Essential Equipment for the First Year, by Donald Burger, Houston, TX

Essential Equipment for the Beginning Beekeeper
by Donald Burger, Attorney at Law

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Essential Equipment for the First Year
(for two hives)

_____ Bee Suit (I recommend one that takes a zippered veil)

_____ Zippered Veil

_____ gauntlet gloves

_____ Velcro pants closures

_____ Roper boots

_____ Hive tool

_____ Smoker

_____ Smoker fuel

_____ Hive stand

_____ Rossman Apiaries Small Hive Beetle Trap (rear loading)

_____ 9-5/8th Hive Body (deep)

_____ 9-5/8th Hive Body (for use as spacer during spring feeding)

_____ 9-1/8th wedge frames (set of ten)

_____ Foundation for 9-1/8th frames (ten sheets)

_____ 6-5/8th Hive Body (medium super)

_____ 6-1/4th wedge frames (set of ten)

_____ Foundation for 6-1/4th frames (ten sheets)

_____ Telescoping Cover with Inner Cover

_____ Entrance reducer

_____ Queen excluder

_____ Boardman feeder

_____ Frame Holder

_____ extra jar lid for Boardman feeder

_____ pollen substitute

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Equipment for Extracting
(usually needed in the second year)

_____ cappings scratcher

_____ Bee Brush

_____ Fischer's Bee Quick or Honey Robber

_____ Electric Knife

_____ Uncapping tub

_____ Stainless Steel Double Sieve

_____ Bottling Bucket Kit

_____ Bottling Bucket

_____ Extractor

_____ Forty inch tank scraper (optional)

_____ Honey Bear Dispensers, with caps

_____ Pail Holder

_____ Extra five galloon pail

Last revised March 12, 2008