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Glossary of beekeeping

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This page is a glossary of beekeeping.

Contents

A

  • Africanized bee - a hybrid bee with characteristics unsuitable for beekeeping
  • Apiary - a yard where beehives are kept
  • Apicology - ecology of bees
  • Apiology - scientific study of bees

    • B

  • Bee - a member of the order that includes ants and wasps
  • Bee anatomy (mouth)
  • Bee bread is the main source of food for most honey bees and their larvae
  • Beekeeper - also called apiarist or apiculturist, a person who cares for bees
  • Bee learning and communication
  • Bee sting
  • Bee venom therapy - also called apitherapy
  • Beehive - a housing for cavity-dwelling bees that allows inspection and honey removal
  • Beekeeping - bees are kept for their products (principally honey), and their utility in pollinating crops
  • Bees and toxic chemicals
  • Brood (honey bee) - the egg, larval, and pupal form of the bee and the comb in which they develop
  • Buckfast hybrid bee - a productive bee suitable for damp and cloudy climes

    • C

  • Carniolan honey bee - a gentle bee good for variable nectar flow
  • Characteristics of common wasps and bees
  • Colony Collapse Disorder - malady of unknown cause characterized by disappearance of bees from hive

    • D

  • Deseret - the beehive and its symbolism to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
  • Diseases of the honey bee
  • Drone bee - the male bee
  • Drone laying queen

    • H

  • Honey bee - all the species in the genus Apis
  • Honey bee life cycle - the physical stages in the development of a mature bee starting from the egg

    • I

  • Italian bee - the most well known honey bee subspecies

    • L

  • Laying worker bee - this worker will produce only drone bees
  • Langstroth hive - commonly seen in developed countries as stacks of white or muted colored boxes at the edges of fields and orchards

    • N

  • Northern Nectar Sources for Honey Bees - common names and descriptions of northern latitude nectar plants

    • P

  • Pesticide toxicity to bees
  • Piping queen - queens will make audible sounds at certain times
  • Pollinator decline - loss of bees and other pollinators is an environmental issue

    • Q

  • Queen bee - a single egg laying bee capable of producing workers, drones, and queens

    • R

  • Honey bee race
  • Russian honey bee

    • S

  • Stingless bees - Trigona and Melipona bees kept from ancient times in Central America and Australia
  • Swarming - the means by which bee colonies propagate

    • T

  • Top-bar hive - an alternative to the Langstroth box hive, with some advantages for casual beekeeping

    • V

  • Virgin queen - a queen that has not yet bred with drones

    • W

  • Western honey bee - European honey bees
  • Worker bee - the many tasks performed by this class of bee during her short lifetime and her specialized single-use stinger

    • References

    Glossary of beekeeping Wikipedia
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