Bee smoker resting on the grass, puffing smoke, ready to be used to distract bees in a hive. The smoker is a metal, spouted container with a bellows.

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Bee smoker resting on the grass, puffing smoke, ready to be used to distract bees in a hive in Seattle, Washington, USA. The smoker is a metal, spouted container with a hinged lid and a bellows attached. A small fire is built in the smoker with the plan to create a cool smoke that will cause the bees to react by gorging themselves with honey. Beekeepers say that the bees think there's a forest fire and go to ingest the honey to remove it from the hive, enabling the beekeeepers to work the hive more easily.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
Photo credit: © Janet Horton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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