All You Need For Beekeeping
Beekeeper equipment includes all tools and supplies which
you need for beekeeping. You can obtain any kind of beekeeper equipment at your
pet store. They are available in many varieties, materials and quality which
you can choose from. You can buy such beekeeper equipment at an online store in
the internet.
Beekeeper equipment includes all tools and supplies which
you need for beekeeping. You can obtain any kind of beekeeper equipment at your
pet store. They are available in many varieties, materials and quality which
you can choose from. You can buy such beekeeper equipment at an online store in
the internet.
The basic beekeeper equipment usually includes a
knocked-down beehive or starter kit, a beekeeper suit or clothing, beekeeper
tools such as the bee smoker and honey extractor, bee feedings, medication and
pest control materials. You may also include the beeswax candle making supplies
to make candles out of your beeswax, and last but not least a beekeeping guide
book. Those are the basic beekeeping equipment which you should have in hand
prior to start
Let us review the items of beekeeping equipment one by one
Beekeeper starter kit. This is a good choice to start
beekeeping. Starter kits are available in various combinations which may be a
best fit to your beekeeping plans and need. It usually comprised of a
knocked-down bee hive, a complete set of the beekeeper suit, plus some optional
items to some ease in doing your job.
Bee hives. These are structures where you will be placing
your bees. This is some kind of house for the bees where they do their daily
working activities such as nectar collecting, storing and transforming it into
honey. Thus is the most important tool among other beekeeper equipment.
The world standard bee hive design was invented by
Langstroth who is a Philadelphian Reverend hence it is called Langstroth bee
hive. It is most likely that you will use this standard bee hive. The
possibility to remove the frames from the bee hive to extract honey outside the
bee hive seems to the big advantage over other type of bee hives.
In this manner, the honey beekeeper can do his task a lot
easier and faster. The older type of bee hives did not provide such possibility
of frame removal due to its different structure.
When buying a Langtroth bee hive please make sure that you
have all the parts in hand. The basic Langtroth bee hive parts include: a
telescoping cover, an inner cover, one or more supers or hive bodies, queen bee
excluder, 8 – 10 frames of various sizes this include a cell foundation, a
brood box, a bottom board and the hive stand.
Beekeeper suit. This is also called as a protective gear
which is an “astronaut-like” set of clothing specially designed from a special
smooth sting-proof material. This sort of material will be able to protect you
from bee stings when you are at work with your bees. The beekeeper suit is the
essential clothing which you should never neglect to use if you want to work
safely. You should never take the risk to be stung by bees, especially in the
head and neck area. The standard beekeeper suit includes the overall jumper
suit, a hat and veil, and a pair of gloves.
Bee smoker or the beekeeping smoker is a tool to produce
smoke. This beekeeper equipment works by smouldering some type of oil such as
twine oil, hessian, burlap, corrugated card-board, pine needles, or rotten
wood. You also can make use of compressed cotton and pulped paper.
The presence of smoke will make the bees to leave their
hives. The smoke also covers the smell of the bee pheromones released by the
guard bees which are trying to alarm other bees of being threatened by some danger.
In such mixed up situation the honey beekeeper can work easily and safely.
Bee feeding and supplements. There are times when you need
to provide your bees with extra feedings. There are times throughout the year
which assumes the potentiality of the bees to look for other food sources. This
may happen if there is not enough food or honey in their storage.
This will be the time where you need a supplement in the
form of syrup (sugar diluted in water). Then a feeder is needed to feed the
bees. A bee syrup feeder can be put on top of the hive. In fact you can choose
from numbers of feeder types which are available in your beekeeper supplies
store.
Bee honey extractor. This beekeeper equipment is basically a
centrifuge, to extract honey from the frames where the bees stored the honey in
honey combs. It includes a drum that can hold 2 to hundreds of frames depending
on its capacity.
The frames are placed in the drum in such manner to make it
possible for the honey to flow out buy the centrifugal force during high speed
spinning. There are also low capacity bee honey extractors available for the
hobbyist with the electric powered version or the manual version. It is up to
you.
The full scoop of information on beekeeping equipment can be
obtained in Beekeeping for Beginners eBook as a recommended reading
