# Show a pic of your setup **URL:** \ **Category:** Beekeeping - Basics\ **Created:** [April 24, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581 "2016-04-24T02:23:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Peter48](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/peter48/32/14625_2.png) [@Peter48](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Peter48)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2018, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/439 "2018-07-25T08:59:39Z")
Sock it to him Faroe, When I read your comment I thought “How so Faroe, a really nice compliment”. Then you got a back hander, from an Aussie no less. Loved your reply. As Dame Edna says “A good one possum” ---
**Author:** ![wasabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/wasabi/32/16440_2.png) [@wasabi](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/wasabi)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/440 "2018-09-06T19:25:11Z")
Here is our “Bee Penitentiary” built this past spring after Black Bears tore apart my new prototype bee hives and turned them into kindling. Bacon on the electric fence seems to have worked. No sign of them near apiary since! IMG\_20180628\_151330|666x500 ---
**Author:** ![busso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/busso/32/16301_2.png) [@busso](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/busso)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/441 "2018-09-07T07:44:19Z")
Hi, Your image doesn’t seem to have uploaded as it will not open for me. Just IMG\_20180628\_151330|666x500 is present. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/442 "2018-09-07T07:56:32Z")
> [@wasabi](#): > > Here is our “Bee Penitentiary” To upload a photo in Forum format, open a new message (or a reply) and look at the little icons above the window where you type. The seventh from the left is a horizontal bar with an arrow pointing up out of it. If you click on that, a menu will open allowing you to navigate to the photo on your device. Tricky thing, this forum is. 😊 ---
**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:** [September 12, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/443 "2018-09-12T08:43:33Z")
A couple of my hives are on paid duty pollinating a huge avacodo tree in a lovely suburban garden: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/3X/c/a/ca820066d26c29e3122f873a232a30fb8a35d49d.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/3X/5/5/55af39fd7c005c3598b774e06c7fbb02d1a994d8.jpeg) ---
**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:** [September 12, 2018, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/444 "2018-09-12T10:23:18Z")
> [@Semaphore](#): > > pollinating a huge avacodo tree in a lovely suburban garden We have a very old (\>75 years) avocado in our back garden. The canopy is probably 40 feet across. Before we got bees, we used to have about 20 or 30 fruit from it each year. The tree is right in the flight line from the hive entrances. The last 3 years we have had 200 - 500 fruit. Just amazing! ---
**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:** [September 12, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/445 "2018-09-12T10:54:02Z")
That’s interesting you should say that Dawn, the owner of this tree said it averages about 50 fruit a year- but one year he hired a beehive and got 300! I’ve put two in so maybe he’ll get even more this year. They are lucky as they have a lot of stone fruit, figs, citrus and other trees. So they should get good value from the bees. Apparently avocado honey is rubbish- did you notice that? I’m guessing it will only be a small part of their diet and the honey will be fine. Their tree is covered in buds just about to bloom. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/446 "2018-09-12T11:13:17Z")
> [@Semaphore](#): > > Apparently avocado honey is rubbish- did you notice that? Our avocados (Fuerte subtype) flower in February/March, which is early Spring. I don’t put supers on until late March or early April. Due to our very dry climate, we don’t get enough nectar flow for the honey to be capped until around June. So honestly, I have not noticed any avocado honey, but I would guess that a lot of it is used to replenish the empty stores in the brood boxes (as I have double deeps for brood), and may not get up into the super. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/447 "2018-09-13T04:30:23Z")
well- I have a super on one of the hives- and at the rate the other is expanding it will have a super on it in two weeks too. so it’s quite possible I will get some of the avacodo honey. I really wonder how much a single tree could contribute though the amount of honey in a hive. Likely it will be mixed with many other types of nectar. we shall see! ---
**Author:** ![Martha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/martha/32/10139_2.png) [@Martha](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Martha)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/448 "2018-09-14T12:51:12Z")
Just thinking of the ground after a wind storm! 😃 ---
**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:** [September 14, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/449 "2018-09-14T13:53:46Z")
Fortunately we don’t get many of those. However, avocados are remarkably firmly attached to the tree, and they actually don’t ripen properly until you pull them off. That means we can use the tree for storage for several months, which makes eating a couple of hundred fruit (sharing of course) much easier! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wasabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/wasabi/32/16440_2.png) [@wasabi](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/wasabi)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/450 "2018-09-17T20:31:02Z")
![Bearpen%20Bearproof%20Beeyard](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/3X/f/9/f9e00b450403cacd93a322cecb5fde29e717a73c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![wasabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/wasabi/32/16440_2.png) [@wasabi](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/wasabi)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/451 "2018-09-17T20:32:34Z")
![HCH%20Day1-113](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/3X/f/c/fc9aa9aee0e94d7eba62f8aa081f2a949c052146.jpeg) Before Bear Attack ---
**Author:** ![felmo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/felmo/32/13670_2.png) [@felmo](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/felmo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/452 "2018-09-17T21:09:33Z")
WOW And all I have to worry about is the odd gecko ---
**Author:** ![Eva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@Eva](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Eva)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/453 "2018-09-17T21:47:45Z")
Very impressive!! Before and after! ---
**Author:** ![wasabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/wasabi/32/16440_2.png) [@wasabi](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/wasabi)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/454 "2018-09-17T23:42:20Z")
thx… (pop up told me my response had to be 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:** [September 18, 2018, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/455 "2018-09-18T07:59:37Z")
> [@wasabi](#): > > 20 characters Cheat with a 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Ropate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/ropate/32/17111_2.png) [@Ropate](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Ropate)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/456 "2018-11-25T12:25:36Z")
Ant Can’t seems to be a good option. Says it’s safe for bees too. Just stops anta from being able to walk on whatever your hive is sitting on. Anyone had any experience with it? My 2 day old hive [https://forum.honeyflow.com/uploads/short-url/aBMcvIlrbpZH8vtVWMlIWVvcX0T.mp4](https://forum.honeyflow.com/uploads/short-url/aBMcvIlrbpZH8vtVWMlIWVvcX0T.mp4) ---
**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:** [November 27, 2018, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/457 "2018-11-27T08:02:42Z")
Nice Flow Hive 2 setup 🙂 You will find info about neverwet and antcan’t here: > [@Ant guard with NeverWet Flow Hive 2](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/ant-guard-with-neverwet-flow-hive-2/16179): > > 11:17 [image] [image] 12:01 I’ve got customers. [image|666x500](https://forum.honeyflow.com/404) [image] 12:28 1:07 [image] [image] 2:07 [image] So far blush ---
**Author:** ![Ropate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/ropate/32/17111_2.png) [@Ropate](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Ropate)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2018, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581/458 "2018-11-27T10:36:53Z")
thanks for that. have ordered antcant off amazon US which should be here in a couple weeks. will look into neverwet. can’t seem to find an aussie supplier though. do you know of one? [Previous page](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581.md?page=21) [Next page](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/show-a-pic-of-your-setup/6581.md?page=23)