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Bee Box Construction: First Completed Raíces Apiculture Bee Box
Raíces finishes construction of their first Langstroth bee box.
Bee Box Construction: Unfinished Box
Unfinished Langstroth bee box and inserted frames.
Bee Box Construction: Cutting Slats for Bee Frame
Cutting a bee frame slat to size on a 10” Sears table saw.
Bee Box Construction: Checking Frame Measurements
Unfinished bee box. Inserting bee frame into box to check correct size.
Bee Box Construction: Making Hive Frames
Using a wood router on a jig table to make hive frames.
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: Completed Base Board
Raíces Co-Director Francisco G. Gómez holds finished bee box base board. Base board is made of white pine and plywood.
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.
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.
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.
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: 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: 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: 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: Queen Bee Box
Stan holding a queen bee box; he describes the different compartments of the tiny box.
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…