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Beginner Beekeeper Starter Kit

Beginner Beekeeper Starter Kit

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Description

A thoughtful gift for new beekeepers, combining a quality cedar hive with essential equipment needed to start keeping honey bees, this kits includes:

 

Optional Frames & Wax Foundation Add-On

To make getting started even easier, you can choose to add frames and wax foundation to your kit.

Available options:

  • Not Included – Hive supplied without frames or foundation

  • Frames + Unwired Wax – Suitable for brood and supers

  • Frames + Wired Wax – Extra strength, ideal for honey extraction

 

When frames and wax are selected, the kit will include:

  • 20 × SN4 super frames and 10 × DN4 brood frames

  • 22 × SN4 wax foundation sheets and 11 × DN4 wax foundation sheets

 

✅ Fully Removable Veil – Easily zips on and off for washing, replacement or working without the hood.

 

Cotton suit provides ideal thickness for bee stings protection providing comfort for the bee keeper.

 

Note for hive assembly:

The bottom bars are the narrow bars

Slide sides with runners up into position after bottom bars have been put into place to ensure frames sit correctly in the hive

Please ensure the hive has been correctly placed together before gluing or nailing the hive

 

💪STRONG YKK ZIPPERS - Maximum Strength & Reliability of these bee suits

👀ROUND VEIL - Offers great visibility and mobility, allowing you to move your head in all directions without the veil touching your face

 

Long sleeve professional bee gloves prove maximum protection with high quality extra arm protection.

 

🤝FRAME GRIPPER, a great addition to your beekeeping tool box. Frame grips can get between the frames when your fingers just won't fit

☝️THE HIVE TOOL is the third more essential tool for the beekeeper after the beekeeping veil and bee smoker

🐝STAINLESS STEEL SMOKER bee hive smoker made of stainless steel produces safe cool smoker to keep calm bees and protect from stings during hive maintenance.

🫶BEE BRUSH for gently sweeping bees out of the way 

👍QUEEN CLIP CATCHER for catching the queen bee when wanting to mark the queen or move a hive.

👉A QUEEN MARKER PLUNGER to aid marking the queen bee for easier spotting when inspecting the hive. 

😀UNCAPPING FORK to make uncapping those frames an easy task.

💪SPUR WHEEL WIRE EMBEDDER TOOL, a simple but effective tool for adhering wire to wax foundation sheets.

 

 

Flat pack beekeeping beehive kit with full assembly instructions.

Instructions can also be seen here : https://youtu.be/s4KxUgfi7BQ

 

Check out information about the suit in the video here: https://youtu.be/Y8vruAQvW2Q

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