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Wrapped Hives1335 viewsBeehives wrapped and ready for winter.
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Beekeeper1235 viewsBeekeeper checking on a hive.
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Foulbrood Rope Test1225 viewsThe foulbrood rope test involves poking a piece of straw into one of the suspect brood cells. This cell had a depressed cap and was discolored compared to the other caps. What came out of the cell was a ropey, slimy, brown string that is the rotting brood. This ropeyness is a direct indicator of foulbrood.
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Small Hive Beetle Larvae1173 viewsThis is a picture of the small hive beetle larvae. They make a slimy mess when they hatch. The more familiar beetle stage occurs when the larvae mature into adults.
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Frame of Honey1164 viewsA frame of honey. Some say it is the best tasting honey they have ever tasted. They ask what kind is it, I say, well I am not within 2 miles of a farm, so it must be wildflower honey, they say, that makes sense..
Newton, Iowa
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Tractor Tire Swarm1146 viewsGot this one from a tractor parked in a machine shed
near Melrose Iowa on 7/27/09. I don't know how long it was there.
The bees were gentle and now have a new home in a hive body.
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Honey Comb1132 viewsA frame of capped honey comb.
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Beehive1131 viewsThe hive is in my back yard in the center of Newton, Iowa a couple years ago, I harvested approximately 240 pounds of honey that year. I only have one hive.
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Bee on a Dandelion1111 viewsHoneybee working on a dandelion.
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Varroa Mite on a Honeybee1050 viewsThe inset picture shows a varroa mite up close. The location of the mite on the bee is not typical. Varroa mites usually hide themselves between the bee's body segments. If varroa mites can be easily spotted on multiple honeybees like in this picture, it indicates a mite population that is, or is rapidly becoming out of control.
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Varroa Mites in the Drone Brood1038 viewsOne place that varroa mites are more easily spotted is in the drone brood. When removing a super from a hive drone brood between the top and bottom bars of the two boxes may break open. This picture shows that there were three mites in the one cell. Multiply that by the number of cells that hatch in a cycle and you can easily see they add up in a hurry.
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Tractor Tire Swarm997 viewsGot this one from a tractor parked in a machine shed
near Melrose Iowa on 7/27/09. I don't know how long it was there.
The bees were gentle and now have a new home in a hive body.
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