Eggs and pupae -- Predators outside the hive -- Pampering the queen -- Larvae -- Bees dancing to communicate -- Student and faculty bees -- Overview of the hive -- The bees swarming
The Bees Swarming   The bees began swarming at 12:15 pm, alternately amazing and frightening on-lookers. The bees were forced out of the hive by smoke from an antique beekeeper's bellows.

The head beekeeper (Maria Palopoli) with the swarming bees.

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