Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: Beekeeper Supplies --- What You Need to Know

Just like every other successful hobby or
business venture, if you want to be an
exceptional beekeeper you need exceptional
information. You need to know what is required
and what to expect as you begin beekeeping.
Again, like most other ventures, you will need to
understand and then acquire various beekeeper
supplies.

Here are some of those beekeeper supplies:

Beehive

There are different kinds of beehives. Two of the
most popular are the Langstroth hive and the
Warre hive. You will also find the top bar
beekeeping hive is a favorite because of its
different design. You can choose to buy a
ready-made hive or there are plans available to
help you build your own hive. Once you have the
hive, you now have a home for your bees.

Hive Stand

In addition to your hive, you will also want to
have a hive stand. This stand acts as a landing
strip for the bees as well as serves several
protective purposes. The stand moves the hive off
the ground helping keep mice and other animals at
bay. Having the hive up and off the ground also
helps keep the hive warmer as it protects against
cold transfer with the ground.

Beekeeping Suit --- including your beekeeper hat
or netted veil

Don't forget you are dealing with bees. Bees
protect themselves by stinging anything and
anyone they feel is a threat. You will be
perceived as a threat to your bees from time to
time and they will attack you. While you may
think you can become their friends and they will
totally accept you; they won't, so you will need
to protect yourself.

That protection will come from your beekeeping
suit which will include a beekeeper hat or a
netted veil depending on your personal
preference. It may or may not include gloves;
again based on your preference.

The beekeeper's hat and or netted veil will cover
your neck and face and protect them from the
inevitable attacks. While stings on the hand can
be easily removed, your neck and face are more
sensitive parts. Being stung anywhere usually
hurts, unless you are really macho, but being
stung on the neck and face is especially painful.
And then again, you might really enjoy seeing
the swollen face with its accompanying pain?
Didn't think so...!

Your suit will also, of course, provide
protection for the rest of your body as bees have
this annoying habit of finding their way inside
your shirt or pants or pant legs and then letting
you know that they are irritated with you.
Again, being stung anywhere is uncomfortable, but
some areas are downright rude!

Smoker

Now imagine yourself all donned up in your
"fashionable beekeeping suit" and excited to see
your bees. You stroll right up to your hive and
open it, and find yourself surrounded and
attacked by agitated bees. This is not the time
for great meditation of what went wrong. It's the
time for you to do something!

You can close the hive and let them settle down.
But if you feel that it will take too much time
before you can come back and attempt another
inspection; then this is where the smoker comes
in.

As you might imagine from the name, the smoker
emits smoke and the smoke calms the bees. Calm
bees can now be worked with and around. Be
prepared in the beginning and purchase your
smoker along with your bees and their hive.

Well there you have it. Some of the beekeeper
supplies that you will need and that you will
find locally or on the internet. We wish you
total success in your new and wonderful world of
beekeeping!

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mentioned in this article and you need to have
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pplies/ and find out what those are. If you want
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