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Award-winning invention lets you harvest honey straight from the hive. Our original design, crafted from Australian araucaria wood.
The Flow Hive Classic is our signature package, carefully crafted to experience the ease of harvesting honey straight from the hive.
Perfect for beginners or experienced beekeepers, this beehive contains our patented Flow Frames, observation windows giving you insight into the fascinating world of your bees, an inbuilt slope for optimal harvesting, and an integrated pest-management screened baseboard for hive maintenance.
“This has all come about because of our love for the bees and an acknowledgement of how important they are, not only to the food we eat, but to all life on Earth.”
- Stuart Anderson
“If we look after the bees, they’ll look after us. And the honey really is an amazing bonus.”
- Cedar AndersonThe Flow Hive has transformed backyard beekeeping, with over 15,000 in use across the UK and EU. It makes beekeeping more accessible and lets you harvest honey straight from the hive without disturbing the bees.
Watch David Beckham and his family enjoy the process from build to harvest, along with visits to UK customers in our Meet the Beekeeper series.
Used successfully in both cold and warm climates, Flow Hives have the same brood nest as conventional hives, with bees keeping it at a steady 34–36 °C.
To help prevent crystallisation – especially with ivy or rapeseed honey – the Flow System offers unique advantages.
See Jamie Oliver explain how harvesting rapeseed honey early can help avoid crystallisation in the Flow Super.
Included with the purchase of any Flow Hive is our Bee Supported package – phone support, Live Q&A streams weekly, prioritised email and live chat.
In addition, our online beekeeping course contains all the knowledge you need to make you a confident, knowledgeable beekeeper.
It is important to understand some basic safety guidelines to ensure that your beekeeping experience is a safe and positive one.
Check out this Flow sponsored safety pamphlet covering common beekeeping safety risks and first aid responses.
All Araucaria made Flow Hives and Supers need to be sealed with at least 2 coats of exterior-grade, good quality house paint. As with all outdoor paint, it will require a refresh every 12-24 months depending on local conditions.
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With Flow’s patented technology, you can harvest honey from individual frames directly into your jar – no blending or processing required.
Enjoy pure, unadulterated honey that captures the unique seasonal variations in colour and flavour, from your very own backyard.
With over 300 5-star reviews, the Flow Hive Classic has made beekeeping more accessible and is in use in over 130 countries.
A beautiful addition to any backyard, garden, rooftop, or balcony, it’s designed to make beekeeping easier for the beekeeper and so much gentler on the bees.
Designed and manufactured in Australia using precision laser cutting, from locally grown, sustainably sourced Araucaria.
Crafted from sustainably harvested Australian Araucaria – a native cabinet timber – highly regarded for its stability.
Apply two coats of exterior house paint to extend longevity and guard against weathering. It’s the perfect canvas to get creative!
Flow Hive Classic base
Flow Hive Classic Flow Super
Flow Hive Classic brood box with brood frames
Flow Hive Classic gabled roof
A lot of thought went into this hive. It is designed so well and looks great in my yard. Any questions I’ve had about it have been answered quickly. I couldn’t be happier with it. I plan to purchase more.
Top quality, well built and such a smart design. Bought mid summer so have to wait but ready and super excited to get going in the spring!
We have had the flow hive for a couple months now. Construction was fine and painting the hive went well too. Lots of good instructional videos online and the paper instructions that go with the purchase were also detailed. So far, it has been great. We have bees inside and they seem to be doing well. Such a great idea to make bee keeping "less messy" when extracting the honey! The only thing I can recommend is to be able to include a j tool in the bundle. I had to buy this separately and would have been easier if it all came in one bundle.
Everything was great. I purchased a flow hive when it was a campaign and I purchased this one, The packaging was great the instructions were excellent, on line and in the box. I didn’t realize there were instructions in the box until I was about to complete the build. And now to set it out after painting
This hive has been very well made and is a great addition to my apiary. Easy to assemble and looks nice. I’m very pleased with it.
