Stuart and Cedar Anderson spent a whole ten years trying to comprehend how to collect honey without provoking bees.

51,000 New Beehive Colonies Across The Globe Created with the Help of  Father-Son Duo

The bee population is shriveling. But this pair is saving them.

Stuart and Cedar Anderson spent a whole ten years trying to comprehend how to collect honey without provoking bees. Their solution was an Indiegogo-funded invention called Flow Hive that replicates a real beehive without putting the bees at risk when you collect honey. The Flow Hive allows the honey to flow out of the hive straight into a jar without crushing or disrupting the bees inside. What a splendid design!

He was motivated to try to design a more uncomplicated beehive after his brother was stung

Cedar, who is a third-generation beekeeper from the rural community of Nimbin, Australia, says that he was motivated to try to design a more uncomplicated beehive after his brother was stung during one of their honey extraction missions.

The Andersons have exported those 51,000 new beehives to 150 different countries.

Flow Hive became the most successful crowdfunding campaign in Indiegogo history in 2015. They have collected a total of $12.2 million!  Now, four years later, the Flow Hive has helped create 51,000 new beehive colonies, resulting in a 10% increase in the world’s bee colonies. That’s awesome!

Kim Flottum, the editor of Bee Culture, said: “The rate of beginners getting into beekeeping has more than doubled in a decade.”

The Andersons have exported those 51,000 new beehives to 150 different countries.

The company has also decided to donate profits to honeybee advocacy groups to help with the honeybee population.

The company has also decided to donate profits to honeybee advocacy groups to help with the honeybee population.

According to Cedar:

"We’re proud to have donated 100% of profits from the sale of our Flow Pollinator House to nine local grassroots pollinator projects in Australia and the United States that are at work protecting wild habitats all around the world. Pollinators need large areas of habitat to flourish—the more we can do to protect and conserve native habitats, the more opportunities these tiny environmental champions will have to do their important work."

The Flow Hive and the newer Flow Hive 2 beehives can be bought from the Honey Flow website

You can still help save the bee population if you cant buy a Flow Hive. You can build a homemade bee hotel with bamboo shoots, bricks, or wood with holes drilled in them.

The Flow Hive and the newer Flow Hive 2 beehives can be bought from the Honey Flow (click here) website.

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