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Flow vs Mud and Clay
When comparing Flow vs Mud and Clay, the Slant community recommends Mud and Clay for most people. In the question“What are the best beehive designs for sustainable beekeeping?” Mud and Clay is ranked 10th while Flow is ranked 16th.
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Pros
Pro Easy honey extraction
By simply turning a tap honey will flow out of your hive.
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Cons
Con Expensive
Because of the complexity of the hive it cannot be self-built by most people, and can only bought from a single manufacturer; thus allowing them to charge a premium for this product.
Con Plastic Comb
This means you can only get liquid honey; not honeycomb. Also, it is also believed by many that the natural wax is superior to plastic for a number of reasons:
- Plastic causes "off-gassing"; i.e. the release of airborne particulates / chemicals, dubbed volatile organic compounds, which may be harmful to the health of the hive.
- The cell size is fixed. Cell size relates to the sex of the bees produces, so this restricts the bees ability to alter their drone:worker populations.
- Bees communicate by vibration; natural (wax) comb will vibrate as expected, whilst plastic will not.
- Wax can store pheromone information which may be important (though as yet there is no science to support or discount this claim).
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