This is actually working out. Watch the video to see how it actually works. it is really neat and it quickly empties a hive. It still leaves plenty of work for the beekeeper, but honey removal is simple and can be done on demand which is excellent.
This certainly makes personal beekeeping much more accessible.
I am sure there is a commercial version here as well for large operations. Conventional hives likely need to be technically optimized in general and if this design has been already optimized, then this might be an obvious transition.
What i find attractive is that i can imagine drawing a specific comb and using it without really disturbing the bees.
Since Father-Son Duo Designed Revolutionary ‘Honey on Tap’ Beehive, There Are 51,000 New Bee Colonies
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/father-son-duo-have-sold-51000-honey-on-tap-beehives/
Back in 2015, a father-son duo changed the beekeeping game simply by
redesigning the traditional beehive – and now, honeybees are benefitting
from their profits.
Stuart and Cedar Anderson are the co-creators of the Flow Hive:
a brilliantly designed beehive that saves beekeepers hours of work
simply by channeling all of its honey into a tap that can be turned on
and off at will.
The Flow Hive allows honey to flow out of the hive straight into a
jar without crushing or disrupting the bees inside. It can also fit in a
small backyard or on a rooftop or balcony.
Cedar, who is a third-generation beekeeper from the rural
community of Nimbin, Australia, says that he was inspired to try and
design a simpler beehive after his brother was stung during one of their
honey extraction missions.
The young inventor knew that there must be an easier way to collect
honey without having to wear protective suits, crack open the hive, and
disturb the tiny pollinators.
“Ten years ago, Cedar had this idea: ‘come on, we must be able to get
honey from a beehive without opening it, extracting and stressing the
bees’,” his father Stuart recalled to ABC News.
After several years of tinkering, the Andersons finally perfected
their Flow Hive prototype. Upon raising money for the hive’s
manufacturing on Indiegogo, their campaign became the most successful crowdfunding page in the platform’s history by raising over $12 million in 8 weeks.
Four years after their initial success, the Flow Hive has had a dramatic impact on honeybee populations around the world.
The Andersons say that they have successfully shipped over 51,000
hives to 150 different countries. Since they launched the hive in 2015,
the number of beekeepers in the U.S. alone has increased by over 10%.
Their success is particularly notable since honeybee populations have
been steadily dwindling as a result of habitat loss and pesticides.
That’s why now – in celebration of National Pollinator Week – the
Andersons are donating their hive proceeds to international honeybee
advocacy groups.
“We’re proud to have donated 100% of profits from the sale of our
Flow Pollinator House to nine local grassroots pollinator projects in
Australia and the United States that are at work protecting wild
habitats all around the world,” said Cedar in a statement.
“Pollinators need large areas of habitat to flourish—the more we can
do to protect and conserve native habitats, the more opportunities these
tiny environmental champions will have to do their important work.”
If you want to learn more about how the hive works or order one for yourself, you can visit the Flow Hive website.
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