- DSCN8836
An apiary of Apis mellifera near the rubber tree forests in Yunnan, China. Rubber trees have extra-floral nectaries and can produce high yield (but considered so so quality) honey. The owner tells me he sells only about 400 yuan ($50 US) per ton of honey. March 28, 2002. Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. - solarwaxmelter
A solar wax melter to melt old wax from old combs. - cerana_fixed_frame_hive
Apis cerana kept in fixed wooden boxes. These were then left in the balcony of a government office building and apartment. In the far background you can see a similar hive on a stand. Out of the 2 million colonies of Apis cerana in China, some are still kept this way, in hives with non-movable frames. Yunnan, China. May, 2001. - DSCN3800
An electrically heated knife is used to remove the honey cappings here. Bees cap honey when the honey is "mature" (moisture < 18%). The cappings must be removed before honey can be spun out by centrifugal force. - honey_house
honey-house - DSCN2797
Streetside beekeeping. Migrating beekeepers have their bees, a portable wooden house, in Beijing, right on the road side. I was told that they were move north soon so here is more like a rest stop. Beijing, China. June 7, 2001. - DSCN9844
Swarm discovered: 9:19am, 6/13/2002. At the MSU apiary near the Lake. - queencell_nursing
Workers taking care of a queen cell, the white larva can be seen partially. - bee_yard
Small experimental colonies at the Baton Rouge USDA bee lab apiary. May, 1999. - russionbees
Colonies of the now famous Russian bees (imported from Russia to fight against the varroa mites) at the Baton Rouge USDA bee lab apiary. May, 1999. - P6210042
Time is 11:52:24 am, June 21, 2000. 'Actors': Prof. Fred Dyer, Joeg Schmidt-Bailey, Micah Gill, and Dina Grayson, all of Michigan State University. At MSU apiary. Photographed by Zachary Huang. - DSCN3802
A electrically powered, radial extractor. Frames are putinto the extractor radially and honey flies out from both sides of the frame. - P6020007
A grafted frame showing good acceptance of queen cells. Notice that each cell has lots of bees festooning on it, a sign showing that the colony has enough workers. - high_security_yard
A high security bee yard in South Africa. Apparently bee colonies get stolen quite often there, requiring this for theft prevention. South Africa. Oct 31, 2001. - royal_jelly_larvae_transfer
Transfering larvae into queen cells, this is the first step for royal jelly production (the same as large scale queen rearing). Beijing, China. May 13, 2001.