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He gave me a suit, and we met up with the professional beekeepers. I recommend doing so with professionals if it's your first time. Bees can be dangerous if they aren't in the right conditions; they might feel threatened, their queen could be sick, or even if it is poor weather. Many factors can make the bees feel mad and defensive. The day we went, the beekeepers told us that the bees were mad. Not knowing why, three days later it rained. In the dry season of Costa Rica... We wouldn't have opened the box if we knew it was going to rain. So yes, they were buzzing. Feisty bees, zzzzzzzzz! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a54f5af17e9a0979be557a/67e1a7dc-2444-473b-b08c-f6edd8c984e9/Screen+Shot+2025-03-17+at+2.10.04+PM.png Blog - Learning to Harvest Honey - Make it stand out Tools that we used A beehive smoker is a necessity for harvesting honey. It calms them down since we are practically taking their honey. It’s one of the most important tools to use. Filling the smoker with any suitable fuel source like wood chips, pine needles, or even dried leaves, we lit it up and approached the hive, giving a couple of puffs before even opening the hive box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a54f5af17e9a0979be557a/65d24a37-3881-4bca-856e-b7405f505914/Screen+Shot+2025-03-12+at+2.40.19+PM.png Blog - Learning to Harvest Honey - Make it stand out Opening the Beehive Opening the box marked a turning point in the experience. Capturing images of this moment made me quite nervous, especially since my camera is black. Bees perceive colors like red and black as threats, viewing them as potential predators. This explains their attraction to vibrant flower colors. Indeed, they were heading towards my camera, prompting me to move it away as they clearly seemed to be in attack mode. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a54f5af17e9a0979be557a/54dae585-52e8-4a56-9b5a-df9b3f5a1623/Screen+Shot+2025-03-12+at+2.39.55+PM.png Blog - Learning to Harvest Honey - Make it stand out Gathering Beehive Knowledge I found myself wishing I had my notebook at that moment, but here is everything I managed to gather. The species we were working with was a mix of ampis and Africanized bees. When they are born, they resemble small white worms nestled inside their cells, referred to as "crías" in Spanish. As they mature, they transform into bees, and the process continues from there... The female bees are the ones that sting and perform all hive duties. while the male bees are the ones that go out to the flowers to collect the pollen. The queen that we couldn’t find is the one and only that reproduces the other bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a54f5af17e9a0979be557a/4a4597c3-7b8d-4696-8537-867ac403ba2f/Screen+Shot+2025-03-12+at+2.40.43+PM.png Blog - Learning to Harvest Honey - Collecting the frames The Hive was created inside this wooden box, that had the multiple frames so bees can create the beautiful yummy honey comb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67a54f5af17e9a0979be557a/528e9475-3d2d-4249-9c05-a93df5e82cb1/Screen+Shot+2025-03-12+at+2.41.05+PM.png Blog - Learning to Harvest Honey - Inspecting the Honey Comb Even if their isn’t any honey to harvest, inspecting the hive is important to do. 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