Hive Collection (page 6)

Edward Baruch Blaker, beekeeper, 1911 (1) Date: 1911

The Bee Hive House, Salt Lake City

Beekeeping
Hans Hermigk, About Beekeeping, Denmark. 1649. Date: 1649

Beehive and Bees
Bees buzzing round a hive. Date: 1817

Diderot Hives
Various hives and other apicultural appliances Date: circa 1760

Various Insects
Butterflies and other insects, also a man-made beehive. Date: circa 1880

Bee keeping, mobile beehives on trailer in old Saxon village, Crit, Transylvania, Romania, october

Western Honey Bees using entrance to hive

Beekeeper inspecting Worker honey bees tending larva cells from the brood box part of the hive

Using a smoker over the open brood box part of the bee hive and exposed wax frames to pacify the honey bees, wood chipping and paper are used to make the smoke

Honey bee hive wax frames, furthest has a new wax foundation, next is a wax frame that is being reused after honey has been removed, nearest is a natural bees wax comb

Removing sacrificial natural cells made by the workers which hang from the brood frame

A queen cell on the side of brood frame with worker bees

Worker bees examine bee with pollen on its legs, they are on the metal barrier used to stop the queen bee from moving from the brood frames to the super frames

The queen bee marked with a white dot is laying eggs in queen cups. A virgin queen will develop from a fertilized egg. The young queen larva develops differently because it is more heavily fed royal

Removing some larva from the brood comb to see if any disease or parasites are present in the hive

Pointing out a new honey bee queen cell on the brood frame

Beekeeper looking at a super frame which contain mainly honey. The two sacrificial natural cells hanging from the main frame are made by the workers and may be removed by the beekeeper

A barrier is placed between the brood frames in the lower part of the hive and the upper super frames. This stops the queen from moving between them but not the workers

Bee keeping, beehives in orchard of old Saxon village, Crit, Transylvania, Romania, october

Stone bee shelter containing 33 boles built in mid 19th century to house straw bee skeps, The Bee Shelter, Hartpury Church, Hartpury, Gloucestershire, England, june

Examining a new wax foundation frame from the brood box part of the hive, bees have already started to make the comb ready for larva or honey. Note the smoker on the side of the hive frame

Worker bee fanning either air for ventilation or pheromones around the hive

Beekeeper looking for the queen bee on the brood frame

Pointing out a newly emerging worker honey bee on the brood frame

Newly layed eggs in queen cups. A virgin queen will develop from a fertilized egg. The young queen larva develops differently because it is more heavily fed royal jelly

Beekeeper inspecting brood frame which shows Worker honey bees tending larva cells

Worker bees tending larva and honey/nectar cells in the brood frame part of the hive

Beekeeper opening brood box part of the hive to expose the wax frames

Tree Wasp hive

Using a smoker at the bee hive entrance to brood box to pacify the honey bees, wood chipping and paper are used to make the smoke

After the honey has been spun from the comb its filtered through two filters into the storage drum, filtering removes any unwanted debris from the spinning process

Looking into the spinning drum after the honey comb frames have been removing, showing the newly spun runny honey

Examining the new comb from the brood box for possible problems such as parasites

The honey comb frames are placed into a spinning drum and then spun at high speed to separate the honey from the comb

A cluster of queen cells on the sacrificial natural cells made by the workers which hang from the brood frame

Worker bees on honey/nectar cells

Worker bees tending drone and honey/nectar cells in the brood frame part of the hive

Western Honey bee hives showing the different sections with will contain honey and the larva of the bee colony. The biggest box is called the brood box and will contain a queen

Bee keeping, beekeeper examing frame, amongst hives in old Saxon village, Mesendorf, Transylvania, Romania, october

Bee keeping, Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) workers, on honey filled frame from hive, Suffolk, England, september

Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) adult, feeding, robbing honey on comb from open hive, Norfolk, England, july

Bee keeping, beekeeper inspecting Western Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) on frame from hive, Norfolk, England, july

Bee keeping, beekeeper removing unwanted cells from frame, Norfolk, England, july

Bee keeping, beekeeper amongst hives in old Saxon village, Mesendorf, Transylvania, Romania, october

Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) female workers, on frames with combs inside hive, Norfolk, England, july

Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) female worker, on comb with honey inside hive, Norfolk, England, july

Hornet nest attatched to the trunk of a tree. Hornets are social wasps. A queen hornet starts a colony by pasting pieces of chewed bark together to form a cell

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