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This glossary contains some basic terms about beehive and beekeeping equipment.

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Dadant-Blatt hive provides a large, deep brood chamber with plenty of room in which the queen could lay, and shallower supers for honey storage.

Domain: Agriculture; Category: General agriculture

Langstroth hive is a hive in which bees build honeycomb into easily movable frames. It is the most used hive today since it is built to collect honey very easily.

Domain: Agriculture; Category: General agriculture

Outer cover of a beehive is placed over the topmost part of a hive, it protects the hive from rain, snow, dust and any other external factors.

Domain: Agriculture; Category: General agriculture

Bee(keeping) brush is а soft bristled brush that can be used to gently, and harmlessly, remove bees from a surface.

Domain: Agriculture; Category: General agriculture

Bee smoker is a beekeeping tool. Smoke goes out of it and it is used to calm the bees before hive inspection or honey extraction.

Domain: Agriculture; Category: Farm machinery & equipment

Most beekeepers wear protective clothing. Novice beekeepers usually wear gloves and a hooded suit or hat and veil. Experienced beekeepers sometimes elect not to use gloves because they inhibit ...

Domain: Agriculture; Category: Farm machinery & equipment

Beekeeping fork is used to open the honey comb (by removing the wax cap from the cells on honey comb).

Domain: Agriculture; Category: Farm machinery & equipment

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