Equipment Episodes

It’s winter time and sure as the sky is blue (or grey – as the case may be), there will be many dead colonies out there next spri…

It's Not What You Think!

One of the first pieces of equipment a new beekeeper buys is a bee suit. If they don’t buy a bee suit, they will at least buy a v…

Moving boxes full of honey is usually a lot of work. The bees aren’t happy, the boxes are heavy, it’s hot and you have all your g…

Harvesting your honey crop isn’t about keeping bees, in fact, it is hard work. It’s when you start questioning your spring decisi…

So, what’s that thing you put between two supers to give additional space between top bars below and bottom bars above so there’s…

Towards the end of the season, it’s a good idea to take a look at the equipment and other management tricks you’ve been using all…

Have you ever thought much about the hive stands you use? On today’s episode, Jim and Kim take a long look at the hive stands the…

On today’s episode, Jim and Jeff Ott (from Beekeeping Today Podcast), discuss the value and use of the ‘love it or hate it” piece…

So, what do you do with your old wax? For some of us, as little as possible, but for others, there’s money to be made. There are …

What can you do with all that old beekeeping equipment you don’t need, don’t want and is in the way most of the time? There are s…

Managing large observation hives is very different than working with those small observation hives that you can take to a school …

Small, portable, usually single frame observation hives are ideal for meetings, demonstrations, lectures and even for study. They…

Can You Put New Swarms on Old Comb? You’ve caught your first swarm. Where should it go? You don’t have any new equipment to put i…