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A bee licks the finger of beekeeper Tom Montavon of Charter Grove Honey Farm at Plank Road Orchard, where Montavon has 12 honeybee hives. Montavon has more than 75 honeybee hives in nine locations around DeKalb County.
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A bee licks the finger of beekeeper Tom Montavon of Charter Grove Honey Farm at Plank Road Orchard, where Montavon has 12 honeybee hives. Montavon has more than 75 honeybee hives in nine locations around DeKalb County.

  • Beekeeper Matt Anderson of Bee Paw Honey in Malta holds a honey super frame with honeybees on it. Anderson has three honeybee hives at his farm and helps remove swarms of bees from residences in DeKalb County.
  • Bees gather together on one of Matt Anderson of Bear Paw Honey in Malta's honey super frame. Honey super frames fit inside the honey super for the bees to build wax and leave honey.
  • Beekeeper Matt Anderson of Bee Paw Honey in Malta holds a honey super frame with honeybees on it. Anderson has three honeybee hives at his farm and helps remove swarms of bees from residences in DeKalb County.
  • Marlin Anderson, left, and his son Matt Anderson, right, remove a swarm of bees from a tree in the front yard of Gretchen Freise and Jackson Kettner's house in Genoa. Matt Anderson, a third-generation beekeeper, has three honeybee hives on his farm and removes swarms of bees from residences around DeKalb County.
  • Marlin Anderson, left, and his son Matt Anderson, right, remove a swarm of bees from a tree in the front yard of Gretchen Freise and Jackson Kettner's house in Genoa. Matt Anderson, a third-generation beekeeper, has three honeybee hives on his farm and removes swarms of bees from residences around DeKalb County.
  • Honeybee larva grow inside of a brood cells in one of Tom Montavon of Charter Grove Honey Farm's 12 honeybee hives at Plank Road Orchard in Sycamore. Montavon has more than 75 honeybee hives around DeKalb County.
  • A swarm of honeybees gather on tree in the front yard of Gretchen Freise and Jackson Kettner's house in Genoa. Beekeeper Matt Anderson and his father Marlin Anderson remove swarms of bees from residences around DeKalb County.
  • A swarm of honeybees gather after being gently knocked from a tree in the front yard of Gretchen Freise and Jackson Kettner's house in Genoa. Beekeeper Matt Anderson and his father Marlin Anderson remove swarms of bees from residences around DeKalb County.
  • Beekeeper Tom Montavon of Charter Grove Honey Farm holds and pets a honeybee on his finger at Plank Road Orchard, where he has 12 honeybee hives. Montavon has more than 75 honeybee hives in nine locations around DeKalb County.
  • A bee licks the finger of beekeeper Tom Montavon of Charter Grove Honey Farm at Plank Road Orchard, where Montavon has 12 honeybee hives. Montavon has more than 75 honeybee hives in nine locations around DeKalb County.
  • Bees gather together on one of Tom Montavon of Charter Grove Honey Farm's honey super frame. Honey super frames fit inside the honey super for the bees to build wax and leave honey.
  • The queen bee, center, with the longer body, can lay up to 2,000 eggs each day. This queen leads one of Tom Montavon of Charter Grove Honey Farm's more than 75 honeybee hives.
  • A bee licks the finger of beekeeper Tom Montavon of Charter Grove Honey Farm at Plank Road Orchard, where Montavon has 12 honeybee hives. Montavon has more than 75 honeybee hives in nine locations around DeKalb County.
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