Mayli Fries, left, lifts a beehive frame out of a hive while Neal Deremer, right, explains how bees use the frame during a July 17 beekeeping presentation at Grimm’s Gardens. Deremer has kept bees for the past six years, and Fries has been his apprentice for the past two years. To learn more about the beekeeping hobby, please see our feature at ncnewspress.com.

Photo by Julie Davis