Beekeeping Supplies 1/26/18. What kind of beehive do you want? Why are you planning to keep bees? Pollination of your garden or others?

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Beekeeping Supplies Lang hives, top bar hives, queen excluders, OH, MY!!!! Why are you planning to keep bees? Pollination of your garden or others?

Do you want the beeswax, pollen, or propolis? Because you just want to BEE COOL!!! J Langstroth 10 Frame or 8 Frame? Deep, Medium, Shallow?

(white, yellow, green, or black?) Foundationless (sticks, wires, hooks?) Covers Migratory top or telescoping top? Inner covers? (With or without holes?

1 Beekeeping Supplies Lang hives, top bar hives, queen excluders, OH, MY!!!! Why are you planning to keep bees? Pollination of your garden or others? Honey for yourself or to sell? How many hives will you have? Where do I start? Are you in it just to help bees? Do you want the beeswax, pollen, or propolis? Because you just want to BEE COOL!!! J Langstroth 10 Frame or 8 Frame? Deep, Medium, Shallow? Brood Box, Super, Modified? What s an eke? Frames With grooved top bars, wedge top bars, split bottoms? Foundation To wax or not to wax? Plastic? (white, yellow, green, or black?) Foundationless (sticks, wires, hooks?) Covers Migratory top or telescoping top? Inner covers? (With or without holes? Hole shape?) Bottom Boards Screened or solid? With IPM or not? What kind of beehive do you want? Typical Starter Kit Do I need ALL this? First Things First Langstroth Beehive 8 Frame Hive Body or 10 Frame Hive Body 1

Fischer of Fischer's BeeQuick Ten Frame Boxes:

to 55 pounds Eight Frame Boxes: Deep: 9 5/8 up

Taylor in The Joys of Beekeeping says: ".

2 10 frames or 8 frames? "Friends don't let friends lift deeps" Jim Fischer of Fischer's BeeQuick Ten Frame Boxes: Deep: 9 5/8 - up to 72 pounds Medium: 6 5/8" up to 55 pounds Eight Frame Boxes: Deep: 9 5/8 up to 58 lbs Medium: 6 5/8" up to 43 lbs Richard Taylor in The Joys of Beekeeping says: "...no man's back is unbreakable and even beekeepers grow older. When full, a mere shallow super is heavy, weighing forty pounds or more. Deep supers, when filled, are ponderous beyond practical limit." Deep, Medium, or Shallow boxes/frames? Frames and Foundation, wood, plastic, wax, or open? 2

Foundation Choices Foundation: Real Wax With Wires Split Bottom and Top Wedge Takes more time

Acorn, Plasticell, Pierco, or Ritecell Thick plastic covered/sprayed in wax.

Also can buy 100 % plastic frames with built in foundation 1) Bees love it and pull it fast.

2) It is VERY durable. You can scrap the comb off with a hive tool and never damage the cell.

5) It is very easy to spot eggs against the black brood sheets.

7) It doesn't droop in a hive or bow out 8) It snaps into frames rather than having to use wire

Plastic Foundation Choices 10) It is much more cost effective than constantly replacing damaged

3 Foundation Choices Foundation: Real Wax With Wires Split Bottom and Top Wedge Takes more time to build Bees love the REAL wax! Acorn, Plasticell, Pierco, or Ritecell Thick plastic covered/sprayed in wax. Easiest for the beekeeper. Reusable, easy to extract, durable. Also can buy 100 % plastic frames with built in foundation 1) Bees love it and pull it fast. Entice them by spraying each sheet with sugar water or brushing on some extra melted wax. 2) It is VERY durable. You can scrap the comb off with a hive tool and never damage the cell. 3) Wax moths cannot destroy it. 4) Mice cannot destroy it. 5) It is very easy to spot eggs against the black brood sheets. 6) You can spin it in an extractor at any speed and never blow it out. 7) It doesn't droop in a hive or bow out 8) It snaps into frames rather than having to use wire and nail in a wedge. 9) You can store it in any temperature. Plastic Foundation Choices 10) It is much more cost effective than constantly replacing damaged foundation. 11) It can be shipped without damage in any temperature. Other Options for frames/foundation: Duragilt- Friends don t let friends buy duragilt! VERY inconsistent Permacomb Fully drawn plastic foundation and frames, bees can immediately store honey in it. More expensive and hard to find. (shown below) Empty Frame, with NO foundation 3

4 Wait! There s more Tools & Feeders Queen Excluders (metal or plastic) When to use? Why? How long? Honey excluder? What s this? Entrance reducers Mouse guards? Sticks or grass? Top or bottom entrances? Spacers? Feeders Internal or external Frame feeder, top feeder, Boardman feeder, quail jar feeder, baggies When do I feed? How long do I feed? What do I feed? Sugar water, pollen? Topbar Hives Advantages Low cost if you build yourself Lightweight for inspections More wax for projects Natural wax, foundationless Bees build naturally Queen lays where she wants to Need fewer tools/gadgets Easy to collect comb honey Easy to add a viewing window Nice height for working a hive Disadvantages More frequent inspections to prevent cross-combing Less honey production Hive is not easily split, you need a second hive Bees spend more time building comb if you extract honey bars Bee-Wear Watch for stinger! Look at me, I am Sandra Bee! Pretty in Pink Dog is trained to sniff out foul brood in hives! This is so embarrassing! Bee Donkey- Donk! 4

5 Personal Protection ~ aka: Bee Suits What do I REALLY need? Only a veil? (group A) Everything? (group B) Veil Gloves Jacket Full Bee Suit Group A Group B Wearing Personal Protection You only need to wear protection over areas you would prefer not to be stung. The END! Happy Beekeeping! Tanya Phillips cell tanya333@me.com 5

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