How to Use a 10-Frame Assembly Jig

Bees help pollinate flowers, which is necessary for the survival and proliferation of your garden. Without these helpful insects pollination of certain plants wouldn't occur and the plants would eventually die out. Keeping a bee hive eliminates this problem and provides additional benefits, such as honey, for your enjoyment. Use a 10-frame assembly jig to house the bees and provide them a safe place to grow and prosper.

Things You'll Need

  • Bees
  • Beekeeper's suit
  • Spray bottle
  • Simple syrup
  • Bee smoker
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Instructions

    • 1

      Set up the 10-frame assembly jig in an area of your property that is not near your house or animals. The jig comes with instructions, but includes pieces that are stacked on top of each other to form a tower where the bees can make their home.

    • 2

      Purchase bees that are made for bee-keeping, meaning that they are not aggressive and do not have any problems that will affect other insects, plants or animals on your property. Talk to other people who keep bee hives to find out about good places to purchase your bees.

    • 3

      Put simple syrup, which is half sugar and half water, into a spray bottle. Spray the container that the bees came in. This works as a type of a relaxant as the bees will consume the sugar water and become tired and lethargic. This is what you want when moving them into the 10-frame jig assembly.

    • 4

      Place simple syrup in the feeder in the 10-frame jig assembly. Put on your beekeeper's suit that includes a veil and gloves. Spray the bees with smoke.

    • 5

      Remove the queen cage from the bees and place it into the middle of the 10-frame assembly jig. Place the rest of the bees into the jig by pouring them in and quickly replacing the cover at the top.

    • 6

      Fill the feeder with simple syrup as needed for the next few days. After two weeks you should begin to see honey combs which means that the queen has laid eggs.