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Habitat kits and merch Start with forage, water, and a skip-the-spray tool. Hive woodenware sits later for people who want a colony. Merch prints Welcome to the City Bee-autiful! Each Get this link opens an Amazon search or listing. If you buy through these links, Orlando Bee Company may earn a commission.
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Habitat · water
Shallow water the Good Neighbor Guidelines wants water on the same ground as the forage, so bees do not commute to a neighbor's pool. A shallow dish with stones is enough. Search a bee waterer or a birdbath with landing rocks.
Band $10 to $30
Why A drink they can land on
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Habitat · spray
Skip-the-spray kit A yard that blooms and then gets a broadcast insecticide is a trap. Search hand weeding tools and insect soap labeled for the job. Product labels stay on the bottle. UF/IFAS pesticide-and-bee papers stay on the habitat page.
Band $8 to $22
Why Leave the flowers standing
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Hive · honey box
Medium super the Florida Beekeeping Management Calendar puts surplus nectar in March through May for the central band. Add a medium super when seven of ten frames are drawn. An empty super in August is another room to defend.
Band $40 to $80
Why After the brood nest is full
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Hive · box
Little Giant 10-frame deluxe beginner hive kit An assembled Langstroth stack plus gloves, veil, smoker, and a hive tool. Bees sold separately. Register the colony with FDACS after it arrives.
Band $280 to $320
Why A first stack
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Hive · box
Little Giant 10-frame beginner hive kit Two assembled starter kits. Buy this only if you are running two boxes. One colony is enough for a first year.
Band $500 to $650
Why A first stack
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Hive · box
Gold Standard 10-frame assembled hive starter kit Two deeps and a medium super. Add the super when seven of ten frames are drawn. Bees not included.
Band $350 to $500
Why A first stack
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Hive · box
Valley Bee Supply 10-frame hive kit with jacket and tools Unassembled deep. You build it. Jacket and gloves in the same box. Buy this if you want the stack cheaper and you have an afternoon.
Band $250 to $400
Why A first stack
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Hive · box
Jumbl 30-piece 10-frame beekeeping starter set Frames and gear, not a full box. A queen excluder is optional in Florida. Frames first if the woodenware is already on the stand.
Band $150 to $250
Why A first stack
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Tools · suit
Brushy Mountain beginner kit with goatskin gloves and hatless veil Assembled woodenware plus a veil and goatskin gloves. Veil before the lid. The smoker is the last thing you light, not the first thing you buy.
Band $250 to $400
Why Veil before the lid
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Tools · suit
REGIVA jacket Jacket, veil, gloves, smoker. No hive boxes. Buy this if the stack is already on the stand and you still open it in a t-shirt.
Band $80 to $130
Why Veil before the lid
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Tools · kit
BEEXTM 8-piece smoker A smoker and a J-hook in one kit. Skip the uncapping fork until you actually pull honey.
Band $35 to $55
Why Open the box
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Tools · kit
Stainless J-hook hive tool One J-hook. Frame lifter and scraper. Buy this instead of a 10-piece kit if the smoker already exists.
Band $10 to $18
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Tools · kit
10-in-1 smoker Another smoker kit with extras. Skip it if you already have the BEEXTM or the J-hook.
Band $30 to $50
Why Open the box
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Tools · kit
8-piece stainless smoker and hive tool kit Same smoker-kit job. The listing names an entrance feeder. One smoker kit is enough.
Band $25 to $45
Why Open the box
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Habitat · plant
Florida and Gulf Coast wildflower mix A 1-gram Florida and Gulf Coast mix. Food before a box. Florida Honey Bee Plants names plants. This packet is a start, not a pasture.
Band $5 to $12
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Habitat · plant
Florida Tropics honey bee pasture blend Clover-heavy pasture written for southern Florida. Larger than the 1-gram mix. Sow this if you have ground, not a balcony dish.
Band $25 to $45
Why Food before a box
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Habitat · plant
Nature's Seed southern subtropics honey bee pasture Clover and wildflower pasture listed for northern and central Florida. That is the Orlando band.
Band $20 to $40
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Habitat · plant
Nature's Seed southern subtropics honey bee pasture Larger bag of the same southern subtropics mix. Buy this if the smaller bag is already down.
Band $35 to $60
Why Food before a box
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Merch · shirt
STARCOVE Save the Bees graphic tee A hive-and-flower tee. Cotton. Merch, not woodenware.
Band $15 to $25
Why The line on a chest
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Merch · shirt
Jimmo Designs Bee Lovers Save the Bees tee Jimmo bee-and-flowers tee. Same merch job as the STARCOVE. One shirt is enough.
Band $15 to $25
Why The line on a chest
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Merch · shirt
Save the Bees awareness novelty tee A third Save the Bees tee. Skip it if you already picked a shirt.
Band $15 to $25
Why The line on a chest
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Merch · mug
CafePress Bee Happy 11 oz ceramic mug An 11 oz Bee Happy mug. Dishwasher top-rack. Desk color, not a hive tool.
Band $14 to $18
Why Desk color
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Merch · sticker
JM Vinyl 1879 Quinby's Bee-Keeping sticker A vintage-look vinyl decal. Small, loud, yellow. Not a hive label.
Band $5 to $10
Why Small, loud, yellow
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Merch · magnet
Bee-shaped magnetic fridge storage box A bee-shaped fridge box magnet. Search. The City Bee-autiful line lives on merch art, not on this SKU.
Band $8 to $12
Why The cheap-to-ship first merch
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Merch · tote
InterestPrint honeycomb bee canvas tote A 14-inch honeycomb bee tote. A bag that reads as a bee. Not a hive strap.
Band $15 to $22
Why A bag that reads as a bee
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Merch · tote
Honey bee summer flowers canvas tote A larger grocery tote, about 15 by 20. Zip pocket. Same merch job as the honeycomb tote, bigger.
Band $15 to $25
Why A bag that reads as a bee
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Merch · kids
Manhattan Toy Winkel Bee rattle and teether Bee-centered Winkel loops for infants. Not a kids tee.
Band $12 to $20
Why Name the insect
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Read · specimen
Real Bug acrylic honeybee life cycle block Resin block with honeybee stages plus comb, pollen, honey, and wax samples. Classroom specimen, not a hive.
Band $25 to $40
Why Stages you can hold
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Habitat · kit
Habitat starter Florida and Gulf Coast seed plus a southern pasture blend. Plant what Florida Honey Bee Plants lists for this band. Get this kit adds the live rows to an Amazon cart you confirm.
Band $30 to $90
Why Food before a box
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Hive · kit
First-hive woodenware A 10-frame deluxe starter plus a J-hook. Optional. Habitat work does not require one. Get this kit opens Amazon's confirm-add page.
Band $280 to $340
Why One stack and a tool
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Merch · pack
City Bee-autiful pack A bee tee, a mug printed in the USA, and a vinyl sticker. Print the badge if you want the same line on the fridge.
Band $30 to $55
Why Shirt, mug, sticker
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Hive parts as a glossary live on the hive stack . Extension papers live on guides .
Sources behind the kits Florida Honey Bee Plants Welcome to the Apiary Using Nucs in Beekeeping Operations Good Neighbor Guidelines Preserving Woodenware in Beekeeping Operations Differences Between European and African Honey Bees Choosing the Right Pest Control Operator for Honey Bee Removal Common Viruses of Florida Honey Bees Varroa destructor How to Quantify Varroa destructor How to Dissect Honey Bees to Detect Tracheal Mites Honey Bee Tracheal Mite Bottling, Labeling, and Selling Honey in Florida Best Management Practices for Live Bee Removals in Florida Theft, Vandalism, and Other Related Crime in the Beekeeping Industry Living with the African Honey Bee Bee-Proofing for Florida Citizens European Honey Bee African Honey Bee Read the habitat page Plant, water, and spray, before anyone buys a box.
