Beekeeping for Beginners
Beekeeping glossary
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Smoker
The smoker is used to inflate the bees during the inspection to calm the bees.
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Cage for queen bee
The queen cage is used for queen production or during swarming.
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Hive LR
LR hive is the most famous type of hive. It is recommended to use LR hive due to standardization and availability of spare parts.
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Entrance reducer
Entrance reducer is like a comb that prevents bees from coming out of the hive due to transport, the potential for chemical poisoning and similar.
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Queen bee
The queen bee is a fully developed worker bee that takes care of laying eggs for the reproduction of new bees in beehive.
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Royal Jelly
Royal jelly feeds on honey bees that need to become queens, it is extremely healthy and expensive.
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Broom for bees
A bee brush or broom is used to remove the bees from the frame without injuring them.
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Continued LR
The extension of the LR hive allows new frames to be added to the beehive as needed.
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Beekeeper's suit
Basic equipment for beekeepers that protects them from bee stings. It is extremely important that the suit is not damaged, because even the smallest hole in the suit is enough for the bees to enter and attack the beekeeper.
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Worker bee
The worker bee is an incompletely developed bee that does not have the ability to reproduce. Performs all tasks in the hive from cleaning, nectar intake, water, guarding, etc.
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Hive stand
The hive stand is the base on which the hive stands and it is used as entrance to beehive.
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Water drinker
The water drinker is used to supply the bees with sufficient amounts of water. It is important to have a water drinker so that the bees do not have to look for water and waste time.
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Honeycomb
Honeycomb is a bee product created by the secretion of bee wax.
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Beeswax Foundation
The beeswax foundations are honeycombs of a regular shape into which LR frames can fit, on which the bees then build honey.
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Drone
A drone is a male individual in a bee colony. His exclusive task is to fertilize the queen.