Teri Mason holds up a frame of fresh beeswax to the sun to show its bright color before it gets covered with bees and honey.
![Russian Honey Bees emerge from a colorful hive. "Russians are smaller, more aggressive...[and] more durable in the winter," says Lynch.](https://photos.smugmug.com/Archive/2017/2017-Gallery/July-2017/i-hj2WbPf/0/f62407db/Ti/Smug%20July%202017-8445-Ti.jpg)
