Comments on: Why won’t my bees fill my Flow frames?

By: cp-admin

cp-admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 06:58:14 +0000

In reply to Matt. Hive strength & nectar flow are the only two factors that matter.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 01:24:56 +0000

Hi There – I am wondering is a small amount of attractant sprayed on the flow frames, such as Swarm Commander, may help get the bees to move up into the Flow Frames?
Cheers

By: cp-admin

cp-admin — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 06:00:58 +0000

In reply to Tony. Yes, they will. Your hive isn't strong enough.

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 06:15:48 +0000

My bees won’t pass through my queen excluder. Looks it’s to small for them or I did something wrong:(

By: cp-admin

cp-admin — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 05:38:26 +0000

In reply to Joey. Hello Joey, There are so many variables. It always comes back to hive strength & nectar flow so without looking at your bees I can't offer much more help than what is in the blog you have read. Good luck.

By: Joey

Joey — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 03:18:39 +0000

I’ve had my two Flowhives for about 5 months and I put the supers on after about 3mths. That was at the beginning of summer and there was a lot of nectar around, but the brood box frames were only about 65 – 75% filled. Maybe less. I can see there are quite a few bees in the super now, but no sign of honey or wax in there. Hopefully my bees are just a bit slow, but I wonder if there is anything I should look out for that might be slowing them down?

By: cp-admin

cp-admin — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 01:21:33 +0000

In reply to Johan Duvenhage. Yes you can.

By: Johan Duvenhage

Johan Duvenhage — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 08:36:38 +0000

Just want to ask ,can put a new flowhive super between my my old flowhive super and broodbox.I have lots of flower and I going to harvest hiney from my flowhive super.

By: cp-admin

cp-admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 05:40:13 +0000

In reply to Nicky Chirlian. Hello Nicky, put the flow super on between the queen excluder & the honey super. You can take the flow super off when it gets cold & overwinter them with the brood box & honey super. Best wishes, Glenn Locke

By: Nicky Chirlian

Nicky Chirlian — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 06:58:43 +0000

Hi there,
I have a flow hive super. I have a brood box and a traditional super that is full and busy. The angophora is flowering now (west of Willow Tree NSW). Can I put the flowhive super on top of the ordinary super, or should I take the ordinary super away to harvest and just have brood box and flowhive super? Regards Nicky