# Cape Town - SOUTH AFRICAN flow keepers **URL:** \ **Category:** Connect with Locals\ **Created:** [May 4, 2015, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034 "2015-05-04T07:31:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AntonPotgieter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@AntonPotgieter](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/AntonPotgieter)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/1 "2015-05-04T07:31:34Z")
Hi there all, anyone else hail from South Africa and intending to use FLOW hives? Let’s hook up here. Anyone got any concerns regarding our smaller bee size being compatible with the standard sized FLOW frames? (I am based in Cape Town.) ---
**Author:** ![SowthEfrikan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/sowthefrikan/32/343_2.png) [@SowthEfrikan](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SowthEfrikan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/2 "2015-05-04T22:39:26Z")
Howzit? You mean our African bees that have terrorised those in the Americas? No, no concerns, bees are adaptable. I now live in Texas and catch swarms that may, or may not, be “Africanised”. Congrats on your new hive and voorspoed. ---
**Author:** ![ThomasMuehr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@ThomasMuehr](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/ThomasMuehr)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/3 "2015-05-04T23:02:27Z")
I am also in Cape Town - waiting for FlowHive order to arrive, hopefully before the end of the year. Our bees in Cape Town (mellifera capensis) are friendly to Americans (and other foreigners) - not like the African honeybee (mellifera scutellata) 😄 . The flow hives are just for honey storage - cell size is irrelevant. The bees will be very flexible. ---
**Author:** ![Sabine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/sabine/32/141_2.png) [@Sabine](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Sabine)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/4 "2015-05-05T01:02:39Z")
Oh I wish I was back in CT 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LouisG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@LouisG](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/LouisG)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/5 "2015-05-05T08:38:27Z")
That seems to be the general consensus - they will FI not FO! Lets hope so. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_De\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Claire\_De\_B](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Claire_De_B)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 5:47am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/6 "2015-10-20T05:47:11Z")
Hi there My father keeps bees in the Eastern Cape and recently we have been having discussions with others regarding this new invention. Have you or anyone else harvested using this new flow hive? We are very sure other hives will rob from the tap and cause fights but would happily be wrong. Please let us know what you have found. Thanks Claire & fellow eastern cape beekeepers ---
**Author:** ![sara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/sara/32/696_2.png) [@sara](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/sara)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/7 "2015-10-21T16:37:59Z")
Good question about robbing . The way the flow frames are designed, unless you are actively harvesting the honey, the tops are covered and internal to the hive and not accessible. This does not prevent the normal robbing that can go on through the hive entrance. But that has nothing to do specifically with the design of the flow frames. ---
**Author:** ![Flanjet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/flanjet/32/1839_2.png) [@Flanjet](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Flanjet)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/8 "2016-01-02T07:40:03Z")
Hi Thomas, Did your Flow Hive arrive? Any updates…? ---
**Author:** ![shanghailoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@shanghailoz](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/shanghailoz)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/9 "2016-02-22T05:56:18Z")
Also interested in updates, I get my first hives next week! ---
**Author:** ![Scallas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@Scallas](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Scallas)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/10 "2016-04-04T14:49:23Z")
So anyone received their FLOW hives? ---
**Author:** ![LouisG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@LouisG](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/LouisG)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/11 "2016-04-04T15:03:05Z")
Not I … (and I need to add some text here because this dumb forum won’t take a reply \< 20 characters) ---
**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:** [April 4, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/12 "2016-04-04T15:05:09Z")
> [@LouisG](#): > > need to add some text You can choose a smilie/emoji instead of the text… 🕶 😧 ---
**Author:** ![Scallas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@Scallas](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Scallas)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/13 "2016-04-15T18:37:56Z")
Ok, does anyone know of someone in South Africa that owns a Flow Hive. Or knows someone that actually imported one? Thinks it might be easier to make one here in the R of SA if we had the plans? (nudge nudge wink wink!!)😉 ---
**Author:** ![Flanjet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/flanjet/32/1839_2.png) [@Flanjet](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Flanjet)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/14 "2016-04-17T21:35:38Z")
I heard from an experienced Beek, that they had being testing one in the Cape somewhere, and the Cape bees seemed to be happy with the larger cell​:+1:👍. They also apparently testing it in Limpopo, but no feedback as yet. My Flow is supposed to be arriving soon so keen to get going to see if our African bees will go for the larger cell… ---
**Author:** ![Andre\_Steyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Andre\_Steyn](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Andre_Steyn)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/15 "2016-05-16T12:55:21Z")
Hi all, I would like to order a flow hive but don’t know where or how to buy one. On there website there is no shipping option to good old SA. So how did you guys get hold of the flow hive? ---
**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:** [May 16, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/16 "2016-05-16T13:01:38Z")
Looks like they have taken South Africa (and a lot of other African countries) off the shipping list. Perhaps @Faroe in customer service can shed some light on this? Here is the page which states that they are not shipping to SA at the moment: [http://www.honeyflow.com/shop/shipping/un-shippable-countries/p/148](http://www.honeyflow.com/shop/shipping/un-shippable-countries/p/148) ---
**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:** [May 16, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/17 "2016-05-16T17:35:07Z")
Unfortunately we have recently discovered that due to import taxes and other unavoidable restrictions we cannot automatically ship to South Africa. You may be able to use a package-redirection service, e.g. - [https://www.google.ie/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=package+redirection](https://www.google.ie/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=package+redirection) [http://www.honeyflow.com/shop/shipping/un-shippable-countries/p/148](http://www.honeyflow.com/shop/shipping/un-shippable-countries/p/148) We can also provide a manual shipping quote for you. Please email customer service with your: Shipping name Shipping address Phone number for delivery Which product/s you would like a shipping quote for. [https://www.honeyflow.com/contact/p/3](https://www.honeyflow.com/contact/p/3) ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Arthur\_Green](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Arthur_Green)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/18 "2016-05-29T07:59:00Z")
Hi Anton MY name is Arthur would like to purchase flow box hive despretly. From. Arthur ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Arthur\_Green](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Arthur_Green)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/19 "2016-05-29T08:01:45Z")
Hi Atnton Reply to my message as soon as you can or when you time to email or message from ZAMBIA. from Arthur. ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Arthur\_Green](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Arthur_Green)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034/21 "2016-06-01T19:10:59Z")
Hi I’am Arthur well be in SA in OCtober month would like to meet with you and see your flow [hive.MY](http://hive.MY) email [iS:arthgreen@hotmail.com](mailto:iS:arthgreen@hotmail.com) From arthur [Next page](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/cape-town-south-african-flow-keepers/1034.md?page=2)