First Shopping list

This page can serve as a checklist to help new beekeepers with placing their initial order from our beekeeping store. Items that are marked with an * can often be purchased locally at a hardware or big box store, but we also offer them for your convenience.

First, here are the bare necessities you'll need to get started:

Some non-essential items that people frequently include in their initial order are:

As you can see, we offer everything you’ll need to keep bees except for the bees themselves. You can find a couple of packaged bee suppliers on our links page. Regardless of where you’ll get your bees, get them ordered right away because they sell out fast each spring.