Mission father hiving a swarm of bees at Mission Santa Barbara, 1905

Photograph of a mission father hiving a swarm of bees at Mission Santa Barbara, 1905. He is wearing his priest vestment and a head mask as protection from the bees. He holds a pole that extends to a tree where the swarm of bees are. A bag is hangs from the raised end of the pole to cover the bees. The tree is located in a garden with much vegetation. The picket fence around the garden is in a state of disrepair. Several of the pickets are missing or broken loose. A box-like hive stands in the middle of the garden. Another box-like hive, with its top removed exposing the trays within, stands in the foreground near the working priest.

1905年，一张拍摄于圣巴巴拉传教团（Mission Santa Barbara）的照片，记录了一名传教神父正进行蜂群收捕作业的场景。他身着神职祭服，头戴防蜂面罩以抵御蜜蜂侵袭。他手持一根长杆，杆端伸至蜂群所在的树木处；长杆的抬高端悬挂着一只布袋，用以罩住蜂群。该树木坐落于植被繁茂的花园中，花园四周的尖桩篱笆年久失修，数根尖桩缺失或松动脱落。花园中央摆放着一个箱式蜂箱，前景处另有一个箱式蜂箱，其顶盖已被取下，内部的托盘清晰可见，紧邻正在作业的神父。