This is just a fad trying to promise easy honey from a spigot. A short read by real beekeeper blogs and you discover that 90% of the work of managing a beehive is the inspections you need to do every 2 weeks - not the honey extraction. Without inspecting for mites, diseased bees, missing queens (and understanding how to deal with this), etc, your hive will likely fail and you'll just have source all those bees again. Much cheaper (and humane) to just buy honey at a local farmers market.
Note that when doing inspections everyone suggests you'll need smoke + veil + etc as you have to remove the frames and look at them closely. Even the flow website recommends this (noticeably missing in the video, though)
So what does this really buy you? A great crowdfunding video.
Note that when doing inspections everyone suggests you'll need smoke + veil + etc as you have to remove the frames and look at them closely. Even the flow website recommends this (noticeably missing in the video, though)
So what does this really buy you? A great crowdfunding video.