There are a few items of basic equipment used by every beekeeper.<\/p>\n
It is not necessary to buy too much equipment when you are starting out.<\/p>\n
You only need a few essential items.<\/p>\n
Almost all beekeepers wear protective clothing to prevent bee stings.<\/p>\n
When you are starting out it is likely you will get stung no matter what you wear.<\/p>\n
As you gain experience you will be stung less often, and experienced beekeepers can wear less protective clothing.<\/p>\n
A bee suit is a pair of white cover-alls with elastic to stop bees climbing in through the open cuffs and pant-legs.<\/p>\n
Bees are attracted to bright colors, and usually ignore the color white.<\/p>\n
Baggy bee-suits help keep bee stingers away from the skin.<\/p>\n
Hats for beekeeping have a veil of screen mesh that keeps bees away from the face.<\/p>\n
Bee stings on the neck and face are painful and can be dangerous.<\/p>\n
The swelling caused by a sting might restrict your breathing or your sight.<\/p>\n
Strong gloves with gauntlets are usually essential equipment for new bee-keepers.<\/p>\n
Household rubber gloves may work, but bees may be able to sting through them. <\/p>\n
A bee smoker creates puffs of smoke to calm the bees when you are working with them.<\/p>\n
The smoke makes the bees easier to handle.<\/p>\n
The smoke masks the chemical alarm messages given off by the bees when you open the hive.<\/p>\n
Most bee-smokers these days have a bellows mechanism.<\/p>\n
Each blast of the bellows provides of fresh air to the fuel inside and creates a puff of smoke.<\/p>\n
Bee-keepers use a small pry-bar called a hive tool when they work on their beehives.<\/p>\n
A hive tool is the all-purpose tool of beekeeping, and used to separate and scrape clean the frames of honey.<\/p>\n
Bees collect resin from trees that they use as a glue to stick together the frames.<\/p>\n
A bee-feeder is used to supplement the food that bees gather for themselves.<\/p>\n
A bee-feeder supplies the hive with drops of sugar syrup from a reservoir that goes on top of the hive.<\/p>\n
Many bee-keepers feed their new colonies of bees to give them a good start.<\/p>\n
Bees will need feeding before winter and can need top-up feeds at other times as well.<\/p>\n
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