Glossary of beekeeping

This page is a 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)
• Bee bread is the main source of food for most honey bees and their larvae
• 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
• Drone laying queen

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

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

R

• Honey bee race
• Russian honey bee

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

See also

• List of honey plants