow Hive (West) #1: beecounted.org...
- Long Flow Hive (East) #2: beecounted.org...
- Long Comb Hive (West) #3: beecounted.org...
Polite Request from Us
We wanted to share our experience and approach to beekeeping as a family, and you will note straight away that we are open to trying 'new things' - some may not work and others you may not agree with.
We ask that you offer advice and comments - please do feel free to challenge us and provide counter suggestions/recommendations as this will allow others (and us!) to learn and consider alternatives.
We ask that in the manor we produce these videos, for both entertainment and education, we ask that you consider language and tone of any comments left as we hope people of all ages, ethos and beliefs may read them.
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