This is the complete package that will help make the start of your beekeeping journey very comfortable using our Deluxe Beekeeper Starter Package. This complete set includes everything you need to establish and care for your first hive — from protective gear and essential tools to hive components and honey harvesting equipment.
Whether you’re sourcing bees from a friend, your local bee club, or purchasing a 5-frame nuc (the most common method), this package ensures you have the right setup from day one. Simply add your bees, expand as they grow, and you’ll be collecting honey in no time.
Getting bees can be done in a few different ways – these are the most popular:
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Friends – If you have some friends that have bees and would be will to help you out, this is by far your best option.
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Bee Club – Your local bee club is usually willing to help you out and support you along the way.
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Trade Me – There are usually plenty bees for sale.
The most common way to buy bees is a 5 frame nuc. This consists of 5 frames of bees and a queen.
You put this in the first box with 5 empty frames beside it and then the lid on top. Another box is added as they grow then after that you can start collecting honey!
This package includes:
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Protective Gear:
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3-layer ventilated bee suit
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2 pairs of long ventilated leather bee gloves
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Pair of gumboots
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Hive Tools & Accessories:
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2 x hive tools
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Technoset bee brush
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Smoker (28cm, slightly different to photo)
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Honey Extraction Equipment:
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230V electric uncapping knife
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Double-layer stainless steel honey sieve
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Manual 2-frame honey extractor
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Educational Resource:
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Practical Beekeeping in NZ book
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Beehive Package 16 (Technoset):
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Technoset roof
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3 sets of latches
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7L Technoset top feeder
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Technoset vented floor with reversible entry guards
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20 frames with beeswax foundation fitted
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2 plastic insulated Technoset full depth brood boxes
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Please comment in the Special Instructions box on the cart page as to what size gloves, gumboots and suit you would like. See sizing below:
Suit Sizing:
Glove Sizing:
Gumboot Sizing:
Maximum Internal Length of Boot (mm):-
Size 3 - 245
Size 4 - 255
Size 5 - 265
Size 6 - 275
Size 7 - 285
Size 8 - 290
Size 9 - 300
Size 10 - 310
Size 11 - 320
Size 12 - 328
Size 13 - 338
Size 14 - 345
Example:-
For feet that are 263mm long (maximum), size 6 suits best when worn with one pair of thin socks.