How much honey comes out of a Flow Hive or Super? (2024)
When the Flow Super is full, you can expect to harvest approximately 3 kg (6.5 lb) per Flow Frame (even more if the bees really build each frame out).
The Flow Hive Classic 6, Flow Hive 2 and Flow Hive 2+ come with 6 Flow Frames, giving up to 18 kg (39 lb) of fresh, unfiltered honey each time the honey super is completely full.
One of the great benefits of Flow Frames is that you can harvest as much or as little honey as you want – you can take just one small jar for a gift or the breakfast table, or harvest an entire (or several) Flow Frame(s). The amount of honey for harvesting depends on many factors, including hive strength, local climate and available forage.
With a good nectar flow, it is possible to harvest from a full super multiple times in one season.
It is not uncommon to have very different results from hives kept at the same location and even within the same hive annually compared to previous years.
When harvesting it's important to remember to leave enough honey stores for your colony to see them through the winter.
If you have one of our Flow Hive Classic 7, Flow Hive 2 with 7 Flow Frame
Frame
A hive frame or honey frame is a structural element in a beehive that holds the honeycomb or brood comb within the hive enclosure or box. The hive frame is a key part of the modern movable-comb hive. It can be removed in order to inspect the bees for disease or to extract the excess honey.
A strong hive can be home to 50–100,000 bees during the peak of the summer. Do a little quick math, and you see how beekeepers arrive at an average of 60lbs.of honey per hive, per year. With the right weather and the right beekeeper, some hives can even produce 100lbs.
You can add as many supers on your hives as the bees can fill. It's important that honey supers are added when the nectar flow is heavy to give the bees room to store honey and to prevent overcrowding inside the hive.
It depends entirely on the health of your bees, their hive style, your location, the weather and available forage. You should never plan to harvest in your first year, but you can expect to pull anywhere from 25 - 100 lbs of honey from an established colony in a successful year.
a guideline: o A shallow super will typically yield between 25 and 30 pounds of honey, or 2 to 2 ½ gallons. o A medium (6 5/8”) depth super will typically yield between 35 and 40 pounds, or 3 to 4 gallons. o A full-depth box will typically yield between 60 and 70 pounds, or 5 to 6 gallons. o The estimates will allow ...
The Flow Hive Classic 6, Flow Hive 2 and Flow Hive 2+ come with 6 Flow Frames, giving up to 18 kg (39 lb) of fresh, unfiltered honey each time the honey super is completely full.
The minimum amount of honey you should leave on your full-sized colony is equal to one full deep box, or about 90-100 pounds (this is the full weight of the box, frames, bees, and honey). If you are overwintering nucs, each nuc should have the equivalent of 8 deep frames full of honey.
The general rule of thumb is once, maybe twice, per year in the late summer or early fall. If your hive is in hyper drive and filling up frames quickly you are one of those lucky beekeepers than can consider harvesting twice a year and earlier than most beekeepers. It all depends on your hive.
However, many modern backyard beekeepers love the ease with which they can harvest their honey. Some find that beginning their journey into beekeeping becomes more approachable when using a Flow Hive and that this system helps to reduce the steep learning curve.
If hives are getting heavier, the flow is still on. If hive weights level off for a week or two, the flow is mostly off—this is when I start pulling supers. If hive weights start dropping, the bees are eating through surplus honey.
The ideal time to add a super is during periods of natural population growth (typically, the spring), before or during a honey flow (spring or summer), or during periods of swarming (again, typically the spring).
Medium supers are the most popular size of super, and they are a good all-around choice for beekeepers. They are large enough to store a good amount of honey, but they are still relatively easy to manage. Medium supers are also a solid choice for beekeepers who want to produce both comb honey and extracted honey.
We usually get six or seven jars from one frame and here we've filled up three jars from half a frame of honey. And something you can do with the Flow Hive easily is just harvest a little bit and leave the rest for the bees. So that's what we've done today.
You can consume raw honey directly from the honeycomb, which is made from beeswax. Some health benefits may include improved liver function or heart health, but consuming large amounts may be harmful to your health. People have been keeping bees and eating their honey for thousands of years.
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