queen excluder — noun : a device usually of perforated metal that shuts off the queen bee from some parts of a hive but permits the workers to pass … Useful english dictionary
excluder — də(r) noun ( s) : one that excludes: as a. : a person who tries to keep another out of office b. : a screen with divisions large enough to permit passage of workers but not a queen bee that is placed between chambers or supers of a beehive… … Useful english dictionary
Cloake board — A Cloake Board is a special piece of equipment used in beekeeping to facilitate raising queen bees. Invented by Harry Cloake[1], the cloake board, or floor without a floor, consists of a queen excluder mounted to a wooden frame. The wooden frame… … Wikipedia
Langstroth hive — The Langstroth bee hive is the standard beehive used in many parts of the world for bee keeping. The advantage of the Langstroth hive over hives previous to its invention on October 30, 1851, is that the bees build honeycomb into frames, which… … Wikipedia
Petro Prokopovych — (1775–1850, uk. Петро Прокопович ) was the founder of commercial beekeeping. He introduced a number of novelties in traditional beekeeping that allowed significant progress in the practice. Among his most important inventions was a frame in… … Wikipedia
Brood (honey bee) — In entomology, the term brood is used to refer to the embryo or egg, the larva and the pupa stages in the life of holometabolous insects. The brood of honey bees develops within a bee hive. In man made, removable frame hives, such as Langstroth… … Wikipedia
Ormond Aebi — (1916 July 2004) was a beekeeper who was reported to have set the world s record for honey obtained from a single hive in one year, 1974, when 404 pounds of honey were harvested, breaking an unofficial 80 year old record of 303 pounds held by A.… … Wikipedia
Stewarton Hive — The introduction of this Stewarton hive (a bee hive) is credited to Robert Kerr, of Stewarton, Ayrshire, in 1819. Little is known about the detail of the earliest Stewartons, but during the second half of the 19th century several enthusiasts… … Wikipedia
Top-bar hive — Top bar hives are a style of beehive used for beekeeping. They are especially useful in areas where resources are limited, but are also increasingly popular among hobby beekeepers in industrialized nations. This article is primarily concerned… … Wikipedia
L. L. Langstroth — Rev. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth (25 December, 1810 ndash; October 6, 1895), apiarian, clergyman and teacher, is considered the Father of American Beekeeping. L. L. Langstroth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a youngster, he took such… … Wikipedia
