With industry endorsements like "F%#$ That's the Holy Grail of Beekeeping," you know these guys are onto something.

Stuart and Cedar Anderson are apiarists—that's a fancy word for "beekeepers"—that have spent ten years trying to create said Holy Grail: An artificial beehive that lets them remove the honey without opening the hive and disturbing the bees.

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There's no need to put the spacesuit on, and if their prototype is to be believed, it's ridiculously simple: Honey flows, apparently on-demand, out of a tap protruding from the side of the hive. Have a look:

Some of you may be wondering why they don't show how their Flow Hive design actually works in the video. It's possible that it's something easily duplicable that they don't want to reveal, or maybe it's just a surprise they're saving for later. In any case we did some snooping and found the patent filings and, interestingly enough, discovered they've applied for patents in not only the U.S., Australia and Canada, but China. Our optimistic side says these are the target market countries; our cynical side says they're worried about being knocked off. In any case, the Andersons' crowdfunding campaign to launch the Flow Hive will launch next week.