Caroline Pontius and Emmett Beggs, students at the Rochester Institute of Technology, remove one of the frames from a hive during the annual honey harvest performed by the school’s beekeeping club, in Henrietta, NY on Sept. 3, 2023.
Bees on one of the frames removed from a hive during the annual harvest by the RIT beekeeping club.
Ellie Warren, Emmett Beggs, and Isaac Southwell during the annual honey harvest at hives maintained by the RIT beekeeping club, on Sept. 3, 2023. Warren signs to Beggs as they are a member of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Warren is currently studying American Sign Language at RIT.
Caroline Pontius examines a frame from the bee colony on RIT campus on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, in Henrietta, NY.
A close look at one of the frames that will replace the ones removed by the beekeepers during the harvest.
Ellie Warren, Daniel Bossett, prepare the bee hive smoker on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, at Henrietta, NY. Smoke is used to both calm the bees and get them to move where the keeper wishes often off of frames that will be handled.
Members of the Bee Keeping club extract honey from the frames taken from the colonies on campus. From left Anise Santiago, Emmalee Carpenter, Sam Anderson, and Victoria Labella, in Henrietta, NY, on Sept. 3 2023. The frames are lowered into the bin and then hand spun using a crank, the centrifugal force makes the honey come off of the frame and drains out the bottom of the bin.
Ellie Warren the president of the RIT beekeeper club inspects the final product of the annual honey harvest, in Henrietta, NY Sept. 3, 2023.
