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Here is a list of
items that we carry at Better Bee Supplies. Please phone for current
pricing on items listed. Prices subject to change without notice.
Better Bee Supplies
(Prices Subject to Change without notice, Please call the shop for
current pricing.)
Beekeepers are responsible for
registering their own bees and complying with the Ontario Bees Act.
Beginner ’s
Kit:
Beginner ’s
Kit to start one colony of bees. Ideal for housing the new nuc. Each
kit contains: One Standard Grade 9 5/8”
Pine Hive Body, One Telescoping Hive Cover, One Inner Cover, One
Hive Floor, One Entrance Reducer, 10 Standard Langstroth Frames, and
10 sheets of Crimp Wire Foundation. Prices are for unassembled
goods. Bees are not included. ( Super Combo Kit below is recommended
as bee colony expands.)
Super Combo Kit:
Two 6 5/8 ”
Standard Grade 6 5/8”
Supers. 20 Self-spacing 6 ¼”
frames. 20 sheets fo Crimp Wire Beeswax foundation, and 1 plastic
queen excluder.
Bee Smokers:
4 x 7 Dadant Stainless Steel
Smoker, no shield
4 x 7 Dadant Stainless Steel Smoker
with wire cage
4 x 10 Dadant Stainless Steel
Smoker with wire cage
Smoker Fuel (produces lots of cool
smoke)
Replacement 4 bolt bellows for
above smokers
Hive Tools
10 ”
Hive Tool
Hook End Hive Tool
Frame Cleaner
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Nails and Crating Staples:
¾ ”
x 18 gauge coated nails
1 ¼ ”
x 17 gauge coated nails
2 ”
or 2 ½”
coated nails for Supers
Crating Staples coppered
Queen Rearing Equipment:
Queen Rearing System (with cage for
queen to lay eggs, no grafting)
Cream Cell Holders (pack of 10,
will fit Nicot system)
Queen Cage Rollers (pack of 10)
Plastic Queen Cell Cups (100
Chinese Grafting Tool
Plastic Queen Catcher
Queen Marking Pen
Queen Marking Tube with Plunger
Queen Introduction Cage Plastic
(presses directly onto comb)
Honey Gates:
1 ½ ”
Plastic Scissor Honey Gate
Thumb screw replacement for above
Nut only for above gate
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Foundation : 100% Pure Beeswax
Crimp wire : sizes 8 ½ ”x
16 ¾” or 5 5/8”
x 16 ¾” or 4 ¾”
x 16 ¾”
Plain Medium Brood Foundation: 8 ½ ”
x 16 ¾”
Thin Light Cut Comb Foundation for Comb Honey
Production:
5 5/8 ”
x 16 ¾” or 4 ¾”
x 16 ¾” or 3 7/8”
x 16 ¾”
Plasticell Plastic Wax Coated Sheets:
8 ½ ”
x 16 ¾” 5 ½”
x 16 ¾”
1
Plastiframe - 1 piece plastic frame and foundation
coated:
9 1/8 ”
x 17 5/8”
6 ¼”
x 17 5/8”
1
to 99
Green Drone Frames ( for
non chemical control of Varroa mites)
1piece plastic frame and foundation
9 1/8 ”
Frame Rests:
Plain L Shaped frame rests
9 Space Frame Rests
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Hive Bodies, Supers & Shallow Supers:
Pine, bored, dovetail construction
9 5/8 ”
Standard Deep Hive Bodies for Brood or honey , Commercial Grade
6 5/8 ”
Shallow Supers, Commercial Grade
Frames:
Finest cut Pine with grooved bottom and wedge top,
self-spacing
3 sizes : 9 1/8 ”
x17 5/8” or 6 ¼”
x 17 5/8” or 5 5/8”
x 17 5/8”
Feeders:
Plastic Boardman Base Only
Wood and Metal Boardman Base Only
Wooden Hive Top Feeder
Styrofoam Hive Top Feeder ( Does
not leak)
Division Board Feeder
Bee Escapes:
Convention Plastic Bee Escape to
use with inner cover or board
Triangle Bee Escape Board
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Hive Components:
Telescoping Hive Cover - Metal
Cover on wood and plywood frame
Hive Floor - Reversible
Inner Covers, plywood with one hole
Utility Hive Stand - Pine
Replacement Metal Pan Only for
Telescoping Hive Cover
Wood entrance reducers
Wood Rim Queen Excluder
Metal Bound Queen Excluder
Plastic Queen Excluders
Winter Cozy Wrap
Varroa Screen Bottom with tray -
fits on bottom board
Tools to Make the Job Easier:
Bee Brush (soft bristle)
Frame Grips (metal) 2 styles
Eyelets for frames
Eyelet Punch
1 lb. Roll tinned frame wire
5 lb. Roll tinned frame wire
Spur imbedder for imbedding wire
into the wax
Frame Holder (for hanging frame on
outside of hive
Cappings Scratcher
Master Electric Uncapping Knife
Control Box Electric Uncapping
Knife
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Books and Publications:
1st Lessons in
Beekeeping …
Dadant Publication
The Hive and the Honey Bee
…Dadant
New Edition
ABC and XYZ of Beekeeping 40th
Edition …Root
Super Formulas
…White…(make
soaps and salves and everything else
Contemporary Queen Rearing
…
Dadant
Honey Bee Study Prints Set of 12
with description of photo on the back
Life Cycle Bee Poster
A Beekeeper ’s
Year Poster
Odds
and Ends:
Atago Hand Held Refract meter
(limited to existing stock)
Drum Liners
Drum Gaskets
Bee my Honey Note Pad
Lip Balm
Honey Candy pack (½ lb.)
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Labels:
Small Oval Labels
“Pure Honey, Net wt.”
3 designs
Large Oval Labels
“Pure Honey, Net wt.”
3 designs
Pressure sensitive Triangle label
small
Pressure sensitive Triangle label
large
100% Ontario Honey Label (OBA)
including nutrition chart 100 labels
Nutrition Facts label
…250
labels
Drugs and Chemicals for Bees:
(Only drugs and chemicals that are
legally registered and labelled
for bee use can in Ontario can be
sold, )
24 gm. Fumagilin B for treatment of
Nosema
96 gm Fumagilin B for treatment of
Nosema
454gm Fumagilin B for treatment of
Nosema
Oxytet 25 S 454gm package
Apistan strips for Varroa Control
Checkmite Strips for Varroa Control
Brood Builder (pollen substitute)
moist patty formula (just add water or dry feed)
Protective Clothing:
Square Folding Bee Veil
Tulle Veil, netting, no wire mesh
Round veil with firm wire
Dadant Hooded Full Suits
Dadant Hooded Jackets
Replacement Hood for above suits
Leather Gloves
Leather Ventilated Gloves
White Plastic Helmet
Ventilated Fiber Helmet
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Glass Containers: includes metal twist closures.
Please call the office for current
glass and resin prices.
125 ml round universal jars (12 per
case)
250 ml tall jars (12 per case)
375 ml tall jars (12 per case)
750 ml tall jars (12 per case)
250 ml short wide mouth jars (12
per case)
375 ml short wide mouth jars (12
per case)
Printed Plastic Honey Tubs: (Blue design) Tubs and
lids
500gm, 1kg and 2 kg
Heavy White Plastic Pails with lids and handles:
2 kg. plain pail, 3 kg. plain pail
, 5 kg. plain pail
7 kg. plain pail, 15 kg. plain pail
,
30 kg. plain pail
Specialty Containers:
Small Plastic Bears
Papa Bears 2lb.US
Cut Comb Trays
500gm Plastic squeeze skeps
Extra Caps and Lids for Container:
Snap Caps or Bear Lids, 48 mm twist
lids, 63 mm twist lids, 53 mm twist lids,
70mm twist lids , 82mm twist lids
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Honey Bottlers:
70 lb. Plastic Honey Bottling
Bucket with honey gate
100 lb. Heated Bottling Tank
Stainless Steel
300 lb. Heated Bottling Tank
Stainless Steel
Optional Thermometer for above
Optional Stirring System for above
tank
850 lb. Heated Dadant Bottling Tank
Optional Stirring Systemfor above
Capping Tanks & Optional Equipment:
Plastic Uncapping Tank
36 ”
Stainless Steel Uncapping Tank
Stainless Steel Capping Baskets for
above (pair)
Liquifier Grid and Heater for above
Wax Melters:
Solar Wax Melter (unassembled) does
not include glass
Mini Melter (Water Jacket)
Elecromelt with water jacket
Honey Filters:
#80 Mesh Nylon Strainer cloth per
yard
Mesh Nylon Strainer Bag
Plastic Strainer
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Stainless Steel Honey Tanks: (No lead)
175 lb. tank without cover, gate
included
300 lb. tank without cover,
600 lb. tank
1000 lb. tank
1920 lb. tank
3600 lb. tank
Stainless Steel Covers for Above:
175 lb. tank cover with plastic
handle
300 lb. tank cover
600 lb. tank cover
1000 lb. tank cover
Strainer Screens for Stainless Steel Tanks:
Perforated aluminium in a stainless
frame, hooks over the tank rim
14 ”
Screen to fit 175 lb. tank
18 ”
Screen to fit 300 lb. tank
24 ”
Screen to fit 600 lb. tank
30 ”
Screen to fit 1000 lb. tank
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Honey Pantry Dispensing Tanks:
7 ½ Gallon Stainless Tank
10 ½ Gallon Stainless Tank
Optional Heating for the above
¾ ”
Thin Liquid Valve
1 ”
Brass Bottling Valve
Clarifier and Pump Control Tanks:
Pump Control Strainer
1 ½ ”
Honey Pump
Controller I Honey System
40 ”
Honey Tank Scraper
Honey Extractors:
2 Frame Junior Bench Extractor
Stainless Steel, Hand Operated
Stainless Stand for above
4 Frame Little Wonder Hand Operated
Extractor, Stainless Steel
4 Frame Little Wonder Power
Extractor, Stainless Steel
Stainless Steel Stand for the above
6-12 Frame Radial Power Extractor
Stainless Steel Stand for the above
Ranger Shallow Frame Hand
Extractor, holds 6 shallow frames
Ranger Shallow Frame Power
Extractor, holds 6 shallow frames
Conversion Baskets for above to
convert to full size frames
20 Frame Dadant Stainless Steel
Power Extractor
60 Frame Smooth Reel Dadant
Extractor
(Please allow 6 to 8 weeks delivery time for
larger ordered items that are not in stock)
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Nucs and Queens: ( Sold out for 2011)
We have a limited number of
Quality Ontario ’s
Own Nucs available for the spring. (We
have been supplying Ontario nucs since the late 1980’s.)
Be sure to order early as we have sold out for the
past number of years. A Non refundable deposit of $50.00 is
required per each nuc to confirm every order. All nucs have gone
through inspection and follow regulatory guidelines. Early offshore
queens are also available as well as Canadian Queens later in the
season. Again order early! Deposits required. All bees to be picked
up at our Cambridge location.
Candle
Craft Sheets & Candle Making Supplies
Coloured or Natural Beeswax sheets
for crafting 100% Beeswax per sheet
20 ft wick for above #2/0
Finely Filtered Beeswax per lb.
(Please call the office for current
market conditions)
Assorted rubber molds . Assorted
rolls of candle wicks from #5/0 to #8 square braided for beeswax.
Terms & Conditions:
Our catalogue is issued as a
service to beekeepers. Our prices are subject to change without
notice. All items are subject to availability. Please call the
office if you have questions regarding Stock items and current
pricing.
Please note that a 15% restocking
Charge will be added to all approved returns, except defective
goods, where this does not apply. An exchange or replacement will be
issued where possible.
Beekeepers are responsible for
registering their own bees and complying with the Ontario Bees Act.
Thanks for your patronage! We value you as our customer. Your
comments and suggestions are important to us!
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