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colonies,hives, and other equipment assembled in one location for Beekeeping operation
Apiary
what is the male honey bee called
A Drone
the structure used by bees for a home
Bee Hive
a fluid secreted by plants which bees turn into honey
Nectar
the small external openings on the side of a bee's thorax and abdomen
Spiracles
a complex mixture of organic compounds secreted by four pairs of special glands on the worker Bees abdomen used for building comb.
Beeswax
a queen which has been inseminated naturally or artifically
Fertile queen
a hive made largely of glass or clear plastic
Observation hive
a series of movement used to communicate the location of food sources of other bees
the Bee Dance
a precise gap of 6 to 8mm that bees recognize as a walkway
Bee Space
immature bees that have not yet emerged from their cells that can bee form of the eggs larve.
Brood
produced wither by cutting comb from the frame or when the comb is built in special frames
Honey comb
a bee with a fully developed reproductive system and is larger and longer than a worker bee
Queen Bee
a mixture of pollen nectar and honey used as food for Bees
Bee bread
a behavior where bees congregate in large clusters on the outside of the hive it usually happens on hot humid days.
Bearding
a thin layer of wax used to cover the full cells of honey. this layer of wax is sliced from the surface of a honey-filled comb.
Cappings
the worker bees generally two to three weeks old that work to collect pollen
Field bees
worker bees searching for a new source of pollen,nectar,propolis water or a new home for a swarm of bees
Scout Bees
a substance by the stinger for defense
Bee Venom
a protein-rich secretion produced by the glands of young nurse bees. while all larvae are fed "superfood" for the first few days only the larva chosen to become the future queen
Royal jelly
a bee whose reproductive organ are undeveloped, the majority of the honey bees.
Worker bee
a worker bee which lays unfertilized eggs producing only drones, usually in colonies that are hopeless
Laying worker
the bees after hatching from an egg
larva
the midsection of the bee where legs and wings ar attached
Thorax
the natural process where a colony replaces ita queen with a new daughter queen
Supersedure