Queen excluderIn beekeeping, a queen excluder is a selective barrier inside the beehive that allows worker bees but not the larger queens and drones to traverse the barrier. Queen excluders are also used with some queen breeding methods. Some beekeepers believe that excluders lead to less efficient hives as often worker bees, not used to travelling through the excluder, are intimidated and stay in the lower brood box. This can lead to rapid filling of the brood box and overcrowding resulting eventually in the hive swarming.
MeliponaMelipona est un genre d'abeilles sans dard de la tribu des Meliponini et de la famille des Apidés. Ces abeilles mélipones se rencontrent au Mexique, en Amérique centrale, aux Antilles et Amérique du Sud (sur tout le territoire du Mexique, notamment au Chiapas et dans la péninsule du Yucatán, jusqu'en Argentine, dans les provinces de Misiones et Tucumán). En Amérique centrale, des abeilles du genre Melipona ont été suspectées d'être les pollinisateurs de la vanille, une orchidée strictement allogame.
Bee smokerA bee smoker (usually called simply a smoker or a smokepot) is a device used in beekeeping to calm honey bees. It is designed to generate smoke from the smoldering of various fuels, hence the name. It is commonly designed as a stainless steel cylinder with a lid that narrows to a small gap. The base of the cylinder has another small opening that is adjacent to a bellow nozzle. Pumping of the bellows forces air through the bottom opening. The cylinder may also have a wire frame around to protect hands from burning.
Honey extractorA honey extractor is a mechanical device used in the extraction of honey from honeycombs. A honey extractor extracts the honey from the honey comb without destroying the comb. Extractors work by centrifugal force. A drum or container holds a frame basket which spins, flinging the honey out. With this method the wax comb stays intact within the frame and can be reused by the bees. Bees cover the filled in cells with wax cap that must be removed (cut by knife, etc.) before centrifugation.
Apis mellifera melliferaL ( ou ) est une sous-espèce de l'abeille domestique européenne (Apis mellifera). Cette abeille est couramment utilisée en apiculture en Europe pour la production de miel. Il existe trois races (alias variétés) appartenant toutes à la lignée 'M' d'''Apis mellifera, à savoir : mellifera mellifera mellifera (abeille noire) mellifera mellifera lehzeni (abeille des landes) mellifera mellifera nigra (abeille noire), qui ont des sous-variétés locales, comme la « brune de Poméranie », ou la « noire de Scandinavie ».
Melipona bicolorMelipona bicolor , commonly known as Guaraipo or Guarupu, is a eusocial bee found primarily in South America. It is an inhabitant of the Araucaria Forest and the Atlantic Rainforest, and is most commonly found from South to East Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, and Paraguay. It prefers to nest close to the soil, in hollowed trunks or roots of trees. M. bicolor is a member of the tribe Meliponini, and is therefore a stingless bee. This species is unique among the stingless bees species because it is polygynous, which is rare for eusocial bees.
Burr combIn beekeeping, in a Langstroth hive, burr comb, also known as brace comb and bridge comb, are portions of honeycomb built by the bees in other places than in the intended place in the frames. Burr comb is commonly found on the top of frames, particularly if the hive has been assembled with a void above the frames; burr comb may also be found hanging from the bottom of frames, if the frame itself is too shallow in height for the height of the hive it has been put in.
Achroia grisellaAchroia grisella, communément appelé la Petite teigne des ruches, est une espèce d'insectes lépidoptères de la famille des Pyralidae. Les chenilles se nourrissent des cadres de ruches. Les adultes ont une longueur d'environ 12 à et une envergure d'approximativement 23 à . Achroia alvearia (Fabricius) Achroia major (Dufrane, 1930) Achroia obscurevittella Ragonot, 1901 Acroia major (lapsus) Bombyx cinereola Hübner, 1802 Galleria aluearia Fabricius, 1798 Galleria alvea Haworth, 1811 (unjustified emendation) Galleria alvearia (lapsus) Meliphora alveariella Guenée, 1845 (unjustified emendation) Tinea anticella Walker, 1863 Tinea grisella Fabricius, 1794 Lépi'Net.
Pain d'abeillethumb|Pain d'abeille sur un rayon de couvain au sein d'une ruche d'Abeille mellifère. vignette|Larve de Ceratina bifida (Apidae, tribu Ceratinini) se nourrissant de son pain d'abeille Le pain d'abeille est un mélange de pelotes de pollen, de miel et de ferments lactiques qui sert de nourriture de base aux larves des abeilles sociales et solitaires, bourdons et autres Apoidea. Alors que le miel est la fraction énergétique de la ration alimentaire, le pain d'abeille contient des vitamines et des aminoacides qui couvrent les apports protéiniques des larves.
Wax foundationWax foundation or honeycomb base is a plate made of wax forming the base of one honeycomb. It is used in beekeeping to give the bees a foundation on which they can build the honeycomb. Wax foundation is considered one of the most important inventions in modern beekeeping. Wax foundation was invented by German Johannes Mehring in 1857, a few years after Langstroth designed and patented the Langstroth hive on October 5, 1852. Mehring's wax foundation had only the bottom of the cells, and today's base with the foundation of the cells was invented by US beekeeper Samuel Wagner.
