Inventor of the plastic FlowHive: beekeepers love my product because the honey tastes better — and here’s the study to prove it
FlowHive is an artificial beehive made with plastic frames. Born in 2015 as a crowdfunding project, it raised over $4 million and has now sold over 45,000 units worldwide.
The hive works with frames with partly formed honeycomb cells which the bees coat with wax and nectar. To extract the honey, beekeepers don’t have to open the hive, but insert a tap instead.
“Our invention allows you to not stress the colony at all while you are harvesting the honey,” FlowHive Co-inventor Stuart Anderson told Business Insider UK.
“On top of that, the honey that comes out tastes better. We’ve had that proven in Queensland University tests.”
These tests compared found FlowHive’s honey to have a more citrus, floral, and confectionery flavour compared to other harvest methods.
The artificial hive has also been criticised for taking the “stewardship” out of beekeeping, which the creators disagree on.
Co-inventor Cedar Anderson said in a statement to Modern Farmer: “You’ll still need to look out for your bees as you always have had, and you’ll still need to check for disease.”
Produced and filmed by Claudia Romeo. Special thank to Joe Daunt.
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