http://www.honeybeesuite.com/twenty-five-holiday-trinkets-for-beekeepers/
What I would add to her list:
- A box of Ziploc sandwich bags: great for carrying wax scrapings, etc. back from the beehive
- Rubber bands - the giant kind - for holding comb into frames that is catty-whumpus and you want to straighten out.
- Bee Christmas ornaments - I now have a small collection, the latest of which is a metal honeybee that my sister bought for me at a craft fair
- Molds for soap, lotion bars, or candles
- an 8"square baking pan - if you enter wax blocks in honey contests, you can never have enough of these since you almost need to use a new one each time
- Permanent magic markers - innumerable uses
- Bee related magnets for your car
- Any bee item from Etsy
- Small jars of someone else's honey - always fun to taste and compare - although most beekeepers will always think their own is the best
- A subscription to a bee magazine
- A propane grill lighter - great for lighting smokers
- A honeybee cookie cutter
I second Rusty's suggestion for hive tools. One can never have too many, and it's nice to get a new one that's not all propolized.
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