Harvesting honey with the Flow Frames is a gentle process and doesn't disturb the bees. 🐝🐝 While we collect honey from the back of the hive, the bees freely enter and exit through the front entrance. During periods when there is an abundance of nectar-filled flowers for the bees to gather from (known as a honey flow), they are more focused on foraging from the flowers rather than the honey being harvested. 🍯🐝 However, if there is a lack of nectar flow in your area, also known as a dearth,, t

Our bee-spy, Mira, found this little bee in the Flow Office garden today collecting fluff off these flower stalks. 🌸🐝 We believe it is a South African Carder Bee (Afranthidium repetitum). The invasive Carder Bee collects fluffy fibres from plant leaves and makes a nest that resembles yellowish lumps of cotton wool. Its name 'Carder Bee' refers to the carding process of combing wool fibres before they are spun. | Flow Hive