Guardian Camera Club: Matthew Price on pet photography
Drinking circlesBees getting drunk and docile after the smoke triggers them to save their honey Photograph: Matthew Price/FlickrThe search for the QueenThe Queen is kept in the bottom chamber. She cannot reach the upper chambers. This stops the queen from intervening with the honey being produced elsewhere in the hive Photograph: Matthew Price/FlickrProtecting the photographer! I was stung twice (squashing a bee taking photos on this occasion) so the smoke masked the alarm pheromone! Photograph: Matthew Price/Flickr
Layer by layerThe beekeeper checks every layer to assess the health of the colony Photograph: Matthew Price/FlickrRoyal Prisoner One of the hives lost their queen and there is no sign of eggs, so this queen from the back up hive is having her wings clipped. She was then marked with tippex and placed in a cage. So she cannot fly back into the back up hivePhotograph: Matthew Price/FlickrSaving the stock Photograph: Matthew Price/Flickr
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