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- 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. - P6060002
I was smiling when going up the ladder. But after being stung a few times up there, 30 feet up in the tree, I though it was not a good idea to risk my life for the bees, mite-resistant or not... The swarm was too far from the main trunk, and we had trouble cutting the branch. I ended up trying to shake the branch and let bees drop. Most workers did drop, but then they flew back in the mid-air. This must be awesome to watch on a video (but I think David Wang, the video-cameraman, ran away with others when they saw bees rained down!). - P6060003
It was June 6, 2000. I got a call from someone who says bees nesting in his house swarmed. Might be mite resistant? Could give it try. But the swarm is like 30 ft up in a tree! - P6060007
The owner of the house tried to shake more bees down. I was inspecting the cardboard box to see how many bees we got. - P6060009
hmmm. Not that many bees! - P6060015
The swarm looking about the same size when we left... - P6080029
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Erick Forster, then (June 2000) an undergraduate student working on a honey bee research project, ssembling a hivebody. - P6130081
Pre-cut wood pieces for a hivebody. These must be assembled by the user, painted, and then used over a colony. They can either be used as a "broodbox" (for brood rearing), or for "honey super" (for storing honey that is to be harvested). - queencell
A queen cell in the center of the nest. This is usually a supercedure cell -- when the queen is getting too old workers rear a new one to replace her. When this happens, the two queens do not fight with each other. - 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. - P6210043
11:53:09 am, Micah tries to cut the branch, but the swarm is clustered on the main trunk of the tree. - P6210049
The swarm is pretty high (~10 ft off the ground), on a cedar tree.