Content of the articlebuy earlier than the bee family. To the minimum set include equipment for keeping insects, to care for them, and processing of honey. Protective clothing is necessary to avoid bite marks. We are arranging a hive
The rented or own plot for an apiary represents an open glade where the shrubs and grass have been removed. And the main beekeeping equipment is a hive, a home for a bee family. Many hives are attributed to horizontal and vertical structures. They vary in size, type of frame add-on, nest equipment. But the hive without internal filling is a box, a peculiar format. Home for the bees makes it arrangement. The first equipment for beekeeping, created by yourself, is a stand under the hive. The beehive is never put on the ground, for it you need to make a stand made of wood, metal, plastic, raising the house 30 cm from the ground.
The arrangement of the hive will require stockpiling of the framework in which the bees will store honey. For each type of hive its own size and number of frames. Usually 12 frames are placed in the hive. For young families and beginners lovers use small houses with 8 frames. In a specialized shop where they sell products for beekeeping, you can buy beehives and frames for them. Frames can be wooden or plastic. Wooden frames are easy to make by yourself, but the tree cracks in summer, gets wet and swells in the winter, and is easy to rodent teeth.
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The advantages of the plastic frame:
- is durable, the basement is not torn during transportation;
- is used in honey extractors of any type;
- does not absorb honey, is not covered with mold;
- is light.
However, bees do not like working with wax on plastic, the frames are very fragile and cannot be restored. What kind of beekeeping equipment to choose, decide the beekeeper.
In the selected framework, the head is fastened by means of a wire frame. On thin as paper wax plates, bees will build honeycombs for honey.
In each hive, slats will be needed that separate the honeycomb from the lid. The canvas represents a cloth woven from natural textile. It remains to buy a drinker and a feeder for bees in a store selling everything for an apiary and beekeeping, and the hive is ready for occupancy. The upper frame of the house should be painted with bright oil paint. This is the protection of the boards from moisture and a landmark for the bees flying away to the honey collection.
Beekeeper Protection
Bees violently protect the hive from penetration, even at the cost of their own lives. The stung bee will certainly die, leaving the proboscis in the skin of the enemy. Therefore, protective clothing when working with bees is necessary. It should be light. The kit includes:
- hat with a brim and an attached net of tulle, with a drawstring for a snug fit;
- overalls or plain clothes covering the body;
- gloves, you can use regular, household, knitted;
- closed shoes.
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Bee stings are painful, but there is a way to treat rheumatism with bites, since bee venom acts as a medicine.
The beekeeper's behavior is the best protection against bees. Clean, sweat-free clothes, lack of perfume, and tobacco aroma will set up insects in a peaceful way. Movement should be smooth, it calm.
Equipment for work in the beehive
To pacify the bees that protect their nest, you need a smoker. A smoker is a device, inside which is a chamber with a grating bottom, with glowing coals and branches. With the help of furs, air is injected into the grille, a directed stream of smoke comes out of the nozzle. The smoke for the bees is a fire signal and they, having collected honey in the goiter, fly away. At this time, the beekeeper serves the open hive.
When working, you will need a special apiary chisel with which the beekeeper pushes the frame, cleans the gaps, collects propolis. You will need a white brush made of natural horsehair, it will sweep the bees from the frame into the pan. 
For a beginner beekeeper, it is necessary to make or buy a box for carrying the frames, the bee-knife all this is considered to be an indispensable equipment for beekeeping.
Devices for pumping out honey
Of course, bees store honey to meet the needs of the family. But store it more than 2 times than they can eat. In the summer, the whole bee family is working on honey collection. To pick up filled honeycombs with honey is the goal of the beekeeper. Therefore, 2-3 times a summer honey honeycombs are taken from the hives for pumping honey. To do this, use the machine-honey extractor. The device is a tank, with a rotating frame installed inside. The designs are chordial and radial. If the 4 frames represent a parallelepiped installed inside the cavity, these are chordial honey extractors. If the cells are installed from the central shaft to the periphery, the tool is radial.
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Additionally, you will need a sieve, filtering honey when pumping. For cutting logs need a special knife. The table on which the honeycomb is printed is a special device with separate drawers for storing inventory. Honey is poured into a container with a selection tap located at the bottom. All these devices can be bought at the store where they sell products for beekeeping.
What you can do with your own hands in the apiary
First of all, you need to organize a drinker for bees near the beehive. Insects drink water heated in the sun. From the ice well, they can numb. Therefore, the best waterer will be an old wooden plank with notches, which is located obliquely and water falls on top of it drop by drop. A thin stream attracts insects. Above the trough constantly wanting to drink. In-throat watering is organized only in winter. 
Omshanik in each locality is built taking into account the many nuances. Better use the advice of experienced beekeepers.
It is necessary to master the techniques of fastening the plate on the frame with a taut wire or fishing line. Learn to build a frame during the honey collection period. But the most crucial period is wintering, for which you need to make, equip your own omshanik.
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