Beekeeper examining comb from the brood chamber of hive. The frame has capped brood and eggs. This short frame has drone brood on the bottom, which the beekeeper can remove if it becomes mite infested.

Beekeeper checking drone larvae for mite infestation using an uncapping fork. No mites are apparent here. There would be a brown spot on the larvae if a mite were present.

Beekeeper checking a drone frame (green) for larvae with mite infestation. (using an uncapping fork). No mites are apparent here. there would be a brown spot on the larvae if a mite were present.

Beekeeper cleans, feeds and inspects hives for health and condition of queen and her drones for honey in fields where they pollinate

Beekeeper cleans, feeds and inspects hives for health and condition of queen and her drones for honey in fields where they pollinate

8 de Octubre de 2008. VIII Edición de la Feria “El Corte de la Miel” de Ayora ... mercado medieval. Demostración del corte de la miel. Apicultores. Comunidad Valenciana.

Beekeeping showing beekeepers preparing to take a swarm. At bottom of tree are straw beehives (skeps) used in the apiary. From 18th century edition of Virgil Georgics which followed the agricultural traditions set down by Virgil in Roman times. Copperplate engraving'

Bee-keeper (apiarist) cutting twigs around a cluster of swarming bees to be able to cut the whole branch with the bees and transport them down to put the bees into a new hive

Bee-keeper (apiarist) transporting branch with a cluster of swarming bees down the tree of which he cut the branch to transport the bees to a new hive