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A selective barrier inside the hive that allows worker bees through but prevents the queen from laying eggs in honey supers.

The most commonly used hive design in beekeeping, it's a vertically modular hive with removable frames.

A mechanical device used to extract honey from honeycombs without destroying the comb.

A soft-bristled brush used to gently remove bees from frames, typically during honey harvest or inspections.

The small gap that bees naturally leave between their combs, about 1/4 to 3/8 inches, which is crucial in hive design.

Short for 'nucleus colony', it's a small bee colony created from larger colonies, usually with its own queen.

The process of breeding and raising new queen bees.

A location where beehives are kept, can consist of one or many hives.

A device used to generate smoke which calms bees and reduces their aggressive behavior during hive inspections.

A piece of equipment used to reduce the size of the hive entrance, protecting against robbing and helping maintain hive temperature.

A versatile steel tool used by beekeepers to pry apart hive bodies and scrape wax and propolis from hive components.

The male honeybee, whose primary role is to mate with a virgin queen. They do not collect pollen or nectar.

A sticky substance that bees collect from tree sap used to seal cracks in the hive and to varnish comb cells.

A large group of bees that leave the parent colony to form a new colony. Swarming is a natural method of colony reproduction.

A serious pest of honeybee colonies that feeds on the bodily fluids of larvae and adult bees.

A device used to collect pollen from bees as they enter the hive, often used for pollination research or dietary supplements.

A heated knife used to slice the wax cappings off of honeycomb to prepare for extraction.

A pre-made sheet of beeswax or plastic that gives bees a head-start on building comb.

The part of the hive where the queen bee lays eggs and the young bees (brood) are raised.