After a year and a half of trying to get bees to stay in the flow hive, I have finally succeeded in keeping a package that was installed in June. 2 months later, I have harvested 2 gallons from 4 frames. The first extraction was a little messy as the bees were attracted to the honey dripping out of the tubes. Neighbor and problem solver, Jim Scancella, devised a way to connect the flow tube to a piece of flexible plastic tubing which is easy to insert into a mason jar using a recap lid. This time the bees barely noticed me or the collection of honey. Still a few glitches to work out with the gap between the brood box and the super but the honey really does flow and the bees are happy. Success!
Honey drains out of the flow hive into the mason jar. The bees are undisturbed and happily filling the other frames with honey.
