$1,200 · COMPREHENSIVE SET-UP FOR BEGINNER BEEKEEPER

Retail value of package is approx. $3000 (unassembled). This equipment is already assembled with mostly drawn comb. Authorized by Provincial Apiarist inspection permit. Package includes all the equipment for four hives (between one and twenty years old Langstroth 10-frame hive bodies): 16 hive bodies (4 deep and 12 medium) most with frames of drawn comb in variable condition; 6 bottom boards (4 screened with tray and 2 regular); 4 inner and 4 outer covers; 4 queen excluders; 4 entrance reducers; 2 nuc boxes and assorted additional frames (plastic and wood); feeders (2 hive top, 2 entrance and 1 frame). Protection equipment: 2 veils, 1 pr. gloves, 2 smokers, 2 hie tools, 2 bee brushes, I frame gripper. Extraction equipment: 1 refractometer; 1 two-frame manual extractor; 1 frame scratcher, 1 frame knife; three-stage filter; 3 twenty-litre plastic buckets with honey gates; a few assorted glass bottles. Home-made equipment: Solar wax-melter; excess moisture evaporator; template for frame wiring and installing foundation.