Beekeeping Development Tanzania (BDTL) is the leading supplier of modern beekeeping equipment in Tanzania. The beekeeping equipment we manufacture and supply include: -
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BDTL has made several modifications to the Langstroth bee hive to suit local conditions:
- Reduced the frame space in the brood box by increasing an extra frame to 11 instead of standard 10, so as to prevent burr combs
- Permanently fixing the floor to the brood box so as to make handling easer especially when moving and transporting from trapping sites to stands.
- Reduced the length of the landing board to prevent bee eating birds from perching on landing board.
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Increased the space between the super frames by fitting 9 frames opposed to the standard 10 frame , so as to create and air flow reducing the heat in the bee hive.
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The queen excluder is made from galvanized wire mesh with a timber boarder. The wire mesh has very little restriction for bees moving in and out of the super/supers.
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BDTL developed the clearer board which works very efficiently clearing bees from the supers in 24 hours.
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BDTL has developed a jumbo smoker to be able to handle the African bees that requires good amount of smoke; the bellow is fitted with a return spring for efficient airflow.
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BDTL manufactures and supplies efficient bee brushes with bristles that are bee friendly.
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The 3-catcher box is made to hold 5 Langstroth brood frames; the box is made with precision making it very versatile and efficient for relocating when colonized.
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BDTL has designed a single post beehive stand which accommodates one Langstroth beehives and is honey badger proof.
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BDTL develops bee suits by carefully selecting the right material, and fitted with bee proof zips and Velcro to prevent stings from bees. The Veil is also made from a robust netting material that does not collapse thus providing good face protection, visibility and durability from rugged use.
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Our bee keeping kit consists of all the necessary equipment to handle bees in the field. The items fit into a compact knapsack bag, which accommodates all the items.
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BDTL has designed a solar wax melter which will melt honey combs harvested from top bar, traditional hives and capping from Langstroth bee hives giving a very high quality product under normal sunny conditions.
- The wax melting unit is mounted on four UV treated recycled plastic legs.
- The legs are detachable making the unit easy to transport.
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BDTL has developed two sizes of honey extractors; a 9 and a 3 frame. The extractors are made up of 50% local contents and 50% imported components from one of the largest bee keeping equipment manufacturers in Europe. The tanks are made from food grade plastic supported by a metal frame with three legs making the machine Versatile and robust.
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BDTL has designed the three frame machine to suit the small scale bee keepers operating in rural areas since it can be used as a mobile unit due to its versatility.
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BDTL has designed a versatile decapping tray that also serves as drip tray were decapped frames can be placed waiting to be extracted holding any drippings from the frames as well as the cappings.
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BDTL supplies an efficient decapping folk that can be used to decap combs in any rural processing unit.
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BDTL supplies a plastic which fits on any standard packet.
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Holding a bucket of thick honey to pour can be quite tiring. The bucket holder can do the job with ease.
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Used for opening beehives, separating the brood box from super box and lifting frames during inspection and harvesting.
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- Made of plywood and sealed with wax.
- Used for feeding bee during dry periods by putting sugar syrup.
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KTBH fitted with queen excluder
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3 frame Centrifuge Machine (in stainless steel)
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9 frame Centrifuge Machine (in stainless steel)
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4 frame Centrifuge Machine (in food grade plastic tank)
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For holding cut combs harvested from Top bar/traditional hives, the cadge Is then placed in a 3/9 frame ex tractor
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- Double Stainless steel used for straining extracted honey. The sieve is made up of 1mm eyelets and 0.5mm eyelets for final and fine straining honey.
- The sieve has adjustable handles to fit in containers with diameters of 20cm-40cm.
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- Fitted with gate valve & complete with stand (in food grade plastic).
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- Fitted with gate valve & complete with stand (in food grade plastic).
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- Fitted with gate valve & complete with stand (stainless steel tank).
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- Fitted with gate valve & complete with stand (stainless steel tank).
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- Used for final sieving of honey fits in 20litres bucket.
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- Hand held Refractometer for measuring honey moisture content.
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- BDTL032. 300grams Plastic PET Jar with lid BDTL033. 500grams Plastic PET jar with lid BDTL034. 1000gGrams Plastic PET Jar with lid.
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- BDTL035. 300grams Plastic Squeeze bottle with twist top and seal BDTL036. 500grams Plastic Squeeze bottle with twist top and seal.
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- Complete with tight fitting lid Used for honey storage.