# Nervous about packed Hive **URL:** \ **Category:** Beekeeping - Basics\ **Created:** [October 9, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/nervous-about-packed-hive/12958 "2017-10-09T23:46:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 24
**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 20, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/nervous-about-packed-hive/12958/24 "2017-10-20T20:55:55Z")
Sorry you had a bad experience before ☹ I think that certain person you may be referring to has left the forum 😉 Anyway, here is the long thread on how to encourage bees to use the Flow Frames: There is a good video on there, and photos that explain what the bees need to do before they start to put honey in. > [@How to encourage bees to fill the Flow Frames](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/how-to-encourage-bees-to-fill-the-flow-frames/6535): > > Just thought I would share this FAQ in case you have some bees who are not taking to the Flow Frames too quickly. [http://www.honeyflow.com/faqs/why-arent-my-bees-filling-the-flow-frames/p/194](http://www.honeyflow.com/faqs/why-arent-my-bees-filling-the-flow-frames/p/194) Why aren’t my bees filling the Flow™ Frames? In: Frequently Asked Questions There could be many reasons why the bees aren’t filling the Flow™ Frames. The two main things we have found that increase the rate at which bees fill the frames for the first time are: Lots of bees on the Flow Frames. This i… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/nervous-about-packed-hive/12958)._