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S&F Honey Farm: Honeycomb
Enrique holds up a piece of honey comb for all of us to see on the Raíces Apiculture Initiative trip to S & F Honey Farm.
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: Learning About Mites
S & F Honey Farm tour participant Jennifer holds up a jar filled with dead mites that attack the bees in a 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: Queen Bee Box
Stan holding a queen bee box; he describes the different compartments of the tiny box.
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: Tasting the Honey
Presentation and tour participant Angela Lugo tasting some honey from a bee frame at S & F Honey Farm.
Seeds for Tainasoy
Noemi Chaparro of Tainasoy Apiario and Villa Bonuco Earthship looking through seeds she received from Raíces when crew members visited her farm and apiary. Seeds included pollinator friendly flowers to provide food for the bees and other pollinators.…