Beekeeping

Beekeeping collection at Ark Prep Store: two painted wooden Langstroth beehives on a hive stand in a flowering backyard garden with a bee smoker and hive tool

Bees pollinate a garden, turn backyard flowers into honey and wax, and give a homestead one more source of food you produce yourself. This collection gathers the Langstroth equipment a beginner needs to get started and the parts an experienced beekeeper replaces or adds each season.

Shop complete hive kits in 8-frame and 10-frame sizes, deep brood boxes and medium honey supers, frames and wax-coated foundations, covers and bottom boards, hive stands, feeders, insulation wraps for winter, and the smoker, hive tool, jacket and gloves you will use at every inspection.

New to bees? Start with our prep guide, Backyard Beekeeping for Beginners, and the Starter Hive Checklist before you order a colony.

Unfinished wooden NuBee 10-frame Langstroth beehive with one deep box, one medium box and a metal-capped telescoping top cover

Backyard Beekeeping for Beginners

An educational starter guide to backyard beekeeping: choosing a hive spot, how a Langstroth hive is put together, 8-frame vs 10-frame, nucs vs packages, and what the beekeeping year looks like.

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Beginner beekeeping starter kit with a wooden deep hive box, smoker, hive tool, jacket with veil, gloves and hive covers

Starter Hive Checklist: What You Need Before Your First Colony

A printable checklist for your first hive: the hive parts, tools and gear, feeding supplies and fall add-ons to gather, plus a simple timeline for getting ready before your bees arrive.

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