Hive Management is the nitty-gritty of caring for your buzzing beauties. We stock a wide range of products to assist you. Coping with the reality of thousands of bees in situ will be a breeze!
- Beekeeper Protection: First essential, beesuits and gloves. With several options available, everyone can find something that suits them.
- A good Smoker: Check out our top-of-the-range Empire, handmade in U.K. We also stock a jumbo smoker with a 25cm high barrel for longer lasting smoke when working the hives. Our European style smoker has a replaceable inner to lengthen the life of your smoker.
- Hive Tools: From our Big Brute harvest tool through to the tiny pocket hive tool, there is something to suit everyone's style: traditional J-hook, the Kelly style, Pro-hook or the multi-purpose Ripper.
- Varroa Treatment/Bee Health: Mineral Bee supplement contains all the goodness found in Pollen and Honey to keep your bees at their peak all year round. For Varroa treatment, we provide Oxalic/Glycerine treatments, the Sublimox suitable for commercial users as well as Vapmite for hobbyists. We also stock the traditional treatments Bayvarol and Apivar. Remember, the more variations you use, the better chance you have of staying on top of this problem.
- Queen Rearing/ Swarm Management
- Security: Registration No. Stencils /Wasp management using the NZ patented HiveGate tunnel.
Paraffin wax dipper
Paraffin wax dipper by Hiveworld NZ
The Paraffin wax dipping tank has been designed to make this essential but previously dangerous job safe and simple:- No need to put your hands anywhere near the hot wax while working.
- The sides are insulated for efficient heating and for protection against accidental burns.
- There is a temperature gauge fitted so you can ensure the correct temperature is maintained and not exceeded.
- Fitted with an overflow pipe in case of boilover.
It has two lids with clamps to hold your boxes so while two are being dipped, the others can be draining and then painted while still hot to let the paint be absorbed into the timber. (If the waxed box dries the paint won’t stick).
With this model one person can easily dip and paint up to 250 boxes a day.
Customer comment –I can leave my young worker dipping and painting by himself knowing he will not burn himself or the building down.
Included are two x 4-ring gas burners to heat the wax, however you will need to supply the gas bottles.
Please Note: If you allow the dipper to cool off with the lids down you will need to warm the tank to melt the paraffin so you are able to raise the lids again as the wax will have solidified around them.
Also see our blog on paraffin dipping.http://hiveworld.co.nz/paraffin-dipping/
For pricing please contact us on 0800 000 770
Plastic Handle Capping Scratcher
$6.10
Hive World’s Plastic Handle Capping Scratcher is a durable tool with a molded plastic handle to comfortably fit your hand. The metal tines easily scratch away the honey cells ready for extracting. Ideal for using with manuka honey as the action of the tines helps liquefy the thick honey to help it to flow easier.
This tool is also useful for checking for varroa in your drone brood by pushing into the capped cells and lifting out the white larvae – easy to see any mites.
Portable Entrance Feeders to use with Bottle
$2.95
Hive World’s Portable Entrance Feeder for external feeding through the entrance.
This is a simple, quick to use method for effective feeding without having to open the hive lid. All you need is a soft drink bottle to screw into the feeder and your bees can help themselves. It is easy to see how much the bees have taken without disturbing the hive.
This is also a safe and effective way to provide water for your bees in times of drought.
Be aware that you need to watch out for robbing when using this method to feed sugar syrup because it is accessible from outside the hive.
Queen Bee Grafting Tool
$2.60 – $6.17
Hive World’s Queen Grafting Tool with good grip aluminium handle for easy use with either left or right hand.
Fine stainless-steel tip so as to not damage the larvae and ensure precision grafting.
Grafting is a precision skill that requires a steady hand, excellent eyesight, determination and a lot of practise to perfect. The idea is to graft the honeybee larvae with the royal jelly to enable production of a queen. Our Queen Grafting Tool is an excellent product developed to aid you in this fascinating and rewarding task.
Queen Mailing Cage
$0.44 – $4.35
The Queen Mailing Cage is a re-usable cage complete with candy*/attendant chamber.
When introducing a new queen to your colony it is essential to give the bees time to get to know her before she is set free. This minimises the chances of rejection. The flat shape allows you to place the cage between two frames which maximises her contact with the colony. It is also an easy, safe way of transporting your queen when necessary.
*A good recipe for queen candy (fondant) is given in “Practical Beekeeping in New Zealand” by Andrew Matheson and Murray Reid as follows:
Mix 2.3kg of granulated sugar, one litre of water and 1/4 teaspoon tartaric acid. Bring to boil and simmer very slowly for 30 minutes. Allow syrup to cool but while still warm mix with piping sugar (a non-starch icing sugar available from some cake decorators/bakers) – one part syrup to five parts piping sugar. Add 3 or 4 drops of glycerine. Knead with extra piping sugar to achieve a soft consistency. (Softer than the equivalent honey candy). Store in refrigerator in airtight plastic bags until needed.
N.B.: There is some controversy whether or not icing sugar containing starch should be used – as in many things about beekeeping, some beekeepers have done it for years with no harm to their bees.
Available in a multi-pack of 15 for economy.
Queen marking pen
$8.26
The Posca marking pen is quick drying and low odour.
This is the easiest way to mark your queen, just a small spot on her thorax and you’re done. Easily stored in your Hive World tool belt.
Using the following international colour code means you can quickly identify the age of your queen.
Year ending in:
0 or 5 Blue/ 1 or 6 White/ 2 or 7 Yellow/ 3 or 8 Red/ 4 or 9 Green
All colours are available in stock. Please specify your colour choice at checkout.
