When you come across any beekeeper, he or she will likely be wearing a beekeeping suit consisting of heavy pants, a jacket, gloves, a hat and veil, and heavy boots. Indeed, a beekeeping suit is...
Category: Beekeeping Equipment
Essential Equipment for Beekeeping: 6 Things You Need to Get Started
A first-time customer arrives at a local apiary to pick up a load of bees. She and her husband are as thrilled as they can be to undertake what they hope will be a very profitable hobby. Her husband...
Beekeeping can be a messy business. Every time you go into a hive your hands get covered in propolis, wax, dirt, and all sorts of debris. You are left with a sticky mess and the obvious need to clean...
The smoker is one of the two key tools that is needed for beekeeping (the other is a hive tool, which is a lever to enable scraping and the removal of frames). The basic purpose of the smoker is to...
As far as safety equipment go, your beekeeping suits, gloves, and jackets are probably the most important to you. It makes sense then that you want to look after them carefully, not only so that they...