Third Class: McCormack Apiary

Yesterday, May 3, turned out to be a surprisingly beautiful day. Tom and Linda McCormack hosted the third Burgh Bees hands on beekeeping class at their150 hive apiary in Aliquippa, PA.












The bees we worked with were moving on up--from nucs to full boxes. Students added a couple frames of honey and a feeder to each hive body they created with the nuc.

Second Class: Country Barn Farm Part I

For our second class session, the Burgh Bees class of 2009 gathered at Joe Zigurzynski's apiary just outside the city.

Our fine students gear up for their first time in a hive!

Second Class: Country Barn Farm Part II

One group of students heads to the hives where Joe and Christina lead them through a hive inspection.

The other half of the students learned how to assemble hives. These assembled hive bodies will be used in the demonstration apiaries we are establishing around town!

Official Notice of Incorporation

Check out our official public notice of incorporation while it's up!

http://www.timesonline.com/admarket/public_notices/articles_of_incorporation/

Joe lights a smoker while talking to Christina about an inspected hive.

Christina explains one instance in which you might want to rotate your boxes.

Braddock Feral Hive Extraction

A feral colony made a hive in an abandoned building in Braddock and had become a nuisance, so Burgh Bees came to extract it.











The bees entered the building through a small hole in the plywood on the second floor.




















Braddock's Mayor John Fetterman alerted Burgh Bees to the nuisance hive.














After setting up scaffolding, Jim Fitzroy (left) and Robert Steffes (right) pried, sawed and muscled the plywood off that the bees were behind.