# 7th time to harvest this year! Texas, USA **URL:** \ **Category:** Flow Harvest Success Stories\ **Created:** [October 8, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939 "2017-10-08T00:19:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigBadBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@BigBadBob](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/BigBadBob)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/21 "2017-10-10T05:44:37Z")
Semaphore, very nice! I will use your idea. I can have two lids with one like you are using for harvesting. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![BigBadBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@BigBadBob](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/BigBadBob)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 5:46am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/22 "2017-10-10T05:46:14Z")
Do you have a picture of the sieve? ---
**Author:** ![JeffH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/jeffh/32/7192_2.png) [@JeffH](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/JeffH)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/23 "2017-10-10T05:58:37Z")
G’day Bob, it’s a good thing you’re not a fisherman, otherwise you’d be giving evasive answers out of habit. Maybe you are a fisherman & you ARE giving evasive answers. All of those questions reminds me of a fisherman coming home with a big catch. ---
**Author:** ![Semaphore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/semaphore/32/14994_2.png) [@Semaphore](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Semaphore)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/24 "2017-10-10T06:23:27Z")
that’s what I do- have one lid just for harvesting. At a stretch a piece of cardboard with holes in works fine. I bought this bucket- it came with a double sieve which is handy for using with most buckets: > **[Beekeepers 10L Honey Settling Tank & Stainless Steel Double Honey Strainer |...](http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Beekeepers-10-Litre-HONEY-SETTLING-TANK-with-Double-stainless-strainer/142159889718?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649)** > > Stainless Steel Double Honey Strainer. Made of Stainless Steel, simply drain the honey from your extractor into the filter and the two separate layers of medium and fine mesh capture any unwanted debris allowing the honey to be cleared before... the sieve is very nice quality- but the bucket is a bit lightweight. Still OK. You can find the sieve alone on ebay. this set up is great- by wrapping a tea towel around the edge of the sieve- and sitting the lid on top- it was beeproof and I harvest and strain all in one fell swoop. Watching your video- it looks like the honey is flowing out very fast- I’m guessing you cranked the entire frame in one go? If you do it in quarters and leave the set up alone for 25 minutes (or more) between quarters- the honey flows out slower- doesn’t back up in the tube as much- and any risk of internally leaking honey is reduced. The amount that leaks will reduce- and the less of the brood will be affected at any time- giving them time and space to clean it up efficiently. Using a sealed bucket this is no issue assuming you have the time to spare. One time my honey was extremely think- and I just left the bucket out overnight for every last drop of honey to trickle out. ---
**Author:** ![Paras](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/paras/32/23233_2.png) [@Paras](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Paras)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 9:13am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/25 "2017-10-10T09:13:47Z")
Thank you for answering the questions it reinforces what I am doing as a beekeeper. ---
**Author:** ![Dee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dee/32/5840_2.png) [@Dee](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dee)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/26 "2017-10-10T18:38:50Z")
> [@Paras](#): > > I exploring the idea of going with triple brood box next year, all the successful beekeepers in my club are running triple or quadruple brood boxes So that’s 24 or 32 deep langstroth frames? What sort of bees fill that space? Carnies? ---
**Author:** ![Paras](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/paras/32/23233_2.png) [@Paras](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Paras)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/27 "2017-10-10T21:29:27Z")
Most of the beekeepers in my club have local mongrels bees, some of these bees are very prolific. However the experience beekeepers are using the Rosehive method. > **[ROSE BEE HIVES](http://www.rosebeehives.com/)** > > A site for anyone interested in using Rose Bee Hives They local beekeepers have National Hive Deep frames. I am running on the normal Langstroth Deep brood frames, well I shall let you know how it works out next year after I have attempted to try it out. As you know there are more than one way of doing beekeeping and I am exploring what works for me before I settle down and use that. If it works I will have to come up with a name for it, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Dee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dee/32/5840_2.png) [@Dee](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dee)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 7:06am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/28 "2017-10-11T07:06:04Z")
> [@Paras](#): > > local moral bees What are those, please ---
**Author:** ![Paras](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/paras/32/23233_2.png) [@Paras](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Paras)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/29 "2017-10-11T08:19:36Z")
Hi Dee, sorry was a spelling mistake on my message have corrected. I meant Mongrels bees. ---
**Author:** ![BigBadBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@BigBadBob](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/BigBadBob)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/30 "2017-10-14T14:27:01Z")
Here are pictures a week later. The wax caps are off and they are filling with honey again. ![20171014_091603 week after 7th](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/9/9b9dc1771809e810781b952d6732ddfab9836044.jpg) ![20171014_091529](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/4/4d605a1648bc50eb20d54a46ba7843d98cafc9c5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Faroe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/faroe/32/11835_2.png) [@Faroe](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Faroe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/31 "2017-10-14T16:20:34Z")
Looks good 🙂 But are some cells in the open position? Or am I seeing things 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![BigBadBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@BigBadBob](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/BigBadBob)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/32 "2017-10-14T17:22:03Z")
Let me go check to be sure they are all closed. I believe they are closed but I may have missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/33 "2017-10-14T17:23:34Z")
> [@BigBadBob](#): > > I believe they are closed > > but I may have missed it I think they probably are closed too - there is an odd optical illusion with the frames when you photograph from an angle and the comb is not evenly drawn from the plastic wavy surface. Very easy to get fooled by a photo. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Faroe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/faroe/32/11835_2.png) [@Faroe](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Faroe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/34 "2017-10-14T17:24:10Z")
Just thought I would double check. You can put the Flow Key in the upper slot and turn it in the middle and each side to double check they are all closed. ---
**Author:** ![BigBadBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@BigBadBob](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/BigBadBob)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/35 "2017-10-14T17:31:04Z")
I just went out and checked and they are all closed. ---
**Author:** ![Anon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@Anon](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Anon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/36 "2017-10-15T17:19:53Z")
I didn’t think the braided hose was food safe? The stuff at Home Depot falls under the California Proposition 65. ---
**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/37 "2017-10-15T19:35:52Z")
> [@Anon](#): > > The stuff at Home Depot falls under the California Proposition 65. So does just about everything else. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Anon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@Anon](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Anon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/38 "2017-10-15T21:04:05Z")
Wow that’s terrible 😐 ---
**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/39 "2017-10-15T21:58:14Z")
> [@Anon](#): > > Wow that’s terrible “Human life is lethal sexually-transmitted disease” - just about all of life is carcinogenic or dangerous. I say we should just enjoy whatever we can. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![BigBadBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@BigBadBob](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/BigBadBob)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939/40 "2017-10-21T13:26:12Z")
Here are progress pictures two weeks after 7th harvest. Looks like another week till another possible harvest. May only harvest half in case flow slows down to prepare for winter. ![20171021_080909](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/c/c7f1c80088cd3bf0a999cd52fba2a7f0ed72632a.jpg) ![20171021_081015](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/b/be74e42bb856d037e3f222ee6645eb373d3d299c.jpg) [Previous page](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/7th-time-to-harvest-this-year-texas-usa/12939.md?page=3)