Nice opportunity, well taken, Chris. I love honey, and always try to buy or at least sample the local produce wherever I go. Our housemaster kept a couple of hives among the apple and pear trees in our boarding house garden at school, so I got to see it all close up quite often. I particularly like your shots of the comb, and it's good to see an over-abundance of bees in these threatened times!
Of course, if you want to see how it really should be done, take a look at Eric Valli's book The Honey Hunters of Nepal. Stunning stuff. http://www.ericvalli.com/ Bob > > There I was taking pictures of the setup for a local music > festival, Togfest > at Bradwell Abbey in Milton Keynes, when someone mentioned > that there were > some beekeepers on site. > > I poked my nose round the corner and took some pictures from > a respectful > distance and one of the beekeepers came and explained that they were > rescuing a hive that had got out of hand in someone's garden. > He then said > that they would welcome some photos for training purposes and > would I mind > getting suited up and getting in amongst them. What an > opportunity! Even > when he said that he couldn't guarantee that I wouldn't get > stung (I didn't) > I thought it was an opportunity too good to miss. > > Here's the PESO - click on the symbol to the left of the > green bar at the > top for the full GESO. K10D, DA* 16-50. > > http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Togfest09/Togfest2009/Bees/slides > /20090625_IGP4 > 482.html > > http://tinyurl.com/qjaza3 > > I wasn't prepared and was a little nervous (thanks Pentax > anti-shake) so > I've asked them if I can have another go in more controlled > circumstances. > > Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
