A slide show demonstrating how to inspect a beehive

1. Power Point Presentation
How to Inspect a Honey Bee Colony
Illustrated By:
Andy Ulsamer

2. A Typical Colony
Many Beekeepers place a cinder block
or brick on the top

3. Smoking the Entrance of the Hive
And before each piece of the Hive is removed

4. Opening the Hive
Smoke is blown into the hole in the center
of the Inner Cover

5. Next Step
The Top and Inner Cover are now Removed

6. Remove the Upper Deep Hive Body
Checking the Top Hive Body first would
drive the bees into the Bottom Hive Body

7. Moving On
Blowing smoke between the two Hive Bodies
before removal

8. Getting to the Good Stuff
Upper Hive Body Removed

9. Make Sure the Girls are Calm
Blowing Smoke on the Bees

10. Now we are Inside
Removing a Frame using the Hive Tool

11. Looks like it’s a Strong Hive

12. Ya Gotta look hard
Examining a Brood Frame

13. A few of the Girls
and Honey Comb

14. These are the Working Girls
No Unions here – just hard workers

15. The Drones
The ones with the BIG eyes.
These Guys just eat and hangout somewhere until they
are needed by a Virgin Queen