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QUEEN MARKING and GARDEN POT MARKERS
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BEE SUIT: The only suit I recommend is by Rossman Apiaries at www.gabees.com
https://www.gabees.com/ventilated-bee-suit.html the veil is sold separately https://www.gabees.com/clear-vue-hatveil-combo-zipper.html
You do not want the hooded, fencing style, veil. If you forget to wear a baseball cap under this type of veil the hood will blow in the wind and potentially touch your forehead or nose and if working Africanized bees, result in stings to those locations.
https://www.gabees.com/ventilated-bee-suit.html the veil is sold separately https://www.gabees.com/clear-vue-hatveil-combo-zipper.html
You do not want the hooded, fencing style, veil. If you forget to wear a baseball cap under this type of veil the hood will blow in the wind and potentially touch your forehead or nose and if working Africanized bees, result in stings to those locations.
BEE FEED
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PRODUCTS FOR THE HIVE
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Notes: The "Bee Smart Robbing Screen" I use for transporting Hobbyist's hives to my apiary when they have been taken over by Africanized Hybrid Bees or if they have been in contact with Pesticides. I recommend this robbing screen or making one for periods of dearth. The "Entrance Gate/Disc" I use for my swarm lure traps and for on boxes to ventilate the hives during extreme Sonoran desert temperatures.
PRODUCTS FOR THE BEEKEEPER
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Notes: I use latex or nitrile gloves when working hives. They are less cumbersome and do not smash bees, however I keep a thicker pair of gloves ready in case of an extremely defensive hive which will sting through the gloves in high numbers. The nitrile/latex gloves do not stop stings but most bees will not sting through them. The thicker the mil the better and the tighter fit the better so that it is easy to pick up the queen(s) if necessary. Many times I will get multiple uses out of each pair.
PRODUCTS FOR BEE REMOVALS
Notes: We do bee removals at night for safety and containment using a red light. The Camping lantern shown above is rechargeable so it uses no batteries! I also recommend using a red light at night for requeening a defensive hive if it cannot be removed from a residential location.
MITE TREATMENTS
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FOR THE HOME LIBRARY
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MISC. ITEMS DISCUSSED IN CLASSES
PRODUCTS FOR OFF GRID
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Notes: The Ryobi 18v hybrid fan is the bees knees! This fan charges in 30 minutes and we use it on low setting through the night. We do not have power at night and this fan is the best thing we have found! We use the 9ah battery. Highly recommended for power outages! The Blackstone Flat Top Grill is my "outdoor kitchen", I have used this since late spring and never, that's right, not once!, cooked inside my kitchen since....This saves on cooling. No matter what you do, cooking inside causes interior home temps to rise. This uses more energy. Cooking outside during the hottest parts of the year assists with energy consumption. The ON/OFF switch for outlets stops "phantom power"....who needs a clock on every single kitchen appliance??!! Breast milk bags? Use them for extra eggs. Whether you buy eggs on sale at the grocery store or have an abundance from your own chickens, these bags are the best for freezing eggs for times when eggs prices are high or when you chickens are not producing / molting.
HUMMINGBIRD FEEDERS / NO BEES
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