 Inventory of our Beekeeping Equipment  | inventory (admin) | ||||
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| Qty | Item | Picture |
| 2 | Ankle straps | |
| 1 | Cotton Pants w/Elastic Waist (XL) (Kelley Beekeeping 257C-XL) | |
| 1 | Cotton/Poly Pants w/ drawstring (X-Large) (Mann Lake: CL-453) | |
| 1 | Disposable Gloves (Mann Lake: RL-122) | |
| 3 | Economy Hooded Jacket | |
| 50 | Gempler's 12-mil Long-Cuff Nitrile Gloves (blue) (http://www.gemplers.com (reorder #198391-L)) | |
| 2 | Gloves, Leather (Long) (1 large, 1 medium) | |
| 1 | Gloves, Leather (Short) (large) | |
| 2 | Helmet | |
| 3 | Jacket with Hood (2 large, 1 medium) | |
| 1 | Pro Vented Leather Gloves (Large) (Mann Lake: CL-187) | |
| 2 | Veil (one white, one camouflaged) |
| Qty | Item | Picture |
| 1 | 100 Plants To Feed The Bees (by Eric Lee-Mäder, Jarrod Fowler, Jillian Vento, and Jennifer Hopwood (The Xerces Society)) | |
| 1 | ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture 39th Edition (By A.I. Root) | |
| 1 | ABCs Of Beekeeping Problems And Problem Beekeepers (by William Dullas) | |
| 1 | An Apiary Guide To Swarm Control (by Wally Shaw) | |
| 1 | Apiculture for the 21st Century (Editors: Roger Hoopingarner and Lawrence J. Connor) | |
| 1 | Attracting Native Pollinators (By Eric Mader, Matthew Shepherd, Mace Vaughan, Scott Hoffman Black, Gretchen LeBuhn and The Xerces Society.) | |
| 1 | Bee And Mankind (by John B. Free) | |
| 1 | Bee Boles And Bee Houses (by A. M. Foster) | |
| 1 | Bee-keeping at Buckfast Abbey (By Brother Adam, O.B.E.) | |
| 1 | Bee-sentials (A Field Guide, by Lawrence John Connor with Robert Muir) | |
| 1 | Beekeeper's Lab (by Kim Lehman) | |
| 1 | Beekeeping - Inside Of The Beehive: Advanced Techniques | |
| 1 | Beekeeping -- From Science to Practice (Ed. by Russell H. Vreeland and Diana Sammataro) | |
| 1 | Beekeeping -- Mentor In A Book (by Donald P. Studinski) | |
| 1 | Beekeeping for Gardeners (by Richard Taylor) | |
| 1 | Beekeeping in Coastal California (By Jeremy R. Rose) We got our first bees from Jeremy. | |
| 1 | Bees -- A Natural History (by Christopher O'Toole) Fancy coffee table book | |
| 1 | Bees In America (by Tammy Horn) | |
| 1 | Beeswax Alchemy (by Petra Ahnert) | |
| 1 | Better Beekeeping (by Kim Flottum) | |
| 1 | Biological Beekeeping - The Way Back (by Ed & Dee Lusby) keeps repeating themselves. I feel like I keep reading the same thing over and over. | |
| 1 | Breeding Super Bees (by Steve Taber) | |
| 1 | Breeding The Honeybee (by Brother Adam) | |
| 1 | Children Of The Golden Queen (by Flora McIntyre) | |
| 1 | Comb Honey Production (by Roger A. Morse) | |
| 1 | Confessions Of The Killer Bee Guy (by Reed Booth) | |
| 1 | Free Bees! (by Grant Gillard) | |
| 1 | Hive Management (by Richard E. Bonney) | |
| 1 | Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping (By Dewey M. Caron with Lawrence John Connor) | |
| 1 | Honey Bee Diseases & Pests (by Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists (Third Edition)) | |
| 1 | Honey Bee Removal (by Cindy Bee and Bill Owens) | |
| 1 | Honey Farming (by R.O.B. Manley) | |
| 1 | Honeybee Democracy (by Thomas D. Seeley) | |
| 1 | In Business With Bees (by Kim Flottum) | |
| 1 | Increase Essentials - Nuclei, Management, Wintering (by Lawrence John Connor) | |
| 1 | Keeping Bees (By John Vivian) | |
| 1 | Mastering The Art Of Beekeeping Volume 2 (by Ormond & Harry Aebi) | |
| 1 | Mating Biology of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) (by Gudrun Koeniger, Nikolaus Koeniger, Jamie Ellis and Lawrence Connor) | |
| 1 | Natural Beekeeping (By Ross Conrad) | |
| 2 | Queen Rearing Essentials (by Lawrence John Connor (Second Edition)) | |
| 1 | Queen Rearing for the Growth & Management of Small Apiaries (by Joseph E. Hebért, Ph.D.) | |
| 1 | Simple Smart Beekeeping (by Kirsten S. Traynor, Ph.D. and Michael J. Traynor) | |
| 1 | Starting Right With Bees (by Storey Communications, Inc. (M. John Storey, Publisher)) | |
| 1 | Steve Taber On Beekeeping (by Steve Taber - From the archives of The Beekeepers Quarterly Volume 2. For a new generation of beekeepers. Edited by John Phipps, 2015.) | |
| 1 | Swarm Essentials - Ecology, Management, Sustainability (By Stephen J. Repasky with Lawrence John Connor) | |
| 1 | Swarm Traps and Bait Hives (by McCartney Taylor) | |
| 1 | Swarming - Its Control And Prevention (by L.E. Snelgrove) | |
| 1 | The Australian Beekeeping Manual (by Robert Owen) | |
| 1 | The Backyard Beekeeper's Honey Handbook (by Kim Flottum) | |
| 1 | The BBKA Guide to Beekeeping (by Ivor Davis & Roger Cullum-Kenyon) | |
| 1 | The Bee - A Natural History (by Noah Wilson-Rich) | |
| 1 | The Bee Book (by Daphne More) | |
| 1 | The Bee Book (by Ann Cliff) | |
| 1 | The Beekeeper's Bible (Published in 2011 by Abrams, NY Authors: Richard Jones and Sharon Sweeney-Lynch) | |
| 1 | The Beekeeper's Handbook Fourth Edition (By Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile) | |
| 1 | The Beekeeper's Problem Solver (By James E. Tew) | |
| 1 | The Biology of the Honey Bee (by Mark L. Winston) | |
| 1 | The Buzz About Bees (by Jürgen Tautz) | |
| 1 | The Handbook for the Bee Loving Beekeeper (by James B. Miller, BSME (retired)) | |
| 1 | The Hive And Honey Bee Revisited (by Roger Hoopingarner, Ph.D.) | |
| 1 | The Honey Bee (by James L. Gould & Carol Grant Gould) | |
| 1 | The Honey Bee (A Guide For Beekeepers) (by V.R. Vickery) | |
| 1 | The Honey Bee Inside Out (by Celia F. Davis) | |
| 1 | The Honey Trail (by Grace Pundyk) | |
| 1 | The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Beekeeping (Edited by Roger Morse and Ted Hooper) | |
| 1 | The Incomparable Honeybee (by Dr. Reese Halter) | |
| 1 | The Observation Hive Handbook (by Frank Linton) | |
| 1 | The Practical Beekeeper Volume I (by Michael Bush) | |
| 1 | The Practical Beekeeper Volume II (by Michael Bush) | |
| 1 | The Practical Beekeeper Volume III (by Michael Bush) | |
| 1 | The Practical Book of Beekeeping (by David Cramp) | |
| 1 | The Queen Must Die (by William Longgood) | |
| 1 | The Quest for the Perfect Hive (by Gene Kritsky) | |
| 1 | Toward Saving the Honeybee (by Gunther Hauk) | |
| 1 | Understanding Bee Anatomy: a full colour guide (by Ian Stell) | |
| 1 | What Do You Know? (by Clarence H. Collison) | |
| 1 | Wisdom for Beekeepers (by James E. Tew) | |
| 1 | Wisdom Of The Bees (by Erik Berrevoets) |
| Qty | Item | Picture |
| 1 | Combcapper (Mann Lake: HD-461
yellow plastic) | |
| 3 | Double Sieve (Mann Lake: HH-440
stainless steel
Top filter 841 microns,
bottom filter 420 microns) | |
| 2 | Drip tray, wooden (Brushy Mountain Bee Farm: SKU 767) | |
| 1 | Extractor, tangential, with side crank (Mann Lake: HH-190) | |
| 1 | Honey For Sale Vintage Sign (Mann Lake GF-145) | no picture |
| 1 | Pail, 4 gallon with Lid (Mann Lake: CN-212 & CN-213 for cappings) | |
| 3 | Pail, 5 gallon with Honey Gate and Lid (Mann Lake: CN-205) | |
| 1 | Plastic collander with bottom bowl (to drain cappings) | |
| 99 | Queenline Glass Jars (1 lb.) & Lids (Mann Lake: CN-137 & CN-352) | |
| 5 | Replacement O-Ring Kit (Mann Lake HH-606) | |
| 1 | Uncapping Knife, Electric (Mann Lake: HD-400) | |
| 1 | Uncapping plane, 110V Right hand (Mann Lake: HD-430) | |
| 1 | Wax melter, Solar (Brushy Mountain Bee Farm: SKU 825) |
| Qty | Item | Picture |
| 1 | 2/0 Wicking 100 ft. (Mann Lake: MD-370) | |
| 1 | 4/0 Wicking 100 ft. (Mann Lake: MD-355) | |
| 2 | Bee Brush (Mann Lake: HD-660) | |
| 1 | Bee Quick (8 oz. bottle (Mann Lake: DC-155)) | no picture |
| 4 | Beetle Jail Baitable | |
| 15 | Better Beetle Blaster Traps | |
| 1 | Cleaner for Queen Excluder (Mann Lake: HD-119) | |
| 2 | Din-A-Max beetle Towels, half sheet 10 count (Mann Lake: DC-673) | |
| 1 | EZ Pry Hive Tool (Mann Lake: HD-581) | |
| 4 | Frame Grip (Mann Lake: HD-630) | |
| 1 | Frame Grip (From Kelley Beekeeping) | |
| 1 | Frame Lifter & Scraper (Mann Lake: HD-620) | |
| 1 | Heat gun (for cleaning queen excluders) | |
| 9 | Hive Tool (Mann Lake: HD-584) | |
| 4 | Honeybee Playing Cards (http://www.penguinmagic.com) | |
| 1 | KwikStart Fire Starters (Bag of 100 starters - Mann Lake: HD-554) | |
| 1 | Manipulation cloth (Brushy Mountain Bee Farm: SKU Cat. #768) | |
| 1 | Mold Release (by Candle Flex (Mann Lake: MD-396)) | no picture |
| 1 | Premium Bee Brush (Mann Lake: HD-661) | |
| 1 | Queen Cage | |
| 2 | Sign, metal - Bee Crossing (Mann Lake: GF-106) | |
| 3 | Smoker (Mann Lake: HD-556) 1 smaller one, 2 larger ones | |
| 1 | Spacer (10 to 8) (Mann Lake: HD-593 plastic) | |
| 2 | Spacer (10 to 9) (Mann Lake: HD-587
metal) | |
| 1 | Spirals small set of 3 candle mold (Mann Lake: PM-190) | |
| 3 | Utility Knife (Mann Lake: HD-583) | |
| 1 | Votives set of 4 candle mold 1-1/2 (Mann Lake: PM-320) | |
| 1 | Wick Holder Tabs - 50 pack (Mann Lake: MD-400) |
| Qty | Item | Picture |
| 18 | Cardboard 5-frame Artificial Nuc Box (Kelley Beekeeping Co 94-CBN
or
Blue Sky Bee Supply CBNB) | |
| 4 | Nuc Bottom Board, Screened (Mann Lake: WW-191 or BetterBee) | |
| 2 | Nuc Box (5-frame) (cardboard) | |
| 4 | Nuc Box (5-frame) (wooden, BetterBee) | |
| 4 | Nuc Cover, Inner | |
| 4 | Nuc Cover, Outer (telescoping) (BetterBee) | |
| 4 | Nuc Entrance Reducer | |
| 2 | Nuc Feeder, Top | |
| 3 | Nuc Mesh Transport Bag (Kelley Beekeeping 6200) | |
| 2 | Nuc Robbing/Moving Screen (Mann Lake: WW-192) |
| Qty | Item | Picture |
| 8 | Entrance adapter disc, metal (Mann Lake: HD-596) | |
| 2 | Feeder, Top (Mann Lake: FD-631
We like these more than the internal ones) | |
| 8 | Frame Holders for Hive Stand (4 pairs of metal hangers for hive side to hold frames while working) | |
| 12 | Hive Stand, Adjustable (8 & 10 Frame) (Mann Lake: HD-709) | |
| 2 | Hive Stand, Steel | no picture |
| 4 | Hive Stand, The Ultimate (Mann Lake: HD-710
"The Ultimate Hive Stand") | |
| 16 | Pyrex Pans (for Hive Feet Ant Control with The Ultimate Hive Stands) |
| Qty | Item | Picture |
| 3 | Bee Vac, Cage for Owens | |
| 1 | Bee Vac, Owens | |
| 1 | Clippers, large | |
| 1 | Clippers, small | |
| 4 | Hive strap | |
| 1 | Moving net | |
| 1 | Natural Honey Harvester, plastic bottle | |
| 1 | Pole, telescoping, aluminum | |
| 1 | Queen catcher, plastic (Mann Lake: HD-100) | |
| 2 | Queen catcher, stainless steel (Mann Lake: HD-102) | |
| 2 | Rubber bands, bag of | |
| 1 | Staple gun | |
| 1 | Swarm bag, canvas | |
| 4 | Swarm box, homemade (10-Frame) |
| Qty | Item | Picture |
| 2 | Advice from a Honey Bee (Missouri Botanical Garden gift shop, St. Louis MO) | |
| 2 | Bee Stack (http://foxloft.com/store/shirt/beestack
Bee stack! It's a stack of honeybees of different races/varieties. The bottom is a queen bee, above her is a drone, the rest are worker bees. Honey bees vary in color within each race and show a lot of variety, but each of these is based from top to bottom on the following bees: Russian, Cordovan, German, Carniolan, Caucasian, Buckfast, and Italian.) | |
| 2 | Comb Bee (Northern Sun catalog www.northernsun.com) | |
| 2 | Honey Bee (FullArkTees shop on etsy.com) | |
| 2 | International Sisterhood of Honey Bee Workers (BeeProgressiveLLC shop) | |
| 2 | Just Bee (gift from Bee Guild of Santa Barbara) | |
| 2 | Keeper of the Bees (planethomestead.com) | |
| 2 | Worker Bee (Northern Sun catalog www.northernsun.com) |
| Qty | Item | Picture |
| 1 | More Than Honey (a film by Markus Imhoof) | |
| 1 | Queen of the Sun - What Are the Bees Telling Us? (Video by Collective Eye Films, 2011 (82 minutes)) | |
| 1 | Swarm Plus (www.AllProHD.com) | |
| 1 | The Monk and the Honeybee (Video by York Films of England, 2005 (90 minutes)) |
| Qty | Item | Picture |
| 1 | Beetle Baffle - NOT YET ASSEMBLED | no picture |
| 1 | Bottom Board, Country Rubes (Incompatible with "Ultimate Hive Stands") | |
| 1 | Bottom Board, Plain | |
| 2 | Bottom Board, Screened | no picture |
| 8 | Bottom Board, Screened (with landing platform) (Kelley Beekeeping WW-677) | |
| 1 | Cloake Board (10-frame (Mann Lake: WW-182)) | no picture |
| 9 | Cover, Inner (Mann Lake: WW-246) | |
| 6 | Cover, Inner Notched (Mann Lake - WW-243) | no picture |
| 3 | Cover, Inner, Screened (Mann Lake: WW-245) | |
| 10 | Cover, Outer (telescoping) (Mann Lake: WW-300) | |
| 1 | Double screen board (10-Frame) (Mann Lake: WW-180) | |
| 2 | Drone frame, green (Mann Lake: PF-300) | |
| 2 | Entrance Guard with Excluder (10-Frame) (Mann Lake: WW-186) | |
| 6 | Entrance Reducer | |
| 5 | Escape Screen (10-Frame △) (Mann Lake: WW-178
Works like a charm!) | |
| 4 | Follower Board (Mann Lake: WW-165) | |
| 49 | Foundation-less frames (a bitch to put together - later purchased pre-fabricated foundation-less frames from Kelley Beekeeping: 9-FZA.) | |
| 1 | Migratory Bottom Sent by mistake. | no picture |
| 5 | Migratory Top Cover (Mann Lake: WW-364) | |
| 1 | Nuc introduction board (Mann Lake: WW-190) | |
| 8 | Queen Excluder, wood with metal grid (Mann Lake: HD-122) | |
| 8 | Robbing/Moving Screen (Mann Lake: WW-176) | |
| 6 | Shim, Imirie (Mann Lake: WW-239) | |
| 8 | Slatted Rack (10-Frame) | |
| 19 | Super, Deep (2 purple, 2 yellow, 2 blue, 2 green, 2 orange, 2 pink, 4 white, 2 brown, 2 turquoise) | |
| 21 | Super, Medium (3 purple, 3 yellow, 3 blue, 3 green, 3 orange, 3 pink, 2 white) | |
| 1 | Swarm Bandit |