Beekeeping Equipment Stuart Van Meter Henderson County Beekeepers

Beekeeping Equipment Stuart Van Meter

Henderson County Beekeepers website Www. hcbeekeepers. org

What is Bee Space?

Parts of Langstroth Hive 1. Telescoping Top 2. Inner Cover 3. Shallow Super (5 11/16”) 4. Medium Super (6 5/8”) 5. Queen Excluder 6. Hive Body-Deep Super (9 1/2”) 7. Bottom Board 8. Entrance Reducer 9. Hive Stand

Alternative Hive Configurations Brood Chamber Double Deep Brood Chamber 3 Medium Brood Chamber

Box & Frame Size

Frame w/ Beeswax Crimp Wire Foundation

Frame Parts Unassembled

Nuc - Nucleus Hive Small Hive - 5 Frame deep box hive used to keep spare queens or starter colonies

“AL MOST EVERY EMERGENCY 0 F MANAGEMENT CAN BE MET BY PUTTING SOMETHING INTO OR TAKING SOMETHING OUT OF A NUCLEUS, WHILE NUCLEI THEMSELVES SELDOM PRESENT EMERGENCIES. ” E. B. WEDMORE, A MANUAL OF BEEKEEPING

Beekeeping Equipment Smoker

Beekeeping Equipment Hive Tools

Inside Langstroth Hive

Protective Equipment • Veil • Inspector’s Jacket – Beekeeping Suit • Gloves

Locating Bee Hives - Apiary Site • • Water Source Sufficient Food Source Sunlight - entrance face SE - morning sun Protection from Wind Entrance leaning forward Avoid flood prone areas Can animals get to hive? bear, raccoon, skunk, mice