Welcome to my beekeeping page. You can see updated photos of our hives here

• Photos from a successful swarm removal in Smyrna, GA June 10, 2012 at 8am in the morning, under heavy rain. The bees were docile. No stings.

• On April 16, 2008 I installed our second 3-frame nuc in our hive, with the help of Moira. Here are some photos.

• carrying the second nuc
• once again
• the screen door of the nuc--they are buzzing inside
• the screen door again
• placing the nuc next to the second hive
• the first hive covered in plastic bags to survive the cold weather
• the bees want to get out
• opening up the outermost frame
• it is empty indeed
• one side of our first frame--full of honey
• the other side of the first frame--honey too
• one side of the second frame--full of bees
• the other side too
• a nice one of Moira and a little bit of me surrounded by bees: third frame. I estimate there are about 800 bees in this photo--remember there are 3200 cells in this photo
• the other side of the third frame covered in bees

• The second hive was very active--many bees flying around us. We let them settle a little bit and then inspected our first hive. Here comes the inspection.

• just a few bees on the top
• a partially drawn frame with comb
• one side of the first frame--bees, brood and honey
• the other side of the first frame--is this the queen in the center?
• one side of the second frame
• the other side too
• one side of the third frame
• the other side too
• enough about bees--photos of our back porch
• and the back garden
• the old oak tree in the center
• more photos
• a native azalea in bloom

• On April 5, 2008 I installed our first 3-frame nuc in our hive, with the help of Moira and Mirina and Thalia (Mirina took the photos). Here are some photos.

carrying the nuc	The nuc next to the hive
the smoker	the outer frame of the nuc
preparing to move the rest of the frames	moving the young bees
the third frame of the nuc	the last frame of the nuc