HONEYBEES
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Apian |
pertaining to bees. |
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Apiarian |
relating to the care of bees. |
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Apiarist |
a person who manages bees. |
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Apiary |
a place where bees are kept. |
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Apiculture |
the management of bees, esp. on a commercial scale. |
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Apidectomist |
a specialist in the field of removing bees (coined). |
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Apis mellifera |
honeybee-a hymenopterous insect of the super Family Apoidea. |
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Bee bread |
contains a mixture of honey and pollen. It is stored In wax cells and fed to young bees. |
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Beehive |
a habitation or dwelling place constructed for bees. |
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Bee space |
the distance left between combs or hive parts (ave.5/16”). |
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Brood |
developing bees within wax combs, not yet emerged. |
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Cell |
the hexagonal division of combs ( 4.83 cells to linear inch-worker ). |
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Comb |
the wax structure in which bees store food and develop brood. |
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Drone |
male offspring in a bee colony. |
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Honey |
nectar and sugary exudates of plants which have been gathered, modified, and stored in the combs of honeybees. It is the chief energy source for bees and contributes to their survival during periods of dearth. |
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Parthenogenesis |
virgin development- refers to unfertilized bee eggs which develop into drone honeybees. |
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Pheromones |
chemicals that affect the activities of bees. |
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POE |
point of entry |
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Pollen |
the male reproductive elements of plants ( microspores ). Bees gather pollen on their hind legs, store it, and consume it as a food source. The process of collecting pollen facilitates the reproductive process in plants. This greatly increases the availability of nutrition for consumers such as man. |
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Propolis |
plant gum ,used by bees, to fill up unused spaces and to glue Hive parts. It may be used to entomb intruders. |
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Queen |
gravid female honeybee. She deposits as many as 2000 eggs daily. She has the capacity to control the sex of her offspring. |
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Royal jelly |
glandular secretions of worker bees. Food for young brood. |
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Stings |
chemical irritants delivered by bees through the use of a modified hymenopterous device ( stinger attached to a poison sac). |
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swarming |
a reproductive method in which a substantial number of worker bees and a queen depart their current habitation in quest of a new hive. |
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Wax |
a fatty acid secreted by abdominal glands . |
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Worker |
infertile female bees who perform multiple tasks in a beehive. |