Doug Ladd wrote: "Any thoughts outside of taking pictures myself and printing them onto cardboard and placing in frames?"
I made a teaching hive similar to what you describe and find it useful to demonstrate how to split colonies. I also pass the frames around so people can learn to identify elements in a hive. It makes teaching more interactive and they get to see similar things in a live hive later in the day.
Took photos of frames. Also downloaded a few good photos from the internet. Printed them 12" x 18" at a discount store or office supply store. Attached them back-to-back on posterboard with spray contact cement, trimmed down to foundation size. Life-size photos. The posterboard started warping, so added a frame pin on each end bar to hold it in place.
I include a frame with swarm cells, one with supercedure cells, another with only foundation, and one with the beginnings of wax moth tunneling so people learn to identify it.
Photo of my teaching hive is here: http://outdoorplace.org/beekeeping/TeachingHive.jpg
John
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