Beekeeping in the Kara Kol Valley, Kirghizstan, Central Asia, Asia

Bee keeper collecting honey from combs in beehives in Provence, France, Europe

Beekeeping, Provence, France, Europe

Bee keeping at Arlo's Honey Farm, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Bee keeping at Arlo's Honey Farm, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Beehives (honey is an important state industry) in the Pieman River State Reserve, Corinna, North West, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Beehives (honey is an important state industry) in the Pieman River State Reserve, Corinna, North West, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Honey bees (Apis mellifera var carnica), worker bees in panic formation on a comb with eggs

Honeycomb

Beekeeper uncapping honeycomb to access the honey

Beekeeper checking honeycomb for honey production

Honeycomb partially sealed with wax

A beekeeper or apiculturist uncapping a honeycomb with an uncapping fork

Honey flowing from the centrifuge through a sieve

A beekeeper or apiculturist uncapping a honeycomb with an uncapping fork

Woven beehives in a traditional bee fence near Undeloh, Lueneburg Heath Nature Park, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Bee hive, the entry hole for the bees is the mouth of a carved face, left a caricature of George Bush

Female apprentice beekeeper and beehive, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Beekeeper showing honeycomb, beekeeping in the Amazon rain forest is part of agricultural activity in a settlement of formerly landless peasants, land reform, Entre Rios Province, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

Honeycomb

Beekeeper at work

Beekeeper at work

Beehhives at Lake Waitaki, Highway 83, South Island, New Zealand

Female apprentice beekeeper and beehive, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Beekeeper at work

Traditional bee fence at Undeloh, Lueneburg Heath Nature Park, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe