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Recommended Bee Equipment

  1. Basic Equipment
    1. Things you Wear
      1. Jacket
      2. Veil
      3. Gloves
    2. Things you Bring
      1. Hive Tool
      2. Smoker
      3. Smoker Fuel
      4. Log Book
      5. Epi-Pen
      6. Frame Holder
      7. 5 Gallon Bucket
      8. Wax Container
      9. Entrance Reducers
      10. Queen Clip
      11. Mite Check Jar
      12. Formic Pro – 1 foil pack
      13. Queen Excluder – metal
    3. Parts of the Hive
      1. Bottom Board w Entrance Reducer – solid
      2. Brood box, 10 frame x 2
      3. 20 Deep Frames/ black plastic
      4. Queen Excluder – metal
      5. Medium Supers, 10 frame x 2
      6. 20 Medium Frames/ black plastic
      7. Top Feeder
      8. Escape Board
      9. Telescoping Cover with Inner Cover
      10. Winter cover with insulation
    4. Reading
      1. Storey’s Guide
      2. Queenspotting
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