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#31 - mechanicexplain (09/24/2015) [-]
Their Kickstarter raise $12.5M US.
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#129 to #31 - acivcrusader (09/24/2015) [-]
I'm not that surprised since you have to think that no only normal people are giving money for this, but also big honey industries are helping too, since they ofcourse will want to have a lot of these, since this method requieres basically 1 person to install it and 1 person to collect the honey, and 0 fancy tools and machines to collect and refine the honey, that mean they saving a lot of money by having to hire less people, and that anyone could start they own bussines by only buying one of those.
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User avatar #115 to #31 - cheeziswin (09/24/2015) [-]
Bees are important. Without 'em, we'd have major problems that we most likely couldn't handle well. Anything that can protect or conserve bees? People are probably gonna be all over funding for that.
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#5 - carbohydrates ONLINE (09/23/2015) [-]
"Original campaign was 17,384% funded on April 19, 2015"
Jesus **** . I guess people like bees.
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#119 to #5 - appleisland (09/24/2015) [-]
Then what about the last 82,616% ?
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#118 to #5 - tugaii (09/24/2015) [-]
For anyone wondering thats $12,480,980 usd
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User avatar #93 to #5 - thelizardlord (09/24/2015) [-]
Bees are our friends, not like those bastard wasps. **** wasps man.
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User avatar #105 to #5 - thesecretbear (09/24/2015) [-]
Well bees have been having some issues of dying so anything that could help prevent that is welcomed by most people.
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#102 to #5 - anon (09/24/2015) [-]
The Death Of Bees Explained – Parasites, Poison and Humans Here is something interesting to watch and that genius beehive might solve some of these problems.
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User avatar #8 to #5 - threeeighteen ONLINE (09/23/2015) [-]
It's exceptionally easy to sell honey. So I'll say it the people do.
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#81 to #5 - enst (09/24/2015) [-]
Bees make plants grow and that makes the world go round.
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User avatar #49 to #5 - greekrascal (09/24/2015) [-]
Well bumble bees are adorable.
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#96 to #58 - brickfest (09/24/2015) [-]
> BEE-STIALITY
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#111 to #58 - drakkonadarkwynd (09/24/2015) [-]
I would sting her
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#51 to #5 - falloutreaper (09/24/2015) [-]
But of course!
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#12 - MoparMan (09/23/2015) [-]
Wow! That's some Minecraft-level automated farming, man. ******* bee-e-a-utiful.
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#3 - xskullgirlsx (09/23/2015) [-]
I never was a bug fan of honey, but I'm glad that those cute bees can finally be safe when honey harvesting
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#10 to #3 - hargleblarg (09/23/2015) [-]
A BUG fan of honey...

You sly dog.
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User avatar #1 - brickfest (09/23/2015) [-]
I've always wanted to try beekeeping when I'll settle down... damn take all my money
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#136 to #1 - pridefulmatthew (09/24/2015) [-]
You can buy a full hive for $700....this product is ******* amazing...

www.honeyflow.com/
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User avatar #137 to #136 - brickfest (09/24/2015) [-]
Yeah, I saw it... though I'll probably make the beehive myself on my own and just use the frames.
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User avatar #138 to #137 - brickfest (09/24/2015) [-]
*itself
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User avatar #9 to #1 - threeeighteen ONLINE (09/23/2015) [-]
Beekeeping is expensive as **** , unless you know someone you can borrow a lot of the stuff off of. I'd say it's worth it, I'm trying to make a living through beekeeping.
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User avatar #22 to #9 - mattdoggy (09/24/2015) [-]
tell us more?
I am interested in it as well?
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User avatar #24 to #22 - threeeighteen ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
My granddad has gotten on board with the idea as well, lucky for me that he's always wanted to get into it. Just got to find somewhere nearby to buy the beekeeping stuff and buy a few hives from other beekeepers. Lots of research online helps too, to get a feel for how the bees go in your area.
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User avatar #27 to #24 - acebuck (09/24/2015) [-]
Is the demand of honey that high?
I'd imagine you'll have to sell a ton to make profit if it's so expensive
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User avatar #28 to #27 - threeeighteen ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
In my area people will buy it. Sell it at a decent price and you'll keep them coming. Considering we can sell our honey at a third of what the supermarkets charge and we still make a profit, it's not that hard for us. It's mainly just having enough honey to meet the demand, a cyclone ****** up my area earlier this year and screwed around the plants, so the flow for the bees isn't as strong.
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User avatar #30 to #28 - hadrian (09/24/2015) [-]
I applaud you for your effort, since most people I know who keep bees don't do so as a primary business. They either keep them for personal stores of honey or selling to a very local market.

That said, I've also seen on TV hives being kept across different areas of a large city or county since the honeys will taste different based on the location of the hive and what is growing around it. Perhaps that's something you could get into.
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#52 - saltyfries (09/24/2015) [-]
Including another topic, if we can find a way to stop whatever is killing our bees, this could be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Once the bee killing stops, and bee keepers can do their thing again in addition to whatever mega farms are out there, think of how much cheaper honey will be in the coming years. I don't know how much a little bottle of honey costs now, but I'll bet ya it's going to come crashing down.

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#54 to #52 - anon (09/24/2015) [-]
they did find out what was killing them and the past year bee numbers have been going back up slowly. It was a chemical we were using on crops was killing them we didnt know because it didnt kill them outright it made there kids, kids, die. testing missed this grandchild effect.
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User avatar #56 to #54 - saltyfries (09/24/2015) [-]
that's even better news!
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User avatar #117 to #54 - hungwellhamburger (09/24/2015) [-]
I DEMAND SOURCE.
NOW.
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User avatar #36 - Spavaloo (09/24/2015) [-]
What about wax harvesting?

Also, have they tested it thoroughly enough to determine that the frames can last through multiple harvests? Propolis and wax can sometimes be very difficult to break through, and I'm skeptical that the plastic mechanism can endure that kind of repeated stress.
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#67 to #36 - anon (09/24/2015) [-]
Even if the plastic was too weak they could take that 12.5 mil and use it on a bit of steel or aluminum, wouldnt add to much to the cost
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#37 to #36 - ellasmjer ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
they did say they tested it for 3 years so thats at least promising
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User avatar #65 - StaticX (09/24/2015) [-]
Even as someone who hates bees and thinks honey is ******* disgusting, this is ******* brilliant.
I love it when people do **** like this, and change the game entirely. It's so damn inspiring.
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User avatar #50 - greyhoundfd (09/24/2015) [-]
People don't understand how significant this might actually be. Currently, the only real options for sweetening food is corn syrup or cane sugar. Honey is just too expensive for it to be used en masse. If this takes off though, it'll send the price through the floor as production becomes incredibly cheap and increases dramatically. Honey will actually be viable as a common sweetener, and there will be a whole hell of a lot more of it.
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User avatar #7 - SirSheepy ONLINE (09/23/2015) [-]
I was actually thinking about this a couple days ago, that bee keeping seems a almost barbaric in modern society. This is extremely cool to me.
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User avatar #38 - chucknorrisisreal (09/24/2015) [-]
"Quit taking our honey you ******* assholes"

I'm sorry bees, I can't hear you over me enjoying this honey.
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User avatar #71 to #38 - Visual (09/24/2015) [-]
If I'm not mistaken, I hear that bees tend to overproduce honey by a lot so it doesn't really hurt them unless you take from them in winter too much.
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User avatar #78 to #38 - thegrimpoe (09/24/2015) [-]
anything a asentient creature does is for the survival of a species, their delicous honey ensures we will try to save them from whatever is killing them, as opposed to us blasting DDT to kill skeeters and weeds
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User avatar #84 to #78 - nemecyst (09/24/2015) [-]
>>#54,
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User avatar #85 to #84 - thegrimpoe (09/24/2015) [-]
i was arguing that it's ethical to harvest their honey becuase it propagates their species, and that if we didn't take it they would probaly go extinct due to pesticides.
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User avatar #86 to #84 - nemecyst (09/24/2015) [-]
Oh no, You just said "whatever is killing them" Im just pointing out that we figured it out
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User avatar #26 - justanotherusernam (09/24/2015) [-]
They made 12.5 MILLION ******* DOLLARS FROM CROWDFUNDING JESUS CHRIST
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#6 - rockergamer (09/23/2015) [-]
hey

if this really works and we don't have to kill bees i'm all for it

we need them probably more than they need us
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User avatar #14 to #6 - Bruda (09/23/2015) [-]
I don't think they need us.
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User avatar #29 to #14 - hadrian (09/24/2015) [-]
Bees don't need us in the same way that cats and dogs don't need us.
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User avatar #109 to #29 - plumotje (09/24/2015) [-]
Uhh, to be fair, we developed symbiotic relationships with cats and dogs (mostly dogs) and I don't think domestic animals could live without us now.

I am pretty sure bees barely benefit from us, unless someone can correct me on this one.
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#113 to #109 - hellahalal (09/24/2015) [-]
I think a lot of the non-physically-retarded breeds would be OK without us. Domestic dogs can still form packs, scavenge and even hunt, if I recall correctly.
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#128 to #14 - zielscheibe (09/24/2015) [-]
To be frank - a lot of our modern bee hives would not survive without human care.

We have fed them with madication so much , most of them lack a strong immune system and big beekeeper unions use antibiotics to keep them alive.

Mine do not get any medication - this is why i have a certain amount of failed hives that won't make it through the winter.

Further more we have a problem with the Varroa mites en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varroa - those little ******* can and will kill a hive. Those little buggers thrive and there is almost no beekeeper today twithout a hive that is bothered by those little devils.

And on top of all that , there is almost no natural hives anymore. Most areas lack the basic things needed to provide or sustain a full grown hive of bees. Not to mention that most humans do not like bees close to them - so even if a hive migrates with it's queen , they most likely end up in some man-made hive or die.

And let#s not forgett the stuff farmers use to increase growth for their crops or kill of unwanted insects - some of this chemical stuff makes bee queens barren or kills the bees like a slow working poison. I have lost 3 hives because a farmer sprayed his corn with some nasty **** and my bees brought it home to the hive ... 3 day's later they were all dead.

But this is old new's for beekeepers. For decades the numbers of bee hives is shrinking and there is just a few beekepers left , besides the big beekeepers and their company's.

So .... just my two Sheckels here ... i doubt bees will have a future without the help of human beekeepers.
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User avatar #116 - goobyman (09/24/2015) [-]
apparently though...
please watch this My Thoughts on The "Flow Hive"
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User avatar #125 to #116 - kaboomz (09/24/2015) [-]
sticky this op
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User avatar #121 to #116 - thismustbeseen (09/24/2015) [-]
^ THIS. THIS RIGHT HERE.

After watching the kickstarter, I thought there were problems with it, and I was hoping cody would bring them up. He brought up a bunch of other stuff.

I thought that this invention would be basically killing the bees when you "harvest", because the bees use the cells to reproduce - they put larva in empty cells. I'm not sure if it's possible to see which rows of cells have larva in them without taking it apart but I'm pretty sure they're impossible to see just from the side, because you're only seeing the first row.

When you hit harvest, you're basically breaking apart each cell so the honey can flow out, but what you're also doing is crushing whatever happens to be in each cell - which is the undeveloped bee larvae, which is going to flow right into your honey and basically kill the colony. I don't know if this is a serious problem, just something I thought of. I'm almost certain that's what's happening in one of the shots in the kickstarter, where literally all of the cells are being harvested at once. Well, if there were any baby bees there, they're all dead now.

So yeah, like what Cody said - better spend the money on fighting the parasites that are actually killing the bees.

This idea is pretty silly. It's basically - hey guy, you can be your own bee keeper now, save the bees in the process, and get fresh honey and fight disease... except it doesn't work that way.
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User avatar #127 to #121 - mrlosthaze (09/24/2015) [-]
I've kept bees before and the cells that are harvested never actually contain larva. the only bee able to lay eggs is the queen and the queen is more than twice the size of the drones. in a bee box, there is a special divider that blocks off the harvesting section of the hive. The queen is too big to fit through this divider but the drones aren't.
The drones are stupid and will continuously fill the empty cells with honey even though the queen can't lay eggs in them. So long as you leave enough of the hive accessible to the queen, the hive will be able to sustain itself and produce surplus for you.
Essentially, this honey extractor just replaces the surplus side of the hive. So when they drain the honey, the bees just refill it.
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User avatar #155 to #127 - thismustbeseen (09/25/2015) [-]
Yeah, good point. I didn't think of that, but I also didn't see that kind of thing incorporated into the FlowHive. You would think they would advertise that as one of it's features. "This is how your bees stay alive when you harvest from them..."
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#156 to #155 - thismustbeseen (09/25/2015) [-]
Actually, I think their core idea could be a good one, it's just hasn't been engineered properly. I am certain there are ways of making this thing waaaay better than it is.

But yeah, if you want to help the bees, actually fighting the parasites that are killing them is the the best way.
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User avatar #123 to #121 - Whaaaaaaaaa (09/24/2015) [-]
I think I'll listen to the Bee researchers and guys with twice as much experience than this kid. Thanks.
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User avatar #141 to #123 - cormy ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
Read dis: patrick.freivald.com/2015/04/26/my-thoughts-on-the-flow-hive/
12 years of beekeeping isn't enough experience for you? O.o
That guy may look like a kid, but I'm fairly certain that 12 years means something.
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User avatar #143 to #141 - Whaaaaaaaaa (09/24/2015) [-]
hm, 12 years to 26 years. nope gonna go with the experienced guy in the fight. I mean would you hire a craftsmen with 12 or 26 years?
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User avatar #144 to #143 - cormy ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
That depends, is one of them trying to get money from me?
If you look read up on these guys you'll see that they've been deleting comments and adding little post-script noets about how you still have to take care of the hive as you would any other, it's only the honey claiming process that's made easier and they say nothing about the after-affects of collecting it.
The video is just a one sided vague ad, it doesn't really go into detail about how much effect it'll have on what you have to do with your hive.
I'll trust the 3rd party not asking for my money, giving a critical view of the whole thing rather than those who've pulled in 170 times what they asked for (12 million dollars over the past 7 months)
Did you read the article I linked? It's from a much more experienced man, who basically outlines the same problems.
Seriously, there are limits to how much more you need to know to see what's wrong with these things, 12 years is more than enough.
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User avatar #150 to #144 - Whaaaaaaaaa (09/24/2015) [-]
so a kid with 12 years is gonna dispute the claims of researchers and more experienced beehivers.. interewsting
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User avatar #145 to #144 - Whaaaaaaaaa (09/24/2015) [-]
I prefer to take advice from more experienced people, but since you like the guy your opinion is your opinion.
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User avatar #146 to #145 - advice (09/24/2015) [-]
like me?
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User avatar #149 to #146 - Whaaaaaaaaa (09/24/2015) [-]
yes, wise sage.. tell me of life.
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User avatar #151 to #149 - advice (09/24/2015) [-]
what specifics of life do you need?
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User avatar #153 to #151 - Whaaaaaaaaa (09/24/2015) [-]
I wish to know if it is dangerous out there wise sage and what I must take with me.
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User avatar #157 to #153 - advice (09/26/2015) [-]
It is in fact dangerous out there, but your parents credit card will help you much more than any old weapon could
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User avatar #158 to #157 - Whaaaaaaaaa (09/26/2015) [-]
Like Batman wise sage my parents have long since been dead.
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User avatar #154 to #153 - thismustbeseen (09/25/2015) [-]
What on earth are you people arguing about? I think we've pretty much conclusively proven that this FlowHive thing is a bad idea. I haven't heard any arguments in favor of it at all.
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User avatar #152 to #145 - cormy ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
I don't "like" him, but I listened to the video and he poses some valid points.
The same points put forward by the man in the article I linked, who is far more experienced and keeps 30 colonies at a time.
There's your more experienced person, who still isn't trying to sell anything.
It's not about liking the guy or his experience, the fact is that he has detailed some logical arguments contesting the effectiveness of the Flow Hive. Someone with NO experience could come to the same conclusion if they did enough research and I'd still take their side in a dispute because what they're saying just makes sense.
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User avatar #122 to #121 - goobyman (09/24/2015) [-]
cody is awesome as ****
i like his newest idea with acid base neutralization reactions to make softdrinks less acidic
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#48 - anon (09/24/2015) [-]
THIS IS ABOUT SOME BRAND NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR HARVESTING MUTHA ****** HONEY!
THATS RIGHT THAT DELICIOUS GOLDEN BUG VOMIT WE ******* LOVE! THIS GLORIOUS POLLEN JUICE NEVER SPOILS AND TASTES SO ******* GOOD YOUR TONGUE WILL JUMP OUT OF YOUR MOUTH AND STEAL YOUR CAR FOR A TASTE OF THIS FANTASTIC FLOWER JIZZ! BEES DO NOT **** AROUND WITH ANYTHING THEY DO, THEY WILL SACRIFICE THEY'RE LIFE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL GODDAMN SUN NECTAR! LIKE SUICIDAL FLYING PIRATES, THESE LITTLE ASSKICKERS WILL RIP THERE OWN GUTS OUT JUST TO BRING YOU MOMENTS OF DISPLEASURE FOR EVEN THINKING ABOUT TOUCHING THEIR LIQUID PIRATE BOOTY! WHAT THE **** DO YOU OWN THAT WOULD MAKE YOU
STRAP A DAGGER TO YOUR ASS AND TUSSLE WITH A BEAR 5000 TIMES YOUR OWN SIZE?
AND THESE MAGNIFICENT ENGLISH SONS OF BITCHES JUST MADE BEE KEEPING EASIER THAN WAKING YOUR DUMBASS UP IN THE MORNING!
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#103 - multipasss (09/24/2015) [-]
It's look like a very good idea and everyone should feel concerned by the decline of bees.

But... This idea hides a lot of problems. The honey needs to stay into the hive a long time, otherwise it has a high percentage of water, which makes the honey impossible to keep, and the bees close the alveolus only when a certain percentage is reached.

You shoul harvest the hive only once a year, otherwise you need to give bees some sirup to replace honey, and it is not good for their health (so it helps killing them, they don't need that, they already are in a very difficult position - and so are we).

I am often very excited about new technologies, but you need to search for informations before you support it.

Plus, it will not solve the real problem with the disparitions of bees : pesticides.

Source (French) : mrmondialisation.org/ils-ont-invente-la-ruche-a-robinet/ Second comment.
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User avatar #39 - nickypickle ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
can you add a link to the kickstarter on the description? cause that would help.
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User avatar #40 to #39 - nickypickle ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
strychnine
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User avatar #46 to #44 - nickypickle ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
danke
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User avatar #57 to #46 - tridaak ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
I see how it is...
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#59 to #57 - nickypickle ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
I said to add it in the description, so others would see it, but I appreciate your hospitality
also YOU WERE THE ONE WHO DIDN'T VOTE FOR MY COMIC A YEAR AGO
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User avatar #62 to #59 - tridaak ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
I dont think I saw your comic
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#63 to #62 - nickypickle ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
/channel/oc-comic-makers/Exactly+what+i+wanted/wydTLjl/

it was this one but dont sweat it
I won second place and gave dishonored to my brother
and I'm just pretty bad at writing stories in general anyway
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User avatar #64 to #63 - tridaak ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
I remember it. Didnt think it was created solely for the purpose of the competition, so didn't vote for it.
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User avatar #66 to #64 - nickypickle ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
ah. I see.
well that does bring to light of some other issues. dedicated or generous artists willing to spend lots of time for their work at heart are really hard to come by these days. I've met a lot of people with mediocre skill selling their art for fifty bucks, and they sold like hotcakes, as well as people being lazy with their work and still getting recognition for it because of their internet fame.

needless to say, I spent over 60 hours on that comic from the moment cashman set up the contest and lost around 8 hours of sleep
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User avatar #82 to #66 - tridaak ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
I did not know this... I thought it was something you had already made and just submitted it because well, it was convenient timing or something.
You work fast.
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User avatar #83 to #82 - nickypickle ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
thanks. I mean, there was such a limited amount of time so it got sloppy near the end, but I guess i'm pretty okay that it got in at least. with just two hours to spare, on the dot.

it was pretty intense more than fun, actually. I had a timer set up and everything.
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User avatar #13 - vilememory (09/23/2015) [-]
******* love honey, **** never goes bad. But it has gone all cloudy and gritty! Well sit the **** down and listen to this you can return that **** to its opaque amber goodness with these easy steps! Fill a sink or big bowl up with hot water, hot as you can get it from the tap or boil that **** ! Take the honey container and set it in the hot water, now wait about two minutes. Okay now open the container of honey and start stirring it up with a butter knife. You will notice it is getting softer and less cloudy, keep stirring that **** up! Get it heated up again and you will be able to stir it up back to that delicious state.
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#108 - neoexdeath ONLINE (09/24/2015) [-]
Free honey for everyone! Yaaaaaay Mayor Bee, Mayor Bee...Oh, just stung myself, bye world!
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