subject: The Proper Way to Start a Bee Colony [print this page] The Proper Way to Start a Bee Colony The Proper Way to Start a Bee Colony
If you need to start with a successful beekeeping corporation, you will need some basic apparatus. The clobber must be ready before the post office calls for you to get the bees. Your first gear would be the beehive itself.
You want to test if your beehive has five supers or not. Since the supers are the place where the bees will store their honey, you can't neglect them. The supers must be prepared so that the base of the beehive is below them and the cover is on top of them. Supers aren't used purely for storage of the honey, they're also utilised for raising the young bees. 9 to ten frames will develop in each super as the hive reaches its full activity. You get both hollow and deep supers. The merit of getting a deep super hive is that you will need only a single size of foundation. You have to be ready for the weight though. Punctiliously place your beehive on a flat surface so it doesn't tip over when the wind gets too violent. It's best to line up your beehive someplace where it will not be ruffled by pets or by visitors. A spacer will help you to maintain equal distances between the frames till the time they are in the super.
Now, you'll need a smoker. With the help of the smoker, you can drive the bees out of the hive when you need to remove the honey. The smoker is an especially simplistically designed gizmo. A smoker contains only three parts a funnel, a chamber where combustion happens and bellows. Since burlap ignites very fast but still leaves lots of smoke and smolders generously, it's the expert's choice for using in the smoker. Another choice would be to use dried up corn cobs. The bellows will allow the fire that you light in the combustion chamber burning and the funnel will permit you to maneuver the fumes into the hive.
The next thing you'll need is a metal hive tool. The metal hive tool is used to pry open the hive, separate the hive bodies, and to scrape the frames clean. Think of it as the all purpose tool of beekeeping. Without a bee brush, getting bees is just not wise. Your bee brush will help you to get rid of the bees while you check out the frames.
A fumer board helps you to gather the honey from the hive. This drives the bees out from the super and you can take the honeycomb. If you do not mind using used gear you will find some great prices on beekeeping gear on EBay. You can get all elements you will need for beekeeping over the internet.
It is a lot of wrk to get started in beekeeping. But once you have the colony established it becomes fun and also pays big rewards, Nothing tastes better than honey that comes from a bee hive that you personally created. So don't waste any more time and get out there and get your bee hive started,
