World Bee Day Specials -

Have you got the hobbyist kit but running low on supplies?

Grab this handy little refill kit to keep you going.
Done at a special price and cheaper than buying individually!

- 3kg Glycerine
- 2kg Oxalic Acid (OA)
- 4 bundles of 40 Beequip Strips. (160 total)
- 4 Zip-lock Bags

Everything you need to make one frame of rectangle shape comb honey.

This Package Includes:
1 x Frame to hold containers
12 x Containers and lids
14 x Pieces of wax cut to suit

See video HERE on how to fit the wax to the containers

The frame splits in half to enable fitting the 12 small comb honey containers. Special clips keep it together while it is in the beehive.

240mm deep plus 3mm top & bottom for central clips.

Allow 41mm width per frame.

This standard package is very popular.

It includes everything to get you up an running for the first major step of getting bees.

Getting bees can be done in a few different ways – these are the most popular:

• Friends – If you have some friends that have bees and would be will to help you out, this is by far your best option.
• Bee Club – Your local bee club is usually willing to help you out and support you along the way.
• 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:
1 x Smoker
1 x Hive Tool
1 x Bee Brush
1 x Standard beekeepers suit
1 x pair of long ventilated leather bee gloves
1 x Smoker 28cm (slightly different to what is shown in the photo)
1 x ‘Practical Beekeeping in NZ’ Book

There are two beehive options to choose from: 
1 x Beehive Package 21d which includes:
- Technoset Roof
- Emlock Strapper
- 7 Litre Technoset Top Feeder
- HiveMaster Wooden Vented Floor - Note different to picture shown.
- 20 Frames with Wax Foundation fitted
- 2 Full depth Russian Pine Brood Boxes - wax dipped

OR:

1 x Beehive Package 321d which includes:
- Technoset Roof
- Emlock Strapper
- 7 Litre Technoset Top Feeder
- HiveMaster Wooden Vented Floor - Note different to picture shown.
- 20 Frames with Wax Foundation fitted
- 2 3/4 depth Russian Pine Brood Boxes - wax dipped

Note that Package 321d is a 3/4 size package. This is popular for those who prefer not to do heavy lifting but does make it a little harder to find bees as they are not as popular in the industry.

Please comment in the Special Instructions box on the cart page as to what size gloves and suit you would like. See suit sizing here and gloves here

Practical Beekeeping in New Zealand – Book

Written by experienced New Zealand beekeepers, this comprehensive guide covers all the essential aspects of hive management in local conditions. With a seasonal management plan tailored to NZ’s climate, it provides month-by-month guidance to help beekeepers succeed. Featuring 285 pages of practical advice and detailed photographs, this book is an invaluable resource for both beginners and experienced apiarists.

Key Features:

• Written specifically for New Zealand beekeepers

• Seasonal management plan for NZ conditions

• 285 pages of practical advice and photos

• Covers all key aspects of hive management

• Essential reference for hobbyist and commercial beekeepers

Wooden Section Package – 4 Section Frame

Produce beautiful, all-natural comb honey the traditional way with this complete wooden section setup. Perfect for beekeepers who want to create premium, 100% natural comb honey in classic wooden sections — no cutting or processing required.

This ready-to-go package includes everything you need to get started, with pre-assembled components and natural materials that showcase your honey in its purest form.

What’s Included:

• 1 x Half Depth Super – fully assembled, untreated timber for a natural finish. Click Here to purchase separately. 

• 7 x Four-Section Frames – pre-assembled with plywood separators attached, ready for use. Click Here to purchase separately. 

• 28 x Wooden Sections – supplied flat packed for easy setup. Click Here to purchase separately. 

• 28 x Thin Super Wax Sheets – perfectly sized to suit the wooden sections. Click Here to purchase separately. 

Simply assemble your sections using the guide below and place the super on your hive — your bees will do the rest. Once capped, your honeycomb can be presented and sold straight from the wooden section for a rustic, eco-friendly look.

📦 Eco-friendly packaging to fit these wooden sections is available here.
📘 Full instruction guide available here.

This is the basic package that gives you the essentials you need to get started with Beekeeping!

This package includes:
1 x Hive Tool
1 x Bee Brush
1 x Economy Veil. Size Large
1 x pair of short leather bee gloves
1 x Practical Beekeeping in NZ Book
1 x Smoker 28cm (slightly different to what is shown in the photo)
1 x Beehive Package 25 which includes:
- Hive Mat
- Emlock Strapper
- Galv Roof with Sprung Ends
- HiveMaster Wooden Vented Floor - Note different to picture shown.
- 10 Frames with Wax Foundation fitted
- Untreated full depth Russian Pine Brood Box

*The box will need painting as it is untreated.

Please comment in the Special Instructions box on the cart page as to what size gloves you would like. See stock availability here

Everything you need to make one full depth box of rectangle shape comb honey. There is only 7 frames for a full depth package as we recommend putting a frame of honey on the outsides of the 7 frames to draw the bees up into the frames and make them start drawing it out. 

This Package Includes:
7 x Frames to hold the containers
84 x Containers and lids
90 x Pieces of wax cut to suit

See video HERE on how to fit the wax to the containers

The frame splits in half to enable fitting the 12 small comb honey containers. Special clips keep it together while it is in the beehive.

240mm deep plus 3mm top & bottom for central clips.

Allow 41mm width per frame.

Get started with ease and precision! This DIY Swedish Cloth Kit includes everything you need to make your own Swedish cloths for use in your beehives. Perfect for hobbyist beekeepers, this kit comes with all the components and tools to simplify the process and ensure success.

Whether you're maintaining healthy hives or exploring innovative methods for pest control, this kit offers convenience and value, just like our popular Hobbyist Kit for Oxalic Acid (OA) treatments.

Click here for more info on the Swedish Cloths

Click here to view our instruction guide.

What’s Included in the Kit?

• Small Soak Tub: Perfect for preparing your Swedish cloths.
• 4-Litre Plastic Pail with Lid: For mixing and storage.
• 1.25kg Glycerine: High-quality glycerine for optimal absorption.
• 1.25kg Oxalic Acid (OA): Pure oxalic acid for effective results.
• 100 x Swedish Cloths: Ready to soak and use.
• 4 Ziplock Bags: Ideal for storing your prepared cloths.
• Digital Thermometer: Ensures precise temperature control during preparation.
• Wooden Trivet & Stirrer: Keep everything steady and well-mixed.
• Instruction Booklet: Easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to ensure success.

Why Choose This Kit?

• All-in-One Solution: Save time gathering components; everything you need is included.
• Hobbyist-Friendly: Designed for small-scale beekeepers looking for cost-effective and reliable hive management solutions.
• Simple Instructions: Clear guidance to help you create Swedish cloths like a pro.

Click here to view the full instructions online and start your journey toward better beehive care today!

A practical and informative guide covering everything you need to know about Varroa mites. This book helps beekeepers understand Varroa’s impact and provides proven strategies for managing and controlling infestations in beehives. An essential reference for both hobbyists and commercial beekeepers.

Key Features:

• Comprehensive coverage of Varroa biology and behavior

• Practical advice for effective mite monitoring and treatment

• Helps you choose the right control methods for your hive management

• Written in clear, accessible language for all levels of beekeepers

Easily restock your Swedish cloth supplies with this convenient Swedish Cloth Refill Kit. Designed for beekeepers who already have the tools, this refill pack includes the key components you need to keep your hives in top shape.

Remember to mix your solution 50/50 for these strips

Click here for more info on the Swedish Cloths

Click here to view our instruction guide.

What’s Included in the Refill Kit?

• 100 Swedish Cloths: Ready for soaking and use in your hives.
• 1.25kg Oxalic Acid (OA): Pure and effective.
• 1.25kg Glycerine: High-quality glycerine for optimal absorption.
• 4 Zip-lock Bags: For easy storage of the soaked strips
  

Why Choose This Refill Kit?

• Quick & Easy Restocking: Ideal for hobbyist beekeepers with an existing setup.
• Cost-Effective: Only the essentials—no extra tools or packaging.
• Hive Maintenance Made Simple: Keep your treatments going without interruption.

Keep your beehive care routine smooth and efficient with this refill kit. Pair it with your existing setup for continuous results!

A comprehensive resource covering everything you need to know about American Foulbrood (AFB). Packed with practical guidance, this book is highly recommended for beekeepers wanting to identify, manage, and eliminate AFB effectively.

Key Features:

• Detailed information on identifying and diagnosing AFB

• Step-by-step advice on effective management and elimination

• Based on proven practices and up-to-date research

• An essential handbook for both hobbyist and professional beekeepers

Everything you need to make one frame of heart shape comb honey apart from the beeswax to brush on the containers.

This Package Includes:
1 x Frame to hold containers
16 x Containers and lids - (containers will need wax brushing on them)
4 x Spacer Screws

The spacer screws are to be screwed into the four corners of one side on each frame so that the frames self space and give an even finish on the honeycomb.

When the containers need to be removed, simply insert a screw driver in the holes on the top and bottom of the frame.

233mm deep. Allow 40mm width per frame. 

You can buy Raw Beeswax here to coat them.

Queen Bee. Biology, Rearing & Breeding – Book

An excellent guide to understanding the essential elements of queen rearing. This book covers queen bee biology, rearing techniques, and breeding principles, making it a valuable resource for both hobbyist and commercial beekeepers.

Key Features:

• Comprehensive overview of queen bee biology

• Practical guidance on rearing and breeding queens

• Suitable for beginners and experienced beekeepers

• Enhances knowledge for stronger, more productive hives

Everything you need to make one full depth box of heart shape comb honey apart from the beeswax to brush on the containers.

This Package Includes:
7 x Frames to hold the containers
112 x Containers and lids - (containers will need wax brushing on them)
28 x spacer screws

There is only 7 frames for a full depth package as we recommend putting a frame of honey on the outsides of the 7 frames to draw the bees up into the frames and make them start drawing it out. 

The spacer screws are to be screwed into the four corners of one side on each frame so that the frames self space and give an even finish on the honeycomb.

When the containers need to be removed, simply insert a screw driver in the holes on the top and bottom of the frame.

233mm deep. Allow 40mm width per frame. 

You can buy Raw Beeswax here to coat them.

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.

This package includes:

• Protective Gear:

  • Foam Mesh ventilated bee suit

  • 2 pairs of long ventilated leather bee gloves

  • Pair of gumboots

• Hive Tools & Accessories:

  • 2 x hive tools

  • Technoset bee brush

  • Smoker (28cm, slightly different to photo)

• Honey Extraction Equipment:

  • 230V electric uncapping knife

  • Double-layer stainless steel honey sieve

  • Manual 2-frame honey extractor

• Educational Resource:

  • Practical Beekeeping in NZ book

• Beehive Package 16 (Technoset):

  • Technoset roof

  • 3 sets of latches

  • 7L Technoset top feeder

  • HiveMaster Wooden Vented Floor - Note different to picture shown.

  • 20 frames with beeswax foundation fitted

  • 2 plastic insulated Technoset full depth brood boxes

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.

Essentials Starter Kit for Queen Rearing

A compact, cost-effective kit with the key tools and components you need to get started in queen rearing.

Kit includes:

• 1 × Hambly Queen Dial
• 5 × Grafting Tool with Larvae Release
• 50 × Buzzco Lugged Queen Cell Cups
• 1 × Wooden Queen Cell Frame — full depth, slotted
• 2 × Aluminium Cell Bar Holder
• 10 × Technoset Queen Cages
• 1 × Queen Catcher
• 1 × One-handed Queen Marking Tool
• 1 × White Queen Marking Pen

Perfect for:

• Beekeepers starting queen rearing for the first time
• Hobbyists or sideliners wanting a smaller-scale setup
• Supplementing existing queen-rearing equipment

Please note: This product may have a Lead Time of 2 - 4 Weeks

We ship worldwide at competitive rates! 
Request a quote at the bottom of this page.

The SpyHive™ from Beequip NZ is an observation beehive with nearly complete visibility of the inner workings of a beehive. Its durable construction and sturdy polycarbonate panels make it a safe and easy way for anyone to learn about bees. The design includes bee access to the outside and chambers for food and pest control, allowing it to be managed like a traditional hive. It is available in two styles that can be mounted on a wall or placed on a bench, and can also be temporarily moved to different locations.  It is very helpful for scientific research, beekeeping, and as a unique attraction for retail stores, rest homes, cafes, hospitals, kindergartens and more.

Click Here to see a video overview about the SpyHive™

Click Here to see a video with a glimpse of a few of the things that go on in a SpyHive™

Click Here to see a video on how to set up a SpyHive™

There are so many amazing things to see in a SpyHive™.
Here a just a few:

• Watch the bees feeding on sugar syrup or Pollen Patties.
• Watch the queen laying eggs and spreading pheromones
• Add all different types of varroa treatments and watch the bees’ reactions.
• Do regular dead mite counts on the base tray to analyse results.
• Watch the temperature stay constant in the brood nest regardless of outside temperatures.
• Easy to mark some nurse bees with different colours and watch them do their duties each day. Their duties change as they get older.
• Adjustable ventilation system to suit the time of year or to observe how the bees react accordingly.
• Watch propolis being using to seal up cracks
• See the bees build and mould the beeswax
• Watch nurse bees carry out many cleaning duties.
• Watch the nurse bees feed the queen.
• See the bees feed the queen and spread pheromones
• Watch field bees do their various dances to show the bees where to get food.
• Watch pollen being unloaded into the cells.
• Watch worker bees chase drones out of the hive in Autumn.

A 3/4 depth frame (175mm high) is used at the bottom for the queen to lay in. The top frame is full depth (231mm high) and is used to store food for the colony. A stainless steel queen excluder is fitted between the 2 frames. Frames are not supplied with the SpyHive™ unless by special request. 

High quality polycarbonate panels are used to cover the beehive frames instead of glass for many very good reasons. 

• It has higher thermal insulation properties and keeps the bees warmer
• It is very hard to break for added safety in the home.
• Easy to ship the SpyHive™ worldwide without risk of breakages.
• Easy to hinge a panel for routine beehive maintenance.
• Give excellent view clarity
• The bees keep it very clean.

One polycarbonate panel has a hole with a black plug fitted. The plug can be removed for a large range of activities including:-

• Catch a nurse bee with the Soft-face Bee Clip, mark her thorax with a Bee Marker Pen, and let her go while inserted back through the hole. Her work duties can then be monitored each day for her lifetime.
• Insert a probe for a humidity meter and observe the consistency in the brood nest. (Can't be left there for long periods because the bees will cover it with propolis🙂)
• Insert a probe for a CO2 meter and watch what is best for the bees.
• Watch the bees put out alarm signals if you blow through the hole!

 The SpyHive™ comes in several options:

Wall Mount Option: 
This comes with a special bracket allowing you to mount it to the wall and swivel it 180 degrees, all while maintaining the exit for the bees to carry on there duties. This registered design allows for maximum viewing without taking up prime bench space. The bracket is designed so that you can easily shut the entrance and then remove the SpyHive™ from the bracket temporarily to go and display elsewhere. This is our most popular option and also the most secure.

Bench Mount Option: 
This is designed to sit on a bench as stationery and use flexi-hose to connect it to the outside. It comes with a pair of feet to give stability. These are packed separately and easily secured with one screw each.

ACM Hive Cover Panels:

These sturdy panels have a rubber seal and are held in place with a magnet. The rubber seals help to keep the beehive warm and the panels keep the beehive in darkness, just like their natural habitat. The inside surface of the covers is ideal for keeping diary notes with a whiteboard marker pen. Notes could include:-

• Varroa treatments
• The queen behaviour and age etc.
• Feeding
• If excess bees are removed or more bees are added
• Bee health treatments or supplements that are used.

Colour: 

The SpyHive™ is made from bee friendly untreated plywood and available in 2 colours.

1. Black painted outer frame. The inner spacer blocks are unpainted. 
2. Natural timber look with HPL plywood. The edges are sealed with food grade beeswax furniture polish.

Specifications:

• The outer plywood frame is 545mm (21.5") wide, 625mm (24.625") high, 90mm (3.5") deep. (Without the covers and wall mount.)
• The wall mount bracket is 675mm (26.625") high and 150mm (6") wide.

Included with the SpyHive™ package will be:

• White covers to insulate the hive and keep it in darkness when not being viewed.
• A thermometer probe to monitor the brood nest temperature
• 300mm of 32mm inside diameter clear tube for the entry.

An Outside Entry assembly is not included with the SpyHive™ but can be purchased here.

The Bee Harvester Kit is sold separately and can be purchased here

An instruction manual is supplied with the SpyHive™.

Complete Starter Kit for Queen Rearing – All-in-One Beekeeping Package

Everything You Need to Start Raising Queens Successfully
The Complete Starter Kit for Queen Rearing gives you all the essential tools and equipment to run a full queen-rearing programme — from cell cups and grafting gear to a Beequip 4-Way Nuc and precision marking tools. Every item is a proven, beekeeper-favourite product from Beequip NZ, built for durability and ease of use.

What’s included

• 1 × Beequip 4‑Way Nuc, Complete, dipped
• 1 × Book — Queen Bee: Biology, Rearing & Breeding
• 1 × Hambly Queen Dial
• 1 × Cloake Board
• 10 × Grafting Tool with Larvae Release
• 200 × Buzzco Lugged Queen Cell Cups (dipped in beeswax)
• 3 × Wooden Queen Cell Frame — full depth, slotted
• 6 × Aluminium Cell Bar Holder
• 10 × Technoset Queen Cages
• 1 × One‑handed Queen Marking Tool
• 1 × Queen Pipette
• 1 × Set of Queen Marking Pens (5 colours)

Why this kit?

• Complete workflow: From starter nuc to grafting, cell building and marking — all in one package.
• Compatible & field‑ready: Frames, bars and cups are matched to work together without fiddly adaptors.
• Trusted gear: Durable tools and Technoset components designed for repeat use season after season.

Tip: Add spare cell cups or marking pens to your order if you plan multiple batches.