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The A2B2 Flow Hive Team

Flow Hive Harvest Postponed

7/6/2022

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Bad News: I would've liked this post to be talking about all the honey we harvested from the Flow Hive last weekend, but alas, unforeseen circumstances prevented the harvest, which has been rescheduled to Saturday, July 23rd.

Good News: Although I couldn't bee there myself, Chris and Clay were able to run the hive check without me. They added a 4th deep box of drawn comb, and had to move the hive down onto cinder blocks because it was just too tall! :D It looks like it was a good thing that they needed to move the hive because there was some ant activity on the wooden stand under the back corner of the hive. They didn't spot the queen this time, but saw at least 8 frames of capped brood and plenty of open brood and eggs. Unfortunately, it was still too hot to treat for mites, so they added a drone board for mechanical trapping of Varroa. We will remove this on the 23rd. Clay is also going to add a FormicPro treatment hopefully tonight since the weather has cooled.

Best News: The hive is still booming and the nectar in the Flow Super should be good and capped by the 23rd. Also, we plan on splitting the hive shortly after the harvest so that we can go into winter with 2 strong hives. This means possibly double the honey next year because were able to purchase another deeply discounted Flow Super from Flow Hive with our club credits! Remember, any member of A2B2 is eligible for a discount on certain Flow Hive products using a link in the members only section of this website, and when A2B2 club members purchase their Flow Hive using this link, A2B2 receives credits toward addition Flow Hive equipment.

It is very exciting to be expanding the Flow Hive portion of the A2B2 teaching apiary, but we will need to assemble some equipment before we can make the split, so look for information on a Flow Team build day coming soon!

Plan for Next check:
1. Harvest from the Flow Super! :)
2. Remove drone board for Varroa control.
3. Remove FormicPro strips.
4. Varroa mite check to determine if treatment successful.

Our next check will be Saturday, July 23rd, 2022 at 10am at the A2B2 Teaching Apiary at the U of M Campus Farm at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. For new team members, the hives are located next to the Project Grow Garden.

Thank you again to the Flow Hive team for making this year such a success!
If you would like to join the A2B2 Flow Hive Team or would like to know more about the Flow Hive in general, please contact Jen Haeger at mentorship@a2b2club.org.
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