Went to my local bee keepers group. Some of them had tried those "contact free hives".
"It's literally setup the hive, turn the tap on/off."
All of the bee keepers that tried it said they did not like it. It didn't work the way it claims to work. More importantly they said that the bees did not like it. They had trouble with their bees always wanting to swarm and move out. They couldn't keep their bees in the hive.
Picked most of the remaining red peppers yesterday. Except for the red and yellow apple peppers, which will probably fill a 1 gallon container.
Came close to freezing the (freak) winter before and most of them died. Lived in freezing and boiling weather as a kid. The hardship is a good way to start kids out.
[ + ] KosherHiveKicker
[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 5 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 13:11:16 ago (+5/-0)
They will help pollenate everything you just planted and more... plus raw honey.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ItlOFLTUAs
[ + ] bosunmoon
[ - ] bosunmoon [op] 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 13:47:50 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] KosherHiveKicker
[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 13:51:21 ago (+0/-0)
- https://www.youtube.com/@FlowHive
[ + ] bosunmoon
[ - ] bosunmoon [op] 1 point 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 13:54:54 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Peleg
[ - ] Peleg 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 14:49:11 ago (+0/-0)
"It's literally setup the hive, turn the tap on/off."
All of the bee keepers that tried it said they did not like it. It didn't work the way it claims to work. More importantly they said that the bees did not like it. They had trouble with their bees always wanting to swarm and move out. They couldn't keep their bees in the hive.
[ + ] Belfuro
[ - ] Belfuro 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 14:50:46 ago (+0/-0)
Ex Semi commercial beek here.
Bees cannot live without human intervention.
Bear minimum you have to enter the hive twice a year to kill varroa destructor mites.
Plus bees are fragile. Often Starve to hive death in spring and autumn derge. So you have to be prepped to feed your hives.
And queens die or run out of sperms and need replacing every couple of years.
Flow hives are really over priced too.
And bees put their glue everywhere and gum everything up.
[ + ] germ22
[ - ] germ22 4 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 12:27:15 ago (+4/-0)
Feels bad.
[ + ] Sector2
[ - ] Sector2 3 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 13:17:46 ago (+3/-0)
Came close to freezing the (freak) winter before and most of them died. Lived in freezing and boiling weather as a kid. The hardship is a good way to start kids out.
[ + ] JustALover
[ - ] JustALover 1 point 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 14:37:33 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] bosunmoon
[ - ] bosunmoon [op] 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 13:46:58 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] germ22
[ - ] germ22 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 13:50:42 ago (+0/-0)
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[ - ] bosunmoon [op] 3 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 13:53:45 ago (+3/-0)
[ + ] inaminit
[ - ] inaminit 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 14:18:46 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] texasblood
[ - ] texasblood 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 15:37:11 ago (+1/-1)
200 miles from the north border is pretty chill,very little cartel.
Just working folk, we go down at least twice a year
[ + ] gimpyoldman
[ - ] gimpyoldman 2 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 13:08:56 ago (+2/-0)
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[ + ] bosunmoon
[ - ] bosunmoon [op] 1 point 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 13:49:36 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Peleg
[ - ] Peleg 1 point 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 14:52:14 ago (+1/-0)
A toad stool! LOL
It took me a minute to "see".
[ + ] Sector2
[ - ] Sector2 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 13:11:21 ago (+0/-0)
RIP
[ + ] NaturalSelectionistWorker
[ - ] NaturalSelectionistWorker 2 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 13:22:13 ago (+2/-0)
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[ - ] bosunmoon [op] 3 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 13:40:45 ago (+3/-0)
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[ - ] inaminit 2 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 14:17:35 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] bosunmoon
[ - ] bosunmoon [op] 1 point 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 14:55:39 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] inaminit
[ - ] inaminit 1 point 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 19:15:15 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Whatthefuck
[ - ] Whatthefuck 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 12:59:15 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] BulletStopper
[ - ] BulletStopper 1 point 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 13:45:44 ago (+1/-0)
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[ + ] bosunmoon
[ - ] bosunmoon [op] 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 13:41:46 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] TheBigGuyFromQueens
[ - ] TheBigGuyFromQueens 0 points 1.2 yearsMar 16, 2024 15:07:32 ago (+0/-0)