IIA Flashcards
This equipment calms the bees
Smoker
A tool used to attach the wire to wax foundation in frame
Spur Wire Embedder or Electric Wire Embedder
A tool used for removing bees from combs, clothing, frames and other hive parts
Bee Brush
It is used to tie combs to the frames
Cotton String
It is used to cut comb when collecting colonies and harvesting honey
Pocket Knife
A knife with sharp blade and heated by steam, hot water or electricity to remove capping from combs before extracting honey
Uncapping knife
Thin layers of wax that bees use to close cells containing brood of honey
Capping
An equipment for collecting pollen from bees, contains fine screen which scrapes bee’s hind legs
Pollen Trap
It is used to melt and process harvested beeswax
Solar Wax Melter
It removes honey from the comb
Honey Extractor
Consists of 1 1/2 or 2 frames glass slides for watching activities of bees, especially queen bee
Observation Hive
A special kind of needle used to transfer young larvae from worker cells to queen cells individually
Grafting Needle
