Put a tap on your honeybee hive!

[newbury]

Something new in the beekeeping arena:
[video]http://www.honeyflow.com/[/video]

Getting fair press from Michael Bush of The Practical Beekeeper, Beekeeping Naturally, Bush Bees, by Michael Bush

lot's more info on beesource

 

[RobA]

Interesting...

 

[mark02tj]

THANKS for the link!!! Cool stuff! Will be interesting to see how it works out for them.

Pretty excited right now - as of a couple of weeks ago, both of my hives have made it through the first part of winter. Hopefully they'll survive this current week of zero or sub-zero temps at night.

 

[MacLawn]

I hope this gets on market soon! Getting honey out of hive is one reason I wasn't interested in bee keeping. This got me attention...

 

[Bird]

I'm inclined to think that honeyflow.com is a joke instead of being something that actually does work.

 

[homeinwestIL]

I can't imagine how something like this could possibly work. I don't see anything on the Michael Bush website referring to this. The idea is being met with great skepticism on the largest beekeeping forum that I frequent, and since Michael Bush isn't popping up to support or refute his quote (and he's a frequent contributor) maybe he's in on the joke. I think its a prank.

 

[Redbug]

I am also a Beek and a bit gun shy of this so called invention. We shall see.

 

[troutsqueezer]

When you think about the process the bees go through such as making the cells, storing the nectar, fanning the nectar until the moisture is at or below 12% and then capping it with wax, you realize it's a hoax. Also take into consideration the fact that bees will build out comb in unpredictable patterns such as between frames, on top of and underneath and anywhere they please. I don't buy it either. If Michael Bush is anything, it's au naturel given his propensity for chemical-free beekeeping coupled with small-cell comb building.

 

[mark02tj]

My first thought on this was that it was a hoax, but.... Who knows? There are a lot of people out there that are smarter than I am. Whether or not they're smarter than the bees remains to bee seen.

I just googled "bee hive honey tap" to see what would pop up. If this is a hoax, these guys sure are getting their 15 minutes of fame. Here's one article that describes how it supposedly works.

Time will tell if this is a hoax or not. If it is a hoax, there could be some trouble brewing (fraud charges?) from their CrowdFunding attempt.

 

[MossRoad]

Supposedly this is a copy of their patent application...
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