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Story: Beekeeping

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. First bees and early beekeeping

  3. Bee species

  4. The bee colony

  5. Bee activities and communication

  6. Managing the beehive

  7. Beekeepers

  8. Products

  9. Diseases and their control

  10. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - First bees and early beekeeping

Flowing with honey

Flowing with honey

Proposed container for importing bees

Proposed container for importing bees

Ex-serviceman beekeeper

Ex-serviceman beekeeper

Model apiary, Christchurch International Exhibition, 1906–7

Model apiary, Christchurch International Exhibition, 1906–7

From page 2 - Bee species

New Zealand’s bee species

New Zealand’s bee species

Collecting honeydew

Collecting honeydew

Bumblebee distribution

Bumblebee distribution

From page 3 - The bee colony

Bee life cycle

Bee life cycle

Queen surrounded by workers

Queen surrounded by workers

Wild bee colony

Wild bee colony

From page 4 - Bee activities and communication

Collecting pollen

Collecting pollen

Taking nectar from a flower

Taking nectar from a flower

Waggle dance

Waggle dance

From page 5 - Managing the beehive

Beehives

Beehives (1st of 2)

Smoking the hive

Smoking the hive (2nd of 2)

Wax comb preparation

Wax comb preparation

Capped and uncapped cells

Capped and uncapped cells

Beehive entrance

Beehive entrance

From page 6 - Beekeepers

Honey harvest

Honey harvest

Winter feeding

Winter feeding

Extracting honey

Extracting honey

Rent-a-bee

Rent-a-bee

From page 7 - Products

Bee products

Bee products

Bee cured

Bee cured

Packages of bees for export

Packages of bees for export

Honeybee on clover

Honeybee on clover

From page 8 - Diseases and their control

Burning an infected hive

Burning an infected hive

Hive inspection

Hive inspection

Varroa bee mite

Varroa bee mite

How to cite this page:

Allan Gillingham, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/beekeeping/media (accessed 23 March 2023)

Story by Allan Gillingham, published 24 Nov 2008

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