Recommended Bee Equipment

Brad Scoggins

4 years ago

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