Beginner Kits

Text Box: We offer two Complete Starter Kits for the person wanting to enter the field of beekeeping. We recommend ordering your kit in advance of your bees in order to allow time for assembling and painting. Bees are not included in the kit price. A 3 lb package of bees is recommended.
Text Box: KIT # 1 Deluxe Kit for one colony: 1 bottom board, 1 entrance reducer, 2 ~ 9 5/8 hive bodies, 20 ~ 9 1/8 Pierco frames/foundation, 2 ~ 6 5/8” supers, 20 ~ 6 1/4 Pierco frames/foundations, 1 telescoping cover, 1 inner cover, 1 metal queen excluder, 1 bee brush, 1 hive tool, 1 7” SS Smoker , 1 entrance feeder, 1 folding veil, 1 mesh helmet, 1 6.4 oz Oxymycin, 1 pr. Leg straps, 1 pr. Nylon coveralls (state size) 1 pr. Pigskin leather gloves, (state size, sm, md, lg, xlg.) 1 book—1st Lessons in Beekeeping. Ship UPS in 2 boxes.
CAT. NO. BK3 Beginners kit #3…………………………………...42 lbs. & 42 lbs  $320.00
Text Box: KIT #4 DELUXE BEGINNERS Kit for two colonies: 2 bottom board, 2 entrance reducer, 4--9 5/8" hive bodies, 40--9 1/8" Pierco frames, 2--6 5/8" honey supers, 20--6 1/4" Pierco Frames, 2 telescoping and 2 inner cover, 2 metal queen excluder, 1 bee brush, 1 hive tool, 1--7" S.S. Smoker, smoker fuel,  2 entrance feeders, 1 folding veil, 1 mesh helmet, 1--6.4 oz. Oxymycin, 1 pr. Leg straps, 1 pr. Nylon coveralls (state size)** 1 pr. Pigskin leather gloves, ( state size sm., med., lg., xlg.), 1 book--(First Lessons in Beekeeping.) Ship UPS 2 boxes
CAT. NO. BK4 Beginner's kit #4..............45 lbs. & 45 lbs. $405.00

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     Bring in  or send in your clean rendered beeswax and we will exchange it for foundation. You are required to pay the work rates (page 6). We must have your wax before we can ship the foundation. Please note that foundation cannot be shipped safely in cold weather.

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