Interesting that the temperament of the same species varies, I didn't know that! I have not yet looked into flow hives, I think I remembered reading somewhere that they were not actually good for the bees but since my memory is foggy and you are telling me this I'm going to check it out! So thankyou :) I also followed you!
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Professional bee keepers have given them a bad rap. The reason being is what I mentioned earlier about maintaining the hives to not let diseases set in to contaminate other local bee hives. They are very concerned that amateur newby wanna be keepers see them as a safe alternative to having anything to do with the bees. Just turn a tap on and collect the honey. So it really is a good idea to learn with the original style hives and maintenance schedules. That way you are not afraid of working with the bees and have a good comprehension of what you are meant to be doing. That is why you have heard they are bad for the bees. But the hives were invented here in Australia by a dope smoking hippy in a well known weed hippy town. Nimbin. He didn't create them thinking of getting rich as he is now. He was just trying to make life easy for him and the bees. But the story goes keepers all ove the world flooded him with money and orders to fill. It took off real fast and the whole business/ company has had to employ the whole family to run it. Funny thing is he is the ceo and they told him he neended an office so he got one. Then he was clogged up with messages n stuff at that address. Well in his own words he didn't realise cos no one told him he actually had to go into the office and do some work. lol he was just busy still hanging out in the shed with his dad thinking up and making other stuff like they have always done and mostly surfing. It hasn't changed him from what I hear on the grape vine. ..... As for the aggressiveness levels of bees. It does fluctuate vastly between different hives but mostly bee keepers that sell you a hive pick out one that is very timid and easy to work with for you. So it is no surprise that yours are pretty cool. Most hives I've atten are pretty casual but there have been some I really dreaded going near and would let others attend them as I did not like suiting up and smoking them. I don't even like wearing a shirt. Peace sis
Wow thanks for all the info! That's a cool story about the inventor of them. I'm sold, now I want one haha!
Ps really hot days are when the bees are at their laziest and easiest to handle.
Peace out sis.