honey bee (apis mellifera) on apple blossom

 

 

bees as they arrive by post

 

kenyan top bar hive with aluminum stand and ant moats

 

yours truly holding a top bar frame of capped worker & drone brood

 

bees hanging out (literally) on a rare hot day in the east bay

top bar top bar highrise (KTBS with super)

bees hanging from eachother as they build comb

 

looking into the hive between two top bars

 

bees "talking" with yellow & red pollen, photo courtesy of rhan

 

bees at hive entrance with yellow & red pollen, photo courtesy of rhan

 

full comb of honey

 

honey harvest

 

honey harvest

 

 

golden honey bees on echinops, late summer

"black" honey bee on pincushion flower

"black" honey bee on pincushion flower

some scruffy looking beekeepers