Beekeeping Equipment

Before you close up the hive for the winter and bid the bees good luck, you notice you have an excess of honey in your hives. It should be said that any method is quite a task, but the honey harvest is one of the most fun and rewarding parts of being...

If you plan to get bees this spring, here are some answers to the most basic questions as well as links to previous related articles. They are long, watertight hives, shaped a bit like a coffin, that house the frames in a horizontal orientation rather...

If You're Allergic To Wasps, You Can't Keep Bees While people with allergies and sensitivities to wasps can have trouble with honeybees, the truth is that honeybee venom and wasp venom is different.

2: Get Started Have your woodenware and hive equipment set up in the location you want them, and remove four to five frames from the box where you will install them. If you order your package with ample time and have communicated with the beekeeping supplier...

Fall and winter find small mammals, such as mice and rats, looking for shelter from the winter winds. Feed If You Need To Feeding honeybees for fall maintenance or other reasons is a controversial topic among beekeepers, particularly those who practice...

Smoker: This implement produces a cool smoke that settles the bees by causing them to gorge on honey. Two deep hive bodies: These boxes are used as brood and food chambers by the bees.

That potential, the fantasy of what is to come, drives us to learn more and do our best, especially when it comes to beekeeping. But some equipment makes beekeeping a lot easier, much safer and more fun.

And who doesn't want more bees? What goes into a split? The urge to swarm kicks in when a hive has grown significantly, and it's bursting out of its current home. Keep an eye on both colonies—the mother, and the split—as their lessened numbers could...

Mouse Guard A simple metallic front entrance guard can keep away rodents and other tiny critters seeking asylum from the cold. Then place the hive on top. As with any domesticated or farm animal, keeping honeybees and their hives safe falls squarely on...

If you are at ease around them and feel comfortable, they'll respond in kind. But for some beekeepers, the barriers of large, billowy bee suits can interfere with their ability to connect with the bees .

But these bees don't get to choose, so they either adapt to the location we've chosen for them or, in extreme cases, they abscond. But are honeybees just as particular about the location of their home?

Ready to be added to your hive right out of the box! Can be used as a Brood Box or Honey Super It fits a 10-frame standard Langstroth Hive Made of unfinished pine, the Medium Super is precision-milled for maximum strength.

Ready to be added to your hive right out of the box! Made of unfinished pine, the Deep Hive Body can be used as either a Brood Box or Honey Super and is precision-milled for maximum strength.

Little Giant Deep Beehive Frame is made of unfinished pine and comes with black wax-coated plastic foundation already installed for easy viewing of your hive's brood activity. Ready to be placed in your hive right out of the box!

Little Giant Medium Beehive Frame is made of unfinished pine and comes with natural wax-coated plastic foundation already installed. They fit a 10-frame standard Langstroth hive. Ready to be placed in your hive right out of the box.

“Hostile bees will cause problems with the neighbors and the law!” 4. “They are great bees to start off with, and they are good pollinators,” Warren says. There he keeps five full-size beehives.

Others are up front about their beekeeping, providing the salve of fresh honey and openly addressing misconceptions about Honey bees.” A smart beekeeper will take proactive approaches to reduce neighbors' bee concerns.

Bees and other supplies must be purchased separately. The Complete Beehive includes: telescoping outer cover, vented inner cover, 10-frame 9.5 inch deep hive body, 9.125 inch wooden frames with wax-coated black plastic foundation, screened bottom board,...

Next, remove the inner cover. Green Isn't Always Good Uncapped nectar is known as “green” honey. Honey containing this toxin, grayanotoxin, became known as “mad” honey because of the sickening effects it inflicts.

I promise, this isn't as hard as it may seem. Vanilla Honey Tessa Zundel It's so simple to infuse your honey with vanilla beans or any other herb you can think of. From pollinating food crops to creating honey, there's no more useful insect that I can...

Little Giant Beehive Log will help you keep track of your hives in all weather conditions! Featuring Rite In The Rain patented water-shedding paper, these notebooks are useable even in the heaviest of rains or the hottest of days.

The bee escape inserts into the hole in the hive's inner cover to aid in clearing the super of bees so it will be ready for honey harvesting It is a great way to clear bees from a box of honey with minimal stress to the beekeeper and the bees.

Little Giant Beekeeping Tyvek Coverall with a full-front zipper closure will keep you protected while caring for your bees. You're sure to find many uses around your home and farm for this coverall.

The base is made of high-impact plastic, and the clear glass jar allows you to see the feed levels without disturbing the bees. Designed to fit into the large opening of the entrance reducer on our Little Giant 10-Frame Complete hive, the feeder allows...

The pattern of brood should be healthy and look like a bull's-eye on the frame with honey on the outside. (This gives the bees room to grow.) Replace the inner and outer cover on both hives.

Little Giant Electric Uncapping Knife easily heats up and quickly removes the wax from frames of capped honey. Preset at the appropriate temperature for removal of caps, the heated knife heats up quickly and is ready to use within a minute.

The hat keeps the veil a proper distance away from your face to prevent bee stings, and there are no seams to inhibit your visibility. The hat and veil's one-piece construction makes this veil a quick grab-and-go option to get out to your hives without...