Newly started MHBC hives, in Boulder County.

The annual MHBC picnic in 2006 with guest speaker Mr. Lynn Teets, former Boulder County Bee Inspector.

MHBC Annual picnic in June 2006.

Overwintering MHBC colonies in east Boulder County.

Starting a new colony from package bees.

Looks like a good year (2005) for a MHBC member with multiple supers on each hive.

Inspecting a frame of freshly capped brood.

Getting ready for a new season by assembling new hive woodenware. 

A newly installed package of bees in their new home.

New queens being removed in their cages from  a queen shipping battery box.

Bees gathering or "bearding" around the front of a hive.

A nice swarm in early spring in Boulder County, Colorado.

A nicely laid frame of brood.

A creative way to temporarily hive a swarm when this MHBC member ran out of regular supers!

Honeybee foraging on mustard flowers near Niwot, Colorado.