Friday, 22 July 2011

Keeping Bees: Day 7


Starting out you need:
    Hive
    Some sort of veil
    Hive tool
    Washing soda (to remove propolis)


Probably a good idea:
    boiler-suit with attached veil
    Wellington boot
    Rubber/nitrile gloves
    a nucleus to collect swarms


Unless you can borrow:
    Uncapping pot or tray
    Extractor with sieve (1-5 mm gaps)
    Course filter (1 mm gaps)
    Fine filter (<1 mm gaps)

For the harvest:
    glass jars + lids
    settling tank with a good gate
    jar labels



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