Flow Hive 1The idea has become one of the most successful projects on the Indiegogo platform.

The hive in question responds to the name of Flow Hive. It is a project by an Australian father and son that allows us to produce our own honey in a simple way and disturbing the bees as little as possible..

The project raised more than 12 million dollars in its crowdfunding campaign on the Indiegogo platform; a success that has surprised even its creators.

This 3D printed hive is very smart and its efficiency is due to, mainly, to your design. Not only honey production has been taken into account for its design., but also the well-being of the bees. The structure of honeycombs, 3D printed, It is incomplete so that the workers themselves can finish it with their wax..

In addition, According to its creators, Flow Hive eliminates one of the problems of having your own hive: the need to remove the panels manually to obtain the honey.

flow-hive-colmena-2Like this, Flow Hive allows you to obtain honey simply by turning a crank. When performing this operation, the wax that holds the honey is broken., that goes down a conduit to the jars.

Although the Flow Hive campaign ended a long time ago, This 3D printed beehive can be purchased on the page web of its creators when production of the first units ends, in addition to a kit that will allow us to modify our own hive.