Flow POLLINATOR User manual

WELCOME TO THE FLOW COMMUNITY!
Congratulations
on supporting
habitat protection
for pollinators
and providing a cosy home for
solitary nesters in your garden.
100% of the profit from your purchase of this Flow Pollinator
House will be donated to carefully selected charities working
to protect habitat for pollinators and other species.
Please see our website www.honeyflow.com for more details.

• Start by dry fitting the two base components
following the engraved arrows labelled 1.
• Partially screw in the two sides (arrows
labelled 2 and 3), taking care not to fully
tighten yet.
• Dry fit the lower rear and upper rear wall, not
fully tightening at this point.
• Screw in the front gable. Now tighten all
screws (do not over-tighten).
• Finally assemble the roof.
• Then add the tubes and wooden rods.
• You can then fill the roof cavity with local
materials such as leaves, straw, grass or even
a little mud before attaching the shingles.
• Finally fix your pollinator house in place in a
stable and secure location.
The bamboo tubes and timber
rods come loose-packed so
you can get creative with
the placement (children love
being involved in this!). It is
important that the tubes are
tightly packed so they don’t
fall out, however it’s best not
to glue them just in case you
need to remove them for
cleaning or care.
1 x front gable 2 x side walls 1 x rear wall 1 x base 2 x shingles
1 x ridge cap
Rods and
tubes
PARTS
ASSEMBLY
HARDWARE 22 x
38mm 8G
eco coated
screws
1 x
longer
screw for
hanging Assembly tool &
Square bit drive
Sandpaper
FLOW POLLINATOR ASSEMBLY
TIP: You may
wish to pre-
drill pilot holes
to reduce the
risk of wood
splitting.
Please visit www.honeyflow.com for
more helpful tips and links on assembly.

Pollinators
A pollinator is an insect or animal that assists
plants in making fruit or seeds. They do this
by moving pollen from one plant to another
as they feed. Without insects or animals to
transfer their pollen many plants cannot
reproduce.
Pollinators come in all shapes and sizes.
European honeybees are one type of
pollinator, however there are many other
native bees and insects which perform this
vital service – and they need our help too!
There are over 20,000 dierent species of
bees worldwide! The majority of these are
solitary nesters that don’t live in hives. Like
honeybees, their numbers are on the decline
across the world.
This is a worrying prospect as approximately
30 percent of the world’s crops and up to 90
percent of our wild plants depend on them.
Pollinators need habitat corridors to survive
– this includes access to shelter, clean water,
food in the form of nectar and pollen from
flowers.
This is where your new Flow Pollinator
House comes in – they’re carefully designed
to accommodate solitary-nesting native
bees by providing cavities in natural
materials which they can live in.
100% salvaged
timber Flow
Pollinator House
At Flow we try to minimise
waste wherever possible,
so these beautiful Western
Red Cedar Pollinator Houses
have been created using
salvaged Flow Hive timber
ocuts and sustainably
sourced bamboo. This
means each house is unique,
you may even find an
original Flow Hive handle or
brand on yours.
By reducing waste we
lessen our impact on the
environment, which is good
news for pollinators.
Care and
positioning
Your pollinator guests will be
grateful for their cosy new
home, and a coat or two of
weatherproof sealant on the
roof will ensure they stay
nice and dry. You can make
it even more welcoming by
making sure the pollinator
house is bathed in gentle
sunshine and is out of the
way of prevailing winds, tall
weeds and other animals.
Please visit our website
for tips and hints on your
pollinator house and caring
for pollinators in your region.

The Flow Hive Story
Often referred to as the “Beekeeper’s Dream”, the Flow Hive was created to
make harvesting honey easier for the beekeeper and a gentle process for
the bees.
“Harvesting honey was a real labour of love, heavy sticky hard work and I really
didn’t like squashing bees or disturbing the hive in the process. So I thought
‘there has to be a better way’.” – Cedar Anderson
After a decade of tinkering, our Patented Flow Frame technology is the most
significant advancement in beekeeping since 1852. It is now possible to simply
turn the Flow Key and watch as pure, untouched, unprocessed fresh honey
flows right out of the hive and into your jar.
If you do develop a taste for beekeeping and want to learn more about Honey
on Tap harvesting technology, check out our website on www.honeyflow.com
What about Honey?
Has the idea of keeping honey bees got you buzzing? You are not alone!
Visit honeyflow.com/mtb to watch the stories of people just like you as
they get started with beekeeping. You can join our friendly community at
forum.honeyflow.com to talk with beekeepers all over the world.