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Picture gallery

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4-H members


Jesse and Chris size up the swarm. Click here for more.

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Eric prepares to shake a swarm into its new home.

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Caught in the act.

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Tim works his hive bare-handed.

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California buckeye


California buckeye blooms are extremely toxic to bees and can kill a whole colony. In some cases, dead bees have been found still on the flower that killed them, or littering the ground under this California native tree. The seed pods have also been known to cause cattle to drop still-born calves.

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Beehive parts


There are other gagets you can put on your hive, but these are the basics.

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