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Ants attracted to
Flow Frames
• Clean up any spilt honey after harvest with warm water.
• Remove the honey trough cap and, if necessary, clean
the leak back gap with a thin tool such as a kitchen
skewer or wire to allow honey to drain back into hive.
• Throw some cinnamon powder behind the window
covers to deter the ants. If your hive is on a stand you
can place the legs in water to prevent ants climbing
onto the hive.
Honey in honey
trough between
harvests
When the bees fill the Flow Frames for the first time
some honey may leak into the honey trough. If the
leak-back gap is blocked it will not be able to drain
into the hive.
Use the honey trough cap or the Flow Tube to clear
the leak-back gap during regular hive inspections so
that the bees can lick up this leaked honey.
Honey leakage
during harvest
It’s not uncommon for the frames to leak a small
amount of honey inside the hive whilst harvesting. This
is usually not a problem as the bees will mop up the
excess honey from inside the hive.
• Before you harvest, check that the Flow Frames are
all capped and ready for harvesting.
• Ensure that the honey tubes are inserted firmly and
correctly with the tongue in the honey-leak-back
gap.
• Ensure that the hive is sloped towards the outlet.
• If you have connected the honey tube to a container,
ensure that air can escape from the container. If your
container is air-tight the honey will back up in the
tube and overspill the edges of the trough inside
the hive.
Flow frame has
fallen apart; blades
misaligned or bent
Please see our Flow Frame reassembly video at:
www.honeyflow.com/assembly
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