Hive & Colony Maintenance

Fill the pail and ensure it is completely sealed all the way around.  Invert the pail (yep, turn it upside down) away from the hive and let it drip a little bit until it stops. This should adequately determine if you have a nice vacuum seal. ...

Honey-B-Healthy is a feeding stimulant formulated with natural essential oils.  Prevents mold and fungus in mixed syrup, boosts immune system, calms bees when sprayed, works to mask pheromones when combining weak colonies and improves queen...

Lure measures 2-3/4" long.  Enough to last about 3 months.  This lure replicates the nasanov pheromone, or the "come hither"  scent scout bees use to mark a potential home site for its swarm.  Very effective!  

At the request of readers and instructors, Dr. Connor has added sixty more pages of techniques and queen management ideas. He has expanded the concept of the queenless builder colony for use by those beekeepers who want to graft more frequently. This...

This video shows the capture of 9 swarms in different situations, feral colony, bee removal, dealing with the bees after the catch, equipment and other bonus video with Ohio beekeeper, Dave Duncan.  This is an awesome DVD shot in High Def...

This is really the quickest, cheapest and easiest way to remove those straggler bees clinging to frames at harvest time.  Not recommended as a way to clear large amounts of bees from frames, as you can do a bit of damage to the bees.  However,...

Place between brood boxes and honey super to keep the queen down in the brood nest and from laying in your honey super. Worker bees pass back and forth through it. It is worth noting that there isn't any difference between a plastic queen excluder for...

The brass embedding wheel has a groove for the wire to run in holding it much more securely.  On either side of the groove, are small "grippers", which embed the wire much better. 

This frame grip has been around for decades and is still the best tool for getting out those tight, glued up frames.  Smooth molded aluminum with spring action.  It clamps the frame snugly for easy removal.  

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Solid hive tool will crack open those boxes with ease, due to the precision milled flat blade.  It's a great scraping edge and nail puller as well.  Need it?  Can't beat it!

These bellows are universal and can be matched up to any smoker on the market.  Simply mark where holes need to be and attach with your screws.