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TROUBLESHOOTING
Cannot fit Flow
Frames into Flow
Super side by side
Replace each frame ensuring that it is butted tightly
against adjacent frame. Ensure that the rear end
windows sit snugly against each other. Some boxes will
have a packing strip that can be removed or perhaps
shaved to make it thinner. A gap less than 2 mm (1/8”)
is acceptable. The bees cannot get through this and
will gum up the gap over time.
Cannot fit Flow
Frame into Flow
Super between the
front and rear walls.
You may need to adjust your Flow Frame. Tighten the
adjustment screw on the front of the frame [refer to
Section 5 of this manual]. For further adjustment trim
the stepped tags/spacer on the front face of the Flow
Frame in order to allow the frame to slide into the box.
Bees slow to
colonise Flow
Frames
• Remove other honey supers to concentrate the bees
in the Flow Super.
• Press some beeswax into the surface of the Flow
Frame. You can use chunks of burr comb, wax
foundation or wax cappings.
• Heat up some beeswax and paint it onto the Flow
Frame surface. Be careful not to get too much wax
in the base of the cells or in the upper movement
mechanism, as this may jam the mechanism when it
comes time to harvest.
For more detail see:
www.honeyflow.com/troubleshooting-bees
Cannot remove caps
from key access or
honey trough
Lever o with Flow Key or some pliers.
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