Supply Resource List
Listed below are some of the tools used in the NY Bee Wellness workshops. If you or your group would like to teach your own workshops, I hope this list is helpful.
Home Science Tools, homesciencetools.com
Standard, inexpensive lab supplies for school use;
CE-WASHBTL Wash bottle, 250 ml
CE-MORTAR Mortar and pestle, 80 ml
CE-DROPPER Pipet (medicine dropper)
CE-TTBSB30 Giant Test Tubes (Baby Soda Bottles), pack of 30
CE-CORPK09 Corks, No. 9, 10 pack
GS-GLOVNLG Gloves, nitrile, size large, 50 pairs
DE-SCHAND4 Scalpel handle, #4, stainless
DE-SC22BLD Scalpel blades, #22, 10 pack
DE-SCASAFE Safety Scalpel Blade Remover Box
BE-INSPSS0 Insect pins, size 0, stainless steel
DE-FORCEP Forceps, stainless steel
BE-PETRI20 Petri dishes, plastic, 20/pk
DE-SCISIRS Scissors, iris, fine sharp tip
DE-FORCUR Forceps, curved tip
New Neubauer Hemacytometer Blood Cell Counting Chamber ; available on Ebay
The cell counting grid is very faint, so the microscope needs to be turned down.
Typical, quality hemocytometers can range from 150.00-285.00 online.
VITA American & European Foulbrood Diagnostic Kits ( M00133, M00134) are available at Dadant; Quantity discounts are available; these kits are reliable; Instructions on use of kits (link)
Dollar stores are good for buckets, measuring cups & spoons
A Field Guide to Honey Bees and Their Maladies (AGRS-116), is available online in PDF; copies available at:
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, Publication Distribution Center
814-865-6713
Resources
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Home Science Tools
Standard, inexpensive lab supplies for school use;
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AFB Diagnostic Test Kit
The Vita American foulbrood (AFB) Diagnostic Test Kit enables beekeepers and bee inspectors to test for AFB in honeybee larvae and to obtain the results immediately and easily in the apiary.
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Field Guide - Penn State
An excellent PDF version of the guide. All students will receive this book at the workshop. Please read thoroughly.
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, Publication Distribution Center 814-865-6713