Beekeeping Tools and Accessories

A great book on everything you need to know about Varroa. 

Will help you to manage the control of the varroa mite in your beehives!

A comprehensive book on everything you need to know about AFB.

Excellent advice, highly recommended!

 

Book - Manuka

Queen Bee. Biology, Rearing & Breeding.

An excellent book to help understand the important elements and details with queen rearing.

The box cracker and the escape tool make an amazing pair. Both tools used together will help you harvest honey quicker than before.

Find out more about the Box Cracker here

Find out more about the Escape tool here

Check out the video to see them in action:

 

Using this alongside the Box Cracker™ Tool, you have the ability to put bee escapes on your hive without even taking your honey supers off!

Takes up to 40mm thick Bee Escapes

Check out the video below which shows it in use.

Made inhouse from top quality materials and protected with a durable powder coating.
This tool is built to last and will save you or your team hours of back breaking work.

Attach the Beequip Drill Press Brander and make branding boxes and frames effortless!

Offset Model Can brand the centre of frame top bars while in a box.

Adjustable height to 310mm or 520mm

Bench - 800mm x 400mm

All branders are fitted with slotted brass heads. Simply slide in the desired characters and tighten lock plates. Most clients brand the frames and boxes with their apiary registration number.

20mm Characters for the Handheld and Drill Press Electric Branding Irons.

BFCM Deal! - Maximum of 1 per order.
Only while stock lasts

Hive tool. Stainless steel Kelly type. 240mm long, 2.5mm thick.

This is the most popular size and style used.

Volume discounts available. Please tell us what quantity you require and the freight address and we can give you our best quote. Click here to contact us now.

Known as the very best smoker available to beekeepers, Dadant smokers are built to last.

This is their 4 x 7 Stainless Steel Smoker with Shield.

It has excellent smoke output and superior bellows design with Hinge pins, keepers that last and last and . . . .

Made in the USA from only the very best materials. 

Double layer honey strainer. Stainless steel. 242mm diameter. To suit 20kg pails.

Adjustable support bracket. Extends out to 395mm wide.

The top strainer is approximately 1300 micron and the lower fine strainer is approximately 550 micron.

Pack of 25 Locator Dowels / Pegs to suit the Technoset system

Contact us if you need more

Drum Base Heater with Digital Controller.

Made to suit a 205 litre drum, it is 55cm diameter.

Made of quality 304 grade Stainless Steel.

Adjustable thermostat from 0-120 degrees C.

230v     900W

Fully certified to NZ Electrical Standards.

Please Note: Shipping for this item can be up to 2 weeks but on average will be 4 - 6 days. It may also get shipped and invoiced separate to anything else order at the same time.

A top quality NZ made heater jacket for the standard 210L Drum 

Fully complies with NZ electrical compliance regulations.

The jacket is fitted with a compact digital temperature controller, providing easy to use, yet precise, temperature control. 0 – 90 degrees Celsius.

It has a 1200w element. 230 volt.

Jacket measures 1990mm x 800mm.

Can be purchased with or without an insulated lid.

Please Note: Shipping for this item can be up to 2 weeks but on average will be 4-6 days. It may also get shipped and invoiced separate to anything else order at the same time.

This is the perfect way to get started extracting small amounts of honey.

It has all you need to do it in a basic way.

The kit includes:

1x 20l (30kg) Polypail with lid

1x 20l (30kg) Polypail with lid and Honey gate fitted.

1 x Uncapping fork

1 x Manual uncapping knife

1 x Stainless steel honey strainer

10 x 500g Honey Pottles



Use the uncapping fork to uncap the cells or try using the uncapping knife after heating it up in boiling water.

Once uncapped, lie the frame face down on a rack over a clean food tray to allow the honey come out of the cells. Using a little bit of gentle heat will make the honey come out faster.

Store the honey in the pail with the honey gate. Once it is full or you have completed extraction let it out through the honey gate into the other drum while filtering it with the honey strainer.

Once the pail with the honey gate is completely emptied and cleaned out, put the filtered honey back in it. Then using the honey gate, pottle your honey!

Ensure wherever you do this, it is bee proof!

Heavy Duty Electric Drill Press Beehive Brander

As you may or may not know, MPI have release a Notice to do with Exporting Honey that contains following:
""Beekeepers must permanently mark all honey boxes presented for extraction with the beekeepers allocated identification code under the AFBPMP or a different code which achieves equivalent or better identification""
This rule came into effect on the 11th of December 2018.

Get your Hives compliant using our Branders Now!

- 240v 400w Element

- Doesn't cool down quickly when in use

- Fit to a Drill Press or to a Beequip Brander Press

- Very efficient way of branding frames and boxes

Our branders have FULL Certification to NZ and AUS Electrical Safety Standards

CHARACTERS ARE NOT INCLUDED - 20mm Brass Characters recommended (extra)

Check out the following:

- Video 1

- Video 2

- Standard Press

- Offset Press

Electric uncapping knife.

Blade length is 250mm to the tip.

Needs a 12 volt battery to power it - Perfect for those off grid!

Draws 5 amp current. Cable has alligator clips.

Electric uncapping Knife.

Blade length is 250mm to the tip.

230v

Stainless hive tool 388mm long.

Ribbed down the centre for extra strength.

Great for that extra leverage 

Frame grip. Zinc plated. Suits wood and plastic frames.

The pivot point is very close to the jaws which ensures a very good tight grip of the frame.

Excellent when working with the Technosetbee trifold frames in the Q8 Queen Mating Nucs.

Frame Groove Cleaning Tool

Frame holder. Welded Stainless Steel construction for a tough long life.

A ""must have"" for every beekeeper.

Suits all the usual Langstroth size frames sold in NZ.

Will mount on the edge of a super up to 23mm thick.

We used to place frames on the grass near the entry but it squashes some bees and there is a high risk that if the queen is there, she will crawl off the frame and could get lost.

This is a holder to put your frame in while inspecting it.

Also perfect for grafting or display purposes 

Frame Wire Tensioner

Get full face protection with this comfortable and safe face-mask.
This will give you the best face & lung protection when using a Vaporizer with Oxalic Acid.

This mask will also give very good face & lung protection when working with Formic Acid.

This is a complete kit including a pair of Organic Vapour / Acid Gas Cartridges to suit.
Also included is a pair of FOGSTOP optix wipes and a handy container to store the mask and keep it clean.
You can get spare filter cartridges here.

NOTE: The service life of any acid gas cartridge filter is affected by many factors.

Replace both the filters: -

• When the expiry date stamped on the sealed packet has elapsed.
• Once opened, maximum use time is 6 months (even if not used). The carbon will absorb contaminants from the general environment.
• When contaminant can be detected by smell or taste.

Comes in Medium and Large - both are adult size, the large has slightly more room in the mask.

Silicone material
Reusable
Anti fog treatment on lens
Anti scratch lens
Low breathing resistance
High filtration efficiency filters
Protects against airborne contaminants

The Masks are tested and approved to meet the following standards:

Certified AS/NZS 1716:2012
Certified CE Standard EN143:2000 P3 R
Certified CE Standard EN14387:2004+A1:2008
Certified CE Standard EN149:2001+A1:2009
Certified CE Standard EN143:2000 P2 R

Protect yourself with this Half-Face Respirator Mask.

This will give you the best lung protection when using a Vaporizer with Oxalic Acid. Some form of eye protection should also be worn.

This mask will also give very good lung protection when working with Formic Acid.

This is a complete kit including a pair of Organic Vapour / Acid Gas Cartridges to suit.

Also included is a handy container to store the mask and keep it clean.
You can get spare filter cartridges here.

NOTE: The service life of any acid gas cartridge filter is affected by many factors.

Replace both the filters: -

• When the expiry date stamped on the sealed packet has elapsed.
• Once opened, maximum use time is 6 months (even if not used). The carbon will absorb contaminants from the general environment.
• When contaminant can be detected by smell or taste.

Comes in Medium and Large - both are adult size, the large has slightly more room in the mask.

Silicone material
Reusable
Low breathing resistance
High filtration efficiency filters
Protects against airborne contaminants

The Masks are tested and approved to meet the following standards:

Certified AS/NZS 1716:2012
Certified CE Standard EN143:2000 P3 R
Certified CE Standard EN14387:2004+A1:2008
Certified CE Standard EN149:2001+A1:2009
Certified CE Standard EN143:2000 P2 R

Hessian Sack - The best smoker fuel!

These sacks are 48 x 79cm 

This latch kit has a short lever and is designed to suit the floors but is also suitable to use with all the boxes.

Comes as a pair with 12 screws.

They are an optional item and need to be ordered separately unless already specified in a beehive package.

Click Here for Hive Connector Latch kit with long levers.