THE PRESCOTT BEE CLUB
Equipment for Beginning Beekeeping
“Bee” Prepared – Things You’ll Need for Beginning Beekeeping
TOOLS
Hive tool
Bee brush
Smoker + Fuel
Frame Grip*
Frame Perch*
Equipment
Wooden Ware
Accessories
Bee Suit
Jacket or Coveralls with Veil and/or Helmet
Gloves
Ankle straps*
HIVE COMPONENTS (for conventional hives)
You’ll need to decide if you’re going to have an 8 or 10 frame hive box
Bottom board
Hive stand
Entrance reducer
Brood boxes
Deeps (2) or Mediums (3)
Supers
Mediums or Shallows (2-4)
Top cover
Telescoping
Migratory
Frames
Plastic or Wooden - waxed
OPTIONAL HIVE PARTS
Inner cover
Feeder – choose a style
Boardman
Top
Frame
Baggie
Queen Excluder
BEES – either a Nuc or a package 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
The approximate cost to get started in beekeeping is $500.00.
EQUIPMENT YOU WILL NEED WHEN IT’S TIME TO HARVEST HONEY 🍯
For removing bees from frames – choose a method
Fume board & Fischer’s Bee-Quick
Bee Escapes
Bee Brush
For the Honey House:
Heated uncapping knife
Uncapping Fork
Uncapping Tub
Extractor
Strainer
Bucket with Gate
Jars and Lids
The approximate cost of materials needed for harvesting honey is $600.00
A Nucleus colony, or "Nuc", is a small functioning beehive with 4-5 frames of bees. A Nuc box includes an established laying queen with frames of brood,honey, and/or food stores. A "package of bees" is a 2-3 lb. box of bees, approximately 10,000, in a vented wooden box with a queen in a cage.