Whether you want to start bee keeping as a hobby or as a business, you must have the proper bee keeping equipment. Bee keeping is a fun hobby that can also provide you with an additional source of income. You can collect the honey for your own use or sell it. You can make candles from beeswax.
Naturally, you'll need a hive for your bees to live in. The beehive is a wooden frame box that contains multiple parts. The outer cover must be weather resistant to shield your bees. Your hive should also have an inner cover to act as insulation. The interior of your hive will have vital pieces of honey bee kit called honey supers. The bees use these removable frames for storing honey. When you're prepared to crop honey, you simply slip out the frames. The beehive will have a lower compartment that contains honey supers also but these are for the bees to use to raise their young and store honey to be used as food. A hive stand is needed in order to keep the base of the hive dry and to provide insulation.
A valuable piece of bee keeping kit is the smoker. A smoker is a tiny pot that you fill with grass or burlap and set it aflame to form smoke. The smoke billows out a directional nozzle that you target towards the beehive. The smoke doesn't hurt the bees ; it simply makes them calm so you can take away the honey supers without being stung. Most beekeepers add a veil and gloves to their list of necessary bee keeping appliances. These defend your head, arms and hands from being stung. Some experienced beekeepers like to work without the heavy gloves since it is better to use the hive tool to pry open the hive without them. Full protection is advocated for amateurs. The gloves should be made from leather or plastic so a bee stinger can't penetrate them. Beekeeper suits are available also ; these offer protection to the whole body.
You'll need honey bee kit that processes the honey after you take away the honey supers from the hive. You can buy removing appliances which separates the honey from the brush. You may choose the straightforward and more cost effective methodology of purchasing honey supers designed for making brush honey. With these, all you have to do is cut the honeycomb from the frame.
Other bee keeping apparatus to think about includes food, feeders and medicine. You should provide supplemental food to your hive to keep them healthy when nearby nectar isn't available. Providing a water source helps keep your bees away from your neighbor's pool. Finding bee keeping equipment isn't hard. You can contact your county extension agent for recommendation on setting up your bee colony as well as recommendation on where to purchase your supplies. You may also buy everything you want online if you can't find it regionally.
Using the correct bee keeping equipment will help your bees remain healthy and defend you from stings. Healthy bees means more tasty honey that you can crop from your hive.
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