Beekeeping Class

Deb says: Our teacher!

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Deb says: Talking about what we want to learn.

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Deb says: And a little about ourselves.

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Deb says: First we learned about the hive and the bees using this sample hive.

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Deb says: The sample hive has trays in it so we could see how they look before bees.

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Deb says: The trays are evenly spaced about a finger width apart.

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Deb says: Some of the trays had pictures on them to teach us what we were looking at.

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Deb says: We put on bee suits and learned about the smoker.

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Deb says: Examining entrance activity.

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Deb says: watching guard bees.

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Deb says: A special tool is required to lift out a tray.

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Deb says: After the tray is loosened, the beekeeper can lift it out. Yes, we were covered from head to to to but our beekeeper was bare handed.

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Deb says: Our first look at a tray with bees and honey.

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Deb says: Each tray has a core of larvae surrounded by an arc of honey and pollen.

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Deb says: identifying the queen. She lays 2,000 eggs a day for 5 years.

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Deb says: worker bees feed the larvae and then seal them into their cells. When the larvae mature they eat their way out of their cell.

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Deb says: Here we are looking for larvae--some before being "capped" into their cell and some cells capped.

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Deb says: Learning to identify drones.

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