Four colours of yarn required, directly from the pattern instructions:

• 3 oz. Main colour B
• 1/2 oz. Contrast colour A
• 1/4 oz. Contrast colour C
• 1/4 oz. Contrast colour D

Size 14 dpns: this is the old UK/Canadian size system. I believe it translates as 2.0 mm, but sources are not consistent.

Sock leg length to bottom of heel = 13 1/2 inches.

modular intarsia method unique to Beehive socks where main colour sections are decreased down to 0 sts then next colour is picked up along edges. 2nd colour is worked with increases and decreases then next colour is picked up along edges and so on.