Hive Tools
A tool used for prying open bee boxes and removing frames
What is a hive tool?
Protects the beekeeper from bee stings
What is a bee suit?
The easiest way to tell if a hive is queen-right.
What is seeing the queen?
What is the wax capping?
Name a bee product a beekeeper can produce.
What is beeswax lip balm/beeswax candles/honey/honeycomb/etc.?
Used to prevent bee defensiveness and mask the alarm pheromone
What is a smoker?
The hive component that primarily stores food for the bees
What is the honey super?
What is white?
The main way of providing bees extra carbohydrates.
What is feeding them sugar water?
The question you should always ask before opening up your hives for an inspection?
What am I looking for/what is my goal?
The two types of hive tools
What is the J-hook and the L-hook?
What is the deep/brood box?
The type of brood that indicates that a queen has been present in the hive recently.
What is eggs?
The main way of providing bees extra protein.
What is feeding them pollen patties?
The location on the frames where the honey is typically located.
Used to temporarily place frames during a hive inspection
What is a side comb stand?
The type of material that beekeeping gloves are made of
What is goatskin or cowhide leather?
The queen is likely present, but going to leave soon.
What is feeding a weak concentration of sugar water?
The location on the frame where brood is typically found.
Where is the inner/middle portion of the frame?
What is a nuc box?
The hive component that keeps the brood boxes and honey supers separate
What is the queen excluder?
A beekeeper sees a capped swarm/emergency cell. This indicates that. . .
The queen has left and/or swarmed
Indicators of a protein deficiency in the hive
What is lack of drone brood and/or insufficient jelly in second instar larvae?
The reason why the hive has two entrances: one in the inner cover and one at the bottom of the hive
What is ventilation/air flow?