1. Tools and Equipment
Bee School 2019

2. Hive Parts

3. Langstroth Hive Comes in 10 frame or 8 frame set up
Queen excluder is not always necessary
Most common hive used

4. Lids
Telescoping Lid
Migratory lid

5. Box sizes Shallow- Used for honey
Medium- Used for honey and hive body at times
Deep- Used for hive body. Occasionally used for honey due to weight

6. Frames Frames must be used for proper sized box.
Shallow, medium, deep from left to right.

7. Foundation types Wired Wax/ Wax
Pros- Bees typically draw it out correctly, less drone brood production
Cons- Risk of contaminants in the wax, must be braced, bees don’t always draw it out correctly

8. Foundation types Plastic Pros- Stays straight, longevity, durability
Cons- Bees don’t take to it well at times, its plastic

9. Foundation types Foundationless
Pros- Cheaper, less chance of contaminants in wax
Cons- Honey extraction, cross comb, control over cell size (worker vs. drone)

10. Bottom boards
Screened
Solid

11. Personal Protective Equipment

12. Personal Protective Equipment

13. Tools

14. Varroa Mite Management
Drone trapping- cut out frame on top left. Drone frame top right
Sugar shake kit- powdered sugar, water, white tray, shaker jar

15. Nucleus (NUC) Colony 5 frame colony Uses deep frames
Helpful for splitting colonies, over wintering, supporting other colonies and more

16. Double Nuc Colony

17. Other types of hives
Top Bar
Warre Hive

18. Other types of hives, Continued
Honey Cow
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19. Questions?