Inside the World of Beekeeping

Honey harvesting

Removing full honey super
Placing the bee escape
Placing the bee escape
Sealing up with canvas inner cover
Sealing up with painter’s tape
Sealing up with painter’s tape
Harvesting honey after 3 days
Harvesting with the boom loader
Harvesting with the boom loader
Unloading with boom loader
Transporting super to hot room
Hot room

Cell builder preparation

Finding the queen in cell builder
Looking for the queen
Caging the queen
Counting queen cells
Counting queen cells
Shaking bees
Checking for rogue queen cells
Checking for rogue queen cells
Checking for rogue queen cells
Checking for rogue queen cells
Checking for rogue queen cells
Scraping burr comb
Adding pollen patty
Returning the queen
Cell builder preparation completed

Grafting

Removing polished graft frame
Brushing the bees off the graft frame
Brushing the bees off the graft frame
Checking the graft frame
Checking the graft frame
Selecting the newly hatched larvae
Brushing the bees off
Wrapping the frame with the damp cloth
Grafting a larva
Grafting a larva
Larva with royal jelly
Placing a larva in a queen cup
Placing a larva in a queen cup
Placing a larva in a queen cup
Larvae in the comb
Putting the grafted larvae in the frame
Covering a completed graft frame
Installing the graft frame in the cell builder

Making 4-way nucleus colonies

Removing honey super
4-way nuc with bees
Adding the bottom board
Adding the bottom board
Taking the second frame out
Adding a queen pheromone strip
Adding a queen pheromone strip
Putting the frame back
Adding more adult bees by shaking
Adding more adult bees by shaking
Adding more adult bees by shaking
Adding more adult bees by shaking
Adding the inner cover
Moving the 4-way nuc

Queen cell and mated queen introduction

Removing queen cells from incubator
Queen cells-10 days from grafting
Queen cells-10 days from grafting
Queen cells-10 days from grafting
Adding a queen cell to a 4-way nuc
Adding a queen cell to a 4-way nuc
Adding a queen cell to a double nuc
Mated queens in California cages
Introducing a mated queen

Queen mating

Preparing mini-nucleus colonies
Bulk bees from out yard
Scooping adult bees from bulk bee box
Filling the syrup reservoir
Placing a queen cell
Mated queen cells
Transporting nucs to mating apiary
Transporting nucs to mating apiary
Queen mating apiary
Queen mating apiary