The BackYardHive Tool list is fairly simple:
Bee Suit (see
discussion below)
Smoker (see
discussion below)
Hive Tool
We sell a customized Hive Tool which
Bees are not included with your purchase of a BackYard hive.
There are four ways to get bees: you can buy a nucleus (a “nuc”), you can buy a
package of bees, or you can get on a swarm list a
... are several contrasting view points
concerning swarming. One is that swarming is to be avoided at any cost.
Economics is the main motivation here; in a commercial setting, having half of
the bees ...