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beekeeping
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Bee Pollen Collection
Bee pollen collection uses entrance traps that strip pollen pellets from returning forager bees, which are then gathered, cleaned and dried. Harvested…
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Beehive
A beehive is the manufactured structure housing a bee colony, most commonly a movable-frame design such as the Langstroth or Dadant hive.…
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Propolis Collection
Propolis collection gathers the resinous hive sealant that bees deposit on surfaces, using scrapers or special propolis traps that encourage deposition. Collected…
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Hive Frame
A hive frame is a removable wooden or plastic frame on which bees build comb inside the hive. Frames hold brood, pollen…
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Royal Jelly
Royal jelly is the protein-rich secretion fed by worker bees to larvae and to the queen, harvested by grafting larvae into queen…
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Honey Super
A honey super is a box placed above the brood chamber of a hive specifically for honey storage during a nectar flow.…
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Queen Bee
The queen bee is the single fertile female in a colony, responsible for laying all eggs and producing pheromones that regulate colony…
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Bee Swarming
Swarming is the natural reproduction of a bee colony in which the old queen leaves with a portion of the bees to…
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Nectar Flow
A nectar flow is the period when forage plants in an area secrete abundant nectar, enabling bees to collect and store honey…
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Bee Forage
Bee forage is the nectar and pollen source available to bees in the landscape around an apiary. Forage diversity and continuity across…