What Equipment Do You Need To Start Bee Keeping?

You will need some equipment to start with a successful beekeeping activity. Prior to getting the phone call from the post office about the bees, you will need to put your equipment in place. The beehive is the most important instrument you need.

Your beehive should have five supers. You cannot miss out on the supers because the bees store honey there. The beehive bottom should be below the five supers and the cover must be on top. These supers are very important because they are where the bees will be storing their honey and raising their offspring. Nine to ten frames will develop in each super as the hive reaches its full activity. You can choose if you want a hive with shallow supers or deep supers. Only a single size of foundation will be needed with a deep super. You must be ready for the weight though. A strong wind may topple over your entire beehive. Set up your beehive in an area that is not trespassed by pets or humans. When the frames are inside the super, you can manage equal distances between them by using a spacer.

The next device you will need is a smoker. The smoker is a tool that will help you to get the bees to leave the hive as you are harvesting the honey within. The design of the smoker is actually quite minimal. The main components of the smoker are the funnel, the chamber for combustion and the bellows. Burlap can ignite quite easily and still it smokes and smolders a lot. Another option is to use dry corn cobs. The bellows will allow the fire to keep burning and with the help of the funnel the smoke of the fire will be taken to the hive.

Another tool you will need is a metal hive tool. You will find this tool important when you have to open the beehive, remove its different comportment and simply to maintain complete cleanliness of the hive. You can describe this device by saying that this is the most all-purpose tool in the beekeeper's kit. If you haven't got a bee brush yet, don't think of getting your bees. Your bee brush will help you to remove the bees while you check out the frames.

A fumer board helps you to collect the honey from the hive. The fumer board has certain bee repelling chemicals. You can get some inexpensive beekeeping stuff on eBay, but they may be used. There are several catalogs and websites that offer beekeeping equipment, and many of those offer beginners packages.



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