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The Oliver drone trap frame. Stephanie loading new trap frames. We tested 300 last year. Inserting a trap frame in the almonds for an early start. Drone trap frame at four weeks—honey at top, drone brood below. Cutting out the drone comb with a hive tool. Reinserting the frame for the next round of trapping. The bees will quickly build new comb on the remaining wax. The whole process takes only 15 seconds! Trap frames set to edge of brood chamber for comb honey production in bottom half. Pure beeswax extracted from cut out drone combs. Less than an ounce per comb, but this wax can be sold at a premium, as it is comp...

  The honey of Bohemia       The rural landscape of Maramures attests to the mountain civilization of northern Romania, with its wooden churches, its deep forest. Here, time seems to have stopped and farming is still like that of Western Europe before mechanization.         Bee-Romania03 Since the beginning of migratory apiculture, the Romanian beekeepers have taken to the custom of installing their hives on the trailers, which they call the “lodge”.   Bee-Romania04 The comings and goings of the bees at the entrance to their h...

  LES001 At the end of a hot day, bees cluster to regulate the temperature inside the hive.     LES002 Various techniques are used to recover swarms depending on where they have settled. Under roof tiles, a vacuum cleaner fitted with a box is often the best solution. When the swarm is accessible, a hive need merely be placed below it, and then the swarm made to fall into the box. These operations require a level head, a steady hand, and an excellent understanding of bees.   LES003 Various techniques are used to recover swarms depending on where th...

Almond bee migration     Bee-USA-Migration01 At Bob Harvey’s apiary in West Palm Beach, Florida: preparation of the hives and an inspection to detect the presences of ants on the hive’s pallets. Insecticide was sprayed on the ground fifteen day ago and the pallets cleaned with a high-pressure water cleaner.   Bee-USA-Migration02 At Bob Harvey’s apiary in West Palm Beach, Florida, the team of scientists from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture carries out a sampling of bees and larvae and installs the measuring instruments for monitoring thermal and hydrometric variations inside the 12 hives...

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Separating the terminal abdominal segments     The intestine and a large, shapeless, clear poison sac are exposed. Among this is the spermatheca, a white, spherical structure, about 1 mm in diameter. This will appear whitish and rough in texture, due to a covering net of trachea.   Teasing out the spermatheca   Tease the spermatheca out of the body cavity with your thumbnail. Gently roll the spermatheca between your fingers to remove the tracheal net. This will collapse in a small separated white mass. The color shade and density of the spermatheca indicates th...

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  LAPI001 An apiary in Isère in autumn.     LAPI002 A traditional covered apiary in the Val d’Abondance protects the hives from bad weather.     LAPI003 A beekeeper opens the hive to gather cells built by the bees outside the frame.     LAPI004 A queen-breeding apiary in springtime.   LAPI005 To impress crowds, some beekeepers will wear an impressive bee beard. There is a trick. The apiculturist pla...

  LVR001 Near a pond’s edge, a water-carrier bee collects the precious liquid.     LVR002 Near a pond’s edge, a water-carrier bee collects the precious liquid.   LVR003 A group of about 100 bees comes to get water on common water-crowfoot flowers. On hot days when the wind dries the vegetation, foragers play water carriers and fly back and forth to hydrate thirsty workers.   LVR004 Foragers approaching their hive in a colza field.   The bee's muscles allow it to f...

  LR001 Two nurse bees watch over a queen larva in its cell.       LR002 Frontal view of a queen alone on a capped brood comb. The cells and the nymphs they contain have been sealed by workers for the final transformation to occur.     LR003 The nurse bees watch over two queen cells. These acorn-shaped alveoli are larger than the others, have a pointed tip at their base, and stand out from the perfect regularity of the comb frame.   ...

  ABV001 A honey harvest in 14th arrondissement of Paris, in the garden of the Visitandines Sisters private hospital.       ABV002 A honey harvest in 14th arrondissement of Paris, in the garden of the Visitandines Sisters private hospital.   ABV004 In Valenton, Val de Marne, France, a garderner-apiculturist in the garden of association "Le Jardin du Cheminot" opens a beehive, a cliché of traditional beekeeping.   ABV005 A beekeeper in a glass cage opens a hive and ...

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