# Flow hives in Cheshire United Kingdom **URL:** \ **Category:** General Bee Chat\ **Created:** [August 24, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339 "2016-08-24T16:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steve7536](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/steve7536/32/6640_2.png) [@Steve7536](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Steve7536)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/1 "2016-08-24T16:26:21Z")
Hi everyone I’ve just bought a flow hive and i was wondering if anyone else in the United Kingdom has one that lives near Cheshire and if yours has been set up for a season what advice you have for a newbee 🐝 ---
**Author:** ![Gerald\_Nickel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/gerald_nickel/32/1910_2.png) [@Gerald\_Nickel](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Gerald_Nickel)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/2 "2016-08-24T18:03:59Z")
Steve, I’m a Flow-Owner over in the West Coast in US… I know there are quite a few Flow-Hive in the UK… Just keep watch n be patient … Someone with local knowledge should address you soon. Welcome aboard n enjoy. I got mine in mid July here in Washington State. They have filled a double deep “Flow” already but is too late for the Flow-Super. ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/9/939bec4c51ae53459964fa2ae98bbd78142a8678.jpg) ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/b/bd16edd8fece4d8ff7ad6975edc464113e5db4da.jpg). I’m looking forward to season 2017 n a successful Flow-hive honey harvest. I also have four other non-Flow hives as well. I am a returning beekeeper from my teen years in the 1950’s n 60’s. Take care n keep learning, Gerald. ![](https://cdck-file-uploads-us1.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/b/bb498cea5a8849c9d84e142573c95fe13105b6ff.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Steve7536](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/steve7536/32/6640_2.png) [@Steve7536](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Steve7536)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/3 "2016-08-24T18:23:01Z")
Hi Gerald Thanks I’m hoping to connect with a few local flow hive keepers as local knowledge of how they work here would be great! Carnt wait to get it and treat the wood then set it up ---
**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:** [August 24, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/4 "2016-08-24T18:58:47Z")
Put a feeler out on the UK flow FB page. Have you got yellow fields around you in the spring? ---
**Author:** ![Steve7536](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/steve7536/32/6640_2.png) [@Steve7536](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Steve7536)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/5 "2016-08-24T19:19:06Z")
Good idea thanks I’ve just looked them up and requested to join ---
**Author:** ![Sallywags](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/sallywags/32/6561_2.png) [@Sallywags](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Sallywags)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/6 "2016-08-25T21:05:29Z")
I’m not a million miles away - in Lichfield, about an hour and a half from you. I’m a newbie too! ---
**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:** [August 25, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/7 "2016-08-25T23:54:40Z")
> [@Sallywags](#): > > in Lichfield, about an hour and a half from you With the state of the UK motorways at the moment, that could be 8 hours! 😈 We took a 3.5 hour drive in June, but it took 10 hours. Gloucester to Leeds, much of it at 5 mph or less… 😱 ---
**Author:** ![Steve7536](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/steve7536/32/6640_2.png) [@Steve7536](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Steve7536)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/8 "2016-08-26T05:37:34Z")
Hi Sally? Is your hive set up now or have you just bought it like me? ---
**Author:** ![Sallywags](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/sallywags/32/6561_2.png) [@Sallywags](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Sallywags)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/9 "2016-08-26T11:18:04Z")
Lol indeed! it can be a bit hit and miss can’t it! ---
**Author:** ![Sallywags](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/sallywags/32/6561_2.png) [@Sallywags](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Sallywags)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/10 "2016-08-26T11:18:27Z")
the bees are in the brood box at the apiary - i’m bringing it home tomorrow! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Steve7536](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/steve7536/32/6640_2.png) [@Steve7536](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Steve7536)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/11 "2016-08-26T12:05:25Z")
What type of bees have you picked? ---
**Author:** ![Sallywags](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/sallywags/32/6561_2.png) [@Sallywags](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Sallywags)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/12 "2016-08-26T12:06:42Z")
erm… honey bees!!! sorry I’ve no idea, i put my name down for a nuc and have got what i was given!! ---
**Author:** ![Steve7536](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/steve7536/32/6640_2.png) [@Steve7536](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Steve7536)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/13 "2016-08-26T12:30:10Z")
I’ve ordered a Nuc of Buckfast bees for early next year as my hive hasn’t come yet and even when it does I need to set it up probably not the cheapest option but I’ve been told it will be worth it! Was your Nuc a lot? ---
**Author:** ![Sallywags](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/sallywags/32/6561_2.png) [@Sallywags](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Sallywags)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/14 "2016-08-26T12:35:51Z")
i paid £100 but it included everything i needed, including lots of people helping me out, building things, feeding them etc!! ---
**Author:** ![Steve7536](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/steve7536/32/6640_2.png) [@Steve7536](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Steve7536)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/15 "2016-08-26T13:47:40Z")
That’s a really good price from what I’ve seen! Let me know how you get on over the next few weeks ---
**Author:** ![Sallywags](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/sallywags/32/6561_2.png) [@Sallywags](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Sallywags)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/16 "2016-08-26T17:16:41Z")
Oh really? what does anyone else pay? i’ve got no idea! ---
**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:** [August 26, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/17 "2016-08-26T17:20:55Z")
We paid $175 for a 5-frame nucleus with a young (born 2016), laying, marked VSH-Italian queen. Seems a lot, but they were very high quality nuclei with lots of food stores and nice brood pattern. ---
**Author:** ![Sallywags](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/sallywags/32/6561_2.png) [@Sallywags](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Sallywags)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/18 "2016-08-26T17:23:05Z")
that’s about £135 in US dollars, or about the same in Australian! are you in the states? ---
**Author:** ![Steve7536](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/steve7536/32/6640_2.png) [@Steve7536](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Steve7536)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/19 "2016-08-26T17:33:16Z")
I’ve ordered an over wintered Nuc with a Buckfast queen/colony from a bee breeder that’s got good reviews and after sales care and it’s £195 but I’ve seen the same thing for £295 from other breeders! Buckfast are ment to be very very sedate and calm and the least prone to swarming but we will see! U will have a head start on me so I’d love to know how you get on over the next few weeks ---
**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:** [August 26, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339/20 "2016-08-26T17:36:59Z")
> [@Sallywags](#): > > are you in the states? Transplanted to San Diego, California almost 20 years ago. We kept bees for years in the UK (Oxford) before we moved, so I have some appreciation of beekeeping in both countries. 😉 [Next page](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flow-hives-in-cheshire-united-kingdom/8339.md?page=2)