Tools equipments beekeeping

It helps remove bees from a surface without harming them. It can be used to remove bees from delicate combs, old frames, other bee equipment and more.

This is one of the most essential honey harvesting equipment that comes in handy for extracting honey without destroying the honeycomb.

It makes use of the centrifugal force to fling the honey out and keeps the comb intact for reuse. Protective gear is a must for beekeepers. No matter how sensitive and careful beekeepers are while extracting honey from their hives, stings are an inevitable part of their job. Our protective Bee Suit is the best bet for beekeepers as it offers the much-needed dexterity and flexibility to them, while ensuring complete resistance to stings.

The Uncapping Knife is used during the process of honey extraction. It helps the beekeepers to remove the wax covering from the combs to extract honey and allows the bees to reuse their cells instead of spending their energy in building new ones. Beekeepers make use of the Bee Feeder to feed honey or pollen to the bees in case of a food shortage in the beehive.

It also comes in handy when beekeepers want the bees to believe that the resources are available in abundance. It generates harmless smoke which masks the alarm pheromones of bees and calms them, allowing beekeepers to carry out tasks like removing the frames, inspective their hives or extracting honey. It is used as a foundation to help bees build their honeycombs on it.

Cab Hive. Hive Tool. Queen Excluder. Whether you're using a horizontal top bar hive, a Warre hive, or a foundationless Langstroth, this is an incredibly useful tool that you'll use constantly. We offer a few other value options as well. A smoker is an invaluable tool for all beekeepers as it makes aggressive bees more docile. Primarily, smoke makes honeybees believe there may be a wildfire nearby.

This prompts them to eat as much honey as they can in preparation for a potential move. Honeybees are more docile with a full stomach due to physical difficulty in tipping their abdomens up to sting. Smoke also masks the alarm pheromone given off by guard bees, minimizing the defensive reactions of the colony.

Similarly, beekeepers should not eat bananas directly before getting into a hive, since it may be perceived by your bees as alarm pheromone. Our American Smoker is made of stainless steel and it includes a wrap-around heat shield and grate at the bottom to improve burning. Bees tend to attack the face of mammalian intruders, thus, a jacket with a veil is an essential tool for beekeepers.

Bees have CO2 receptors on their antennae, which allow them to detect our exhalations, and respond aggressively. This ability developed to protect the hive against the threat of bears. Common folklore states that bees sense fear, but really they are sensing fear behavior. If one is nervous around bees, they may breathe more heavily, which can lead to stings.

Many experienced beekeepers do not wear any gear, and have become so comfortable around their bees, they can behave calmly and not get stung. Another fear-sensing behavior bees pick up on is shaky or fumbling hands. Confident, experienced beekeepers often do not wear them to maximize their maneuverability, but we suggest all beginners start with gloves as a safeguard. Beekeeping gloves are made of soft leather or other tough but flexible materials to protect against stings without jeopardizing comfort.

Our leather beekeeping gloves feature ventilation just above the wrist, which is a lifesaver on a hot day! More useful than you would imagine, the bee brush can be used to gently move the bees off of comb or other places you don't want them to be. This is an essential tool for honey harvest, repairing broken comb, and sometimes for swarm removal.

Keep in mind that the bees HATE the brush and you will find them stinging it mercilessly as you use it, so use it sparingly. Beekeeping is a dynamic and ever-changing experience that requires research, lots of beekeeping books , and patience.

Considering all the environmental factors that affect your honeybees, and the fact that every honeybee colony is different, you may see something different every time you get into your hive. In order to make appropriate management decisions, beekeepers must be flexible in their ability to figure out why bees are behaving a certain way, and how certain actions may impact their well being. We offer an array of beekeeping books written by experts in the field.

Reading as much as possible will help to give you a solid understanding of beekeeping best practices and help you to make sometimes tough decisions. Every beekeeper has their essential toolkit.

For beginners, we recommend our Beekeeping Starter Kits which includes all essential beekeeping equipment listed above except books in one bundle, which comes at a better value than buying each piece individually. If you can order it, it's in stock. Langstroth Hives.