Bee School. Welcome Class of 2014

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1 Bee School Welcome Class of 2014

2 Norfolk County Beekeepers Association Bee School 2014 Session 1 Bee School Letter Course Outline Google Group/Facebook A Bee or Not A Bee Ten Basic Guidelines Apiary Inspections Glossary Basic Hive Parts Equipment List Ordering Bees Bee Equipment Supplies Test (Hive Equipment - next week) All handouts and presentations are on the web site:

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6 ABEEORNOTABEE HONEY BEE BUMBLE BEE HORNET YELLOW JACKET WASP 8

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17 Hive Components CAT No. Description Quantity Price 121 Deep Hive Body, unassembled 3 $17.25 $ Frames with Divided BB Deep 20 $1.60 $ Crimp Wire Foundation (10 Sheets) 2 $10.95 $ Telescoping Cover 1 $18.50 $ Inner Cover 1 $9.95 $ IPM Bottom Board Screened 1 $15.95 $ Entrance Reducer 1 $1.00 $ Cypress Hive Stand 1 $11.75 $ Universal Entrance Reducer 1 $2.25 $ D Smooth Galvanized Nails (150 per pack) * $ Support Pins (100 per pack) * $ A 5/8" Nails for frames 1 $2.35 * $2.35 $ Don t for get to order pins for frames Don't forget to order nails for hive bodies as well as for frames Very Important: MAGNIFYING GLASS Tools and Equipment CAT no. Description Quantity Price 701 Veil 1 $14.95 $ Helmet 1 $16.95 $ Goat Skin Gloves 1 $19.50 $ Smoke Stack Smoker 1 $34.95 $ Bee Brush 1 $4.95 $ Fumagilin-B 1 $19.95 $ " Hive Tool 1 $6.50 $ Frame Lifter 1 $12.95 $ Hive Top Feeder 1 $19.95 $21.50 $ Honey & Extracting CAT No. Description Quantity Price 683 Queen Excluder 1 $15.95 $ Escape Board Screen 1 $11.50 $ Medium Honey Super 2 $13.95 ** $ Medium Frames with Divided BB 20 $1.60 ** $ Crimp Wire Foundation (10 sheets) 2 $7.25 ** $ Capping Scratcher 1 $6.50 $ Gallon Filtering System 1 $36.50 $ frame Spacer Tool 1 $18.95 $18.95 $ * Quantity enough to do 2 hive deeps and 2 medium supers Total $ To USE Shallow Supers instead of Medium Supers from above. 131 Shallow Honey Super 2 $12.95 ** $ Shallow Frames with Dvided BB 20 $1.60 ** $ Crimp wire Foundation (10 sheets) 2 $7.75 ** $15.50 $73.40 * Catalog pricing as of 1/27/13 1 9

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21 Norfolk County Beekeepers Association Bee School 2014 Session 2 Bee Anatomy and Biology (Powerpoint Presentation) Pests and Disease (Powerpoint Presentation) All handouts and presentations are on the web site: 2 3

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25 Norfolk County Beekeepers Association Bee School 2014 Session 3 Apiary Site Selection (PDF Presentation) Hive Assembly All handouts and presentations are on the web site: 2 7

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31 Norfolk County Beekeepers Association Bee School 2014 Session 4 Hive Manipulation Installing a package (Demo and Powerpoint) Installing a NUC (Demo and Powerpoint) Spring/Summer Timeline All handouts and presentations are on the web site: 3 3

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45 Norfolk County Beekeepers Association Bee School 2014 Session 5 Industry Overview Spring Management Summer Management All handouts and presentations are on the web site: 4 7

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49 Norfolk County Beekeepers Association Bee School 2014 Session 6 Fall Management Q&A All handouts and presentations are on the web site: 5 1

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53 Norfolk County Beekeepers Association Bee School 2014 Session 7 A Year in the Apiary (movie) or Vanishing of the Bees (movie) or More than Honey (movie) All handouts and presentations are on the web site: 5 5

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55 Norfolk County Beekeepers Association Bee School 2014 Session 8 Products of the Hive Honey Crop Extraction Nectar/Pollen Presentation All handouts and presentations are on the web site: 5 7

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63 Norfolk County Beekeepers Association Bee School 2014 Session 9 Review/Test Graduation All handouts and presentations are on the web site: 6 5

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Equipment Prices Toklat Apiaries

Equipment Prices Toklat Apiaries Effective March 1, 2016 (Used equipment is subject to availability) Please note- this new price list reflects the increase in prices from Mann Lake as well as the increase