Paul
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Mar 14, 2015 22:38:08 GMT
Post by Paul on Mar 14, 2015 22:38:08 GMT
This is pretty off topic but I think worth sharing.
my wife and I have been talking about getting bees but the thought of all the work & stings involved has been holding us back. Low and behold we found this the other day and we have ordered the full package.
Also have to hand it to this father and son team, they were hoping to raise $70,000, sofar they haves raised over $6,000,000!!!
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Mar 14, 2015 22:47:09 GMT
Post by randomnobody on Mar 14, 2015 22:47:09 GMT
Never really been too bothered about beekeeping, but that's a very interesting system they've come up with. One of those things that makes you wonder, "How did it take this long for somebody to come up with this?"
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Mar 14, 2015 22:50:19 GMT
Post by Paul on Mar 14, 2015 22:50:19 GMT
Exactly it's so simple now it's been done, just took a bit Australian ingenuity
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Mar 14, 2015 22:50:16 GMT
Post by Scott on Mar 14, 2015 22:50:16 GMT
Why not native bees? Don't have to worry about being stung.
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Mar 14, 2015 22:55:57 GMT
Post by Paul on Mar 14, 2015 22:55:57 GMT
Don't know enough about it all yet but they do say that these new hives don't seem to work with Australian native bees. I'm also not sure if native bees are as productive.
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Mar 14, 2015 23:06:31 GMT
Post by Scott on Mar 14, 2015 23:06:31 GMT
Native bees aren't as productive, so no good if you're looking into selling the honey. Otherwise it depends on how much honey you use.
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Mar 15, 2015 2:24:08 GMT
Post by ineffableone on Mar 15, 2015 2:24:08 GMT
Really cool. I have wanted to find a way to get into beekeeping, but I have a bee sting allergy. Not life threatening, but I swell up and have to take benadryl if I get stung. A system like this would reduce my chances of being stung a lot and possibly make it possible to actually do some bee keeping.
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Mar 15, 2015 2:53:38 GMT
Post by aussie-rabbit on Mar 15, 2015 2:53:38 GMT
Exactly it's so simple now it's been done, just took a bit Australian ingenuity Trust an Aussie to come up with collecting honey while having a beer !!
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Mar 15, 2015 5:34:09 GMT
Post by bigpete on Mar 15, 2015 5:34:09 GMT
Want want want want want ! :-) cheap mead lol
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Mar 15, 2015 23:43:38 GMT
Post by WEWolf on Mar 15, 2015 23:43:38 GMT
What a clever idea. I especially like the way they emphasize that it's easy on the bees.
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