Hiving Bees 2014

Bee Hiving at Castle Gaiman 2014 Edition:

Lola wants to help with the bees

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Bee Guys shot courtesy of Mary Edgeberg

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Bill and Hans prepping the bees

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Bill and Hans pulling the queen’s box out

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Bill has a queen bee in his pocket

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Shaking the bees into the hive 1

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Shaking the bees into the hive 2

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Shaking the bees into the hive 3

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Shaking the bees into the hive 4. Distance shot as I remember that I have neither hood nor gloves on at the moment when I get my ear bumped.

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Woods hives

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More bees ready to go

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Opening up a box of bees

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The last bee box

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Clearing out the losses of winter

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Feeding one of the two hives that made it through our Fimbulwinter

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