Beehive
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A beehive is an enclosed structure in which honey bees raise their young and produce honey as part of their seasonal cycle. Although the word beehive is used to describe the nest of any bee colony, sc
Wooden beehives with active honey bees in a California almond orchard
A honeycomb created inside a wooden beehive
Beehives being transported for pollination on farms.
Natural bee colony in the hollow of a tree
Beekeeping
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Beekeeping is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in artificial beehives. Honey bees in the genus Apis are the most commonly kept species but other honey producing bees such as Melipona stingles
Beehive
…of straw and unbaked clay. They were found in orderly rows. Ezra Marcus from the University of Haifa said the discovery provided a glimpse of ancient beekeeping seen in texts and ancient art from the Near East. An altar decorated with fertility figurines was found alongside the hives and may indicate religious…
Beekeeper at the College of DuPage, Illinois
The Beekeepers, 1568, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Beekeeping, Tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis (14th century)
A beekeeper inspecting a hive frame from a Langstroth hive