Glossary of beekeeping

Glossary of beekeeping

 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)
• 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

 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
• Lithuanian Museum of Ancient Beekeeping

 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

 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