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List of definitions of terms and concepts used in beekeeping
This page is a glossary of beekeeping.
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Africanized bee – a hybrid bee with characteristics unsuitable for beekeeping
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Apiary – a yard where beehives are kept
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Apicology – ecology of bees
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Apiology – scientific study of bees
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Apitherapy – a branch of alternative medicine that uses honey bee products including honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly and bee venom.
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Honey bee – all the species in the genus Apis
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Honey bee life cycle – the physical stages in the development of a mature bee starting from the egg
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Laying worker bee – this worker will produce only drone bees
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Langstroth hive – commonly seen in developed countries as stacks of white or muted colored boxes at the edges of fields and orchards
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Queen bee – a single egg laying bee capable of producing workers, drones, and queens
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Stingless bees – Trigona and Melipona bees kept from ancient times in Central America and Australia
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Swarming – the means by which bee colonies propagate
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Top-bar hive – an alternative to the Langstroth box hive, with some advantages for casual beekeeping
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Western honey bee – European honey bees
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Worker bee – the many tasks performed by this class of bee during her short lifetime and her specialized single-use stinger
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