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USFBG first bee workshop
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January introduction class
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Introduction to bees
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frame of brood
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workers gathering pollen on a Winter day
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frame of dark honey
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another frame of dark honey
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first time around a behive
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second year beekeepers keep the hivetool in their hand
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frame of light honey
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practical work is part of every class
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Kenyan top bar hive
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Kenyan TBH comb on cover
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Kenyan TBH gap in top bars
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experience always follows presentation
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inspecting hives together
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worker with loaded pollen baskets
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new beekeepers swarm around the hive
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USFBG teaching apiary
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Carla teaching bee biology
Students from last year teach this year |
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Teaching the basics
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Februuary practicals hive inspections
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Kenyan top bar hive still growing
Added a few bars as they build out for Spring |
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hive kits ready to pass out
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one instructor for every table of two
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new beekeepers assembling hives
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one inch cypress box joints
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I can see the bees now!
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checking joint fit before glue and nailing
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rabbet joint supers
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glueing and screwing supers together
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deep and medium cypress supers
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box joint super puzzles
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nailing rabbet supers
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glue the joints before nailing
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assembled rabbet joint super
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use ten nails per frame
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The family that frames together . . .
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tight Dadant frames
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Dadant frames are tight
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glueing frames together
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assembling migratory covers
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inserting Pierco foundation after frame assembly
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screened bottom boards
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assembling migratory cover
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assembling screened bottom boards
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assembling screened bottom boards
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happy beekeepers sharing hive construction
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air nailers for frame assembly
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air nailers speed assembly
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final hive building workshop in March
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queen cell on green Pierco drone frame, someone should have told the bees it is a drone frame
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put the hives on new hive stands
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brood in the top bar hive
This hive has already cast one swarm. |
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top bar hive queen
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queen cell in top bar hive
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start of queen cell in top bar hive
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2 new beekeepers watching their new hive
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hive after 6 frames removed, replaced with new frames
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new bekeepers waiting anxiously
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brace comb on cover of hive
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brood frames checked for queen and content
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brood frames checked for queen and content
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nearly empty bee package
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artfully painted new hive
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top cover feeder
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experienced helpers ready to make splits
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bees and beekeepers
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new beekeepers
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5 frame nucs ready to transfer to new beekeepers' hives
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cypress hive of package bees
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queen bank with 35 queens
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State inspector registering new beekeepers
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helper making splits
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new beekeepers waiting for bees
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10 frame and 5 frame hives waiting to make splits for new beekeepers
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3 lb package of bees
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10 frames will be split into 2 and 3 new hives
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teaching while working
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anxious new beekeepers
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bee coming in to land
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beekeepers to be waiting
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bees waiting to be adopted
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brushing more bees into hive
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covering the new hive
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drawn comb improves acceptance
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eager new beekeepers
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empty queen cage
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a fair hive to make splits, bees slightly crowded
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finding the best frames
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finding queens on frames
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a frame of brood improves package acceptance and provides a 3 week head start
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frames and more frames
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good frame for split
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hivetool in hand
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just checking brood frames
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new beekeepers lined up for first hive
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nice frames for splits
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least stressful option is place package in hive
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pouring bees into hive
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set up hive, pry cover off package
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check and pry glued frames off cover
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looking for queens
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remove queen cage from package
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remove syrup can
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shake bees in the hive
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shake more bees in
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smoke entrance then smoke cover
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smoking busy apiary
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spray foundation with sugar to promote acceptance
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spray foundation with sugar to promote acceptance
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volunteers making splits
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new beekeepers waiting for bees
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10 day old frame of brood
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5 days of honey
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larvae after 5 days
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brood after 10 days
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drone and queen cells
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emergency queen cells
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queens were taken for other hives, queen cell
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queen cells after making splits
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short queen cells
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queen cells after split
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made more splits in June
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98 hives were sent home with new beekeepers this year
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