4/22/06
A day for new and interested beekeepers to learn the craft.
A swarm of bees at Malabar Farm State Park during Mohican Wildlife Weekend on April 22, 2006.
Part of Richland Area Beekeepers program was to show new beekeepers how to capture a swarm.
Richland County Bee Inspector Sonny Barker and beekeepers Ralph Mitchell and Dave Duncan give instructions to new beekeepers before opening hives at Malabar Farm during Mohican Wildlife Weekend activities on April 22, 2006.
Richland Co. Bee Inspector, Sonny Barker of Crestline, opens a beehive for the workshop at
Malabar State Park on April 22, 2006, while the crowd of eager new beekeepers looks on.
Crestline beekeeper, Sonny Barker, explains hive etiquette to a group of new beekeepers at the workshop
organized by the Richland Area Beekeepers on Saturday, April 22, at Malabar Farm State Park.
Local beekeeper Rich Herman and his grandson demonstrate how to assemble bee equipment in the
big barn at Malabar Farm on April 22, 2006.
Richland Area Beekeepers Association member Ralph Mitchell shows the crowd of prospective
beekeepers how to transfer bees from a log to a bee hive during a workshop Saturday at Malabar Farm.
Ralph Mitchell and Dave Duncan, president of the Richland Area Beekeepers, delicately handle the comb
from the hive and lay it in the new frames during a workshop April 22, 2006, at Malabar Fam.
They carefully fasten the comb into new frames with rubberbands.
This will hold it until the bees attach the comb to the new frames, chew the rubberbands
loose and drag them out of the hive.
A new frame of honeycomb, bees and brood ready to go into its new home.
A beautiful mosaic of pollen, honey and bees.
The swarm of bees attracts a lot of attention while beekeeper Sin I. Jon of Mansfield removes it from a pear tree.
Sin I. Jon removes a swarm of bees from a pear tree at Malabar Farm while Ralph Mitchell waits to assist.
Dave Duncan, president of the Richland Area Beekeepers Association, explains to the new beekeepers
how happy the bees will be in their new hive.
The swarm of bees marches in an orderly fashion right into the opening of their new home for a successful conclusion of a beekeeping demonstration during Mohican Wildlife Weekend activities on April 22, 2006.