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Beekeeping Terms: All you need to know

Glossary of beekeeping terms In this post, we will learn about some “technical” terms that you likely run across when getting started in beekeeping. Let’s dig in: Apiary – where a beekeeper keeps bee hives and colonies, may also be called a bee yard. Apiculture – raising and keeping honeybees. Apis mellifera – the scientific ...

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Brood Inspection: Your first time will be ok!

Once your colony has gotten established, your first brood inspection is an exciting milestone in becoming a beekeeper (time for some backyard honey). Here’s what to look out for: The brood box is usually the bottom box of a hive, it contains the developing larvae and pupae, thousands of worker bees and a queen laying ...