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S&F Honey Farm
On August 8, 2014, the Raíces Apiculture Initiative took a field trip to S & F Honey Farm in Hillsborough, NJ for a tour, presentation and questions and answer session with beekeeper Stan Wasitowski. Here, Raíces Co-Director Francisco G. Gómez is…
S&F Honey Farm: Queen Bee Box
Stan holding a queen bee box; he describes the different compartments of the tiny box.
S&F Honey Farm: Beekeeping Tour
Participants of the Raíces Apiculture Initiative field trip to S & F Honey Farm, Angela, Jen and Gabriel listen to Stan giving his presentation on apiculture.
S&F Honey Farm: Beehive Frame
Stan holds up a bee frame from one of his hives and talks about the bee activity on the foundation of the frame.
S&F Honey Farm: Inspecting a Frame
Stan inspects a frame, he explains the difference between capped brood, untouched foundation and honey comb.
S&F Honey Farm: Inspecting a Frame
Stan inspects a frame, he explains the difference between capped brood, untouched foundation and honey comb
S&F Honey Farm: Pulling a Queen Frame
S & F Honey Farm Apiculture presentation participant Enrique looks on as Stan pulls out a queen frame from a bee box that’s designed for the cultivation of queen bees.
S&F Honey Farm: Smoker
Stan explains how to charge the smoker with pine needles. He states the importance of not over smoking the bees in the hive.
Apiculture Initiative: Field Trip: Home Greenhouse
Beekeeper Fred Yarnell standing in the greenhouse attached to his home. Mr. Yarnell welcomed the Raíces Apiculture Initiative for a visit to his home and apiary and talked to us about his beekeeping experiences and equipment.
Apiculture Initiative: Field Trip: Styrofoam beehive box
Styrofoam beehive bee box at beekeeper Fred Yarnell’s home. This particular box is in the Langstroth model, but the only wood components are the frames inside.
Bee Box Construction: Base Board
Constructing sides of base board for a bee box. A wood router is used to bore out grooves on white pine pieces to later insert plywood base board.
Bee Box Construction: Completed Base Board
Raíces Co-Director Francisco G. Gómez holds finished bee box base board. Base board is made of white pine and plywood.
Apiculture Initiative: Raíces Bees
Raíces’ bees hanging out on the front rest board of their hive. These are Italian Apis Mellifera bees.
Bee Box Construction: Making Hive Frames
Using a wood router on a jig table to make hive frames.
Bee Box Construction: Checking Frame Measurements
Unfinished bee box. Inserting bee frame into box to check correct size.
Bee Box Construction: Cutting Slats for Bee Frame
Cutting a bee frame slat to size on a 10” Sears table saw.
Bee Box Construction: Router and Jig
Sears wood router and a jig table for making bee frames and putting together the bee box.
Bee Box Construction: Unfinished Box
Unfinished Langstroth bee box and inserted frames.
Bee Box Construction: First Completed Raíces Apiculture Bee Box
Raíces finishes construction of their first Langstroth bee box.
Bee Box Construction: Nicole with Raíces Apiculture Bee Box
Nicky stands next to our first completed Langstroth bee box .
Bee Box Construction: Francisco with Raíces Apiculture Bee Box
Francisco stands next to our first completed Langstroth bee box.
Bee Box Construction: Our First Langstroth Hive Complete
Raices’ first completed construction of a Langstroth bee hive.
S&F Honey Farm: Bee Box
This is one of Stan’s bee boxes, he explains the entrance reducer he devised for his bees.
S&F Honey Farm: Beekeeping Presentation
Stan explains the inner workings of a bee box to participants in his Apiculture presentation and honey farm tour.
S&F Honey Farm: Master Bee Keeper Stan Wasitowski
Master Bee Keeper Stan Wasitowski. S & F Honey Farm, Flemington, NJ.
This photo was taken at an Apiculture presentation Stan gave at his farm to members of the Raíces Apiculture Initiative.
This photo was taken at an Apiculture presentation Stan gave at his farm to members of the Raíces Apiculture Initiative.