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This Flow Hive 2 upgrade kit contains two of our most popular upgrades for the Flow Hive 2 – an entrance reducer and our custom Flow Ant Guard™ kit.
Entrance reducer
The Flow Entrance Reducer is handy for protecting your colony against predators and robbing, or for reducing drafts in cold climates, and can be used to seal the hive entrance for short periods when relocating your hive.
Ant guards
If you have a Flow Hive 2 with an original adjustable hive stand and are looking for an elegant solution for keeping these tiny pests out of your hive, then our Flow Hive 2 retrofit ant guards are for you.
Made in Australia from 100% recycled polypropylene, they provide a space for creating a liquid ant barrier on the legs of your hive stand.
Note: Ant guards are not interchangeable with those used on Flow Hive 2+
How to use your entrance reducer
Entrance reducers are designed to narrow the entry point of the hive. This can be useful for protecting your hive against predators or robbing colonies, as this allows the guard bees to more effectively control who enters the hive.
They can also be helpful in cold climates for reducing drafts and snow from entering the hive throughout the cooler months.
I just got my bees yesterday and put them in the hive. I purchased the scratch and dent hive in December. Got it all built and oiled and ready to go. I don’t see any problems with it at all and if I ever buy another one, I’m going to buy another scratch and dent. It’s beautiful. I took this hive to the school on STEAM night and shared with as many people as I could, and they were all very excited about it. I love this hive. I love my bees. I wish I had started sooner. I can’t wait to purchase the lifter next year. Thank you for making this possible for me. I would not have been able to do the old way, it’s too heavy, this is so much nicer.
A great purchase upgrading my hive, keeps the ants out of the hive.
Having purchased six Flow Hives over the past few years for ourselves, family and friends it's pretty obvious how much we like them. Mainly the ease of honey extraction without the use of costly extra equipment and the messy process. We think the Flow Hive looks more like attractive garden furniture rather than the square box of a conventional hive.
