Imagine beekeeping in your back yard. This has become so much easier with more solutions today. People are abundantly buying an eco-friendly beehive, according John Lewis Department Store.
The beehive costs around 30 dollars, and it has recently become the most popular wedding gift. According to the department store, the wood and bamboo house has seen a dramatic rise in sales, with the item sold out at present.
Daily Mail quotes Sara Allbright, gifts buyer at John Lewis, saying “There is no doubt that couples are becoming more adventurous with what they put on their gift lists”.
Sarah adds: “Rather than the traditional mainstays, we are seeing more unusual pieces that reflect the interests of the couple, and the surge in requests for bee houses is just one example of this change in demand”.
The £20 John Lewis Croft Collection Bee House is designed to attract and protect bees and other insects and keep your garden well-pollinated and full of life. The house has a galvanized steel roof and lime wash wood finish, Daily Mail reports.
The above video is also about a new invention by two Australian beekeepers (father and son). The beekeeper claimed to be able to siphon honey straight from a beehive without opening the lid or disturbing the bees inside.
When a tap attached to a specifically developed honeycomb “Flow” frame within the hive is opened, the bee-formed cells are split slightly open inside the comb, thereby allowing channels to form through which the honey flows down to a sealed trough and out of the hive straight into collecting jars. All the while, the bees are virtually undisturbed on the surface of the comb.
Created by father and son team, Stuart and Cedar Anderson, the Flow frames are special beehive frames to which already partly formed honeycomb cells are attached. Once the frames are fitted inside a conventional apiarist’s bee box, the bees inside finish building the comb with their own wax then proceed to top up the cells with honey that they produce before capping the cells in the usual manner.
