Beekeeper
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A beekeeper is a person who keeps honey bees, a profession known as beekeeping. The term beekeeper refers to a person who keeps honey bees in beehives, boxes, or other receptacles. The beekeeper does
A beekeeper holding a brood frame, in Lower Saxony, Germany
A commercial beekeeper working in an apiary
Beekeepers from North Macedonia, from the beginning of 20th century
Two beekeepers in Cornwall, UK, checking their hives and using a smoker.
Petro Prokopovych
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Petro Prokopovych was a Ukrainian beekeeper who made revolutionary contributions to the practice. They include the founding of commercial beekeeping and the invention of the first movable frame hive.
Beekeeper
…most extensive own and operate up to 50,000 colonies of bees, and they produce millions of pounds of honey. The first major commercial beekeeper was Petro Prokopovych from Ukraine, operating 6,600 colonies in the early 19th century. Moses Quinby was the first commercial beekeeper in the US, with 1,200 colonies by the…
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Prokopovych's beehive system.
Ukrainian stamp honoring Prokopovych, 2000.