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
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
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
Beekeeping
…Beekeeping (or apiculture, from Latin: apis + culture) 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 stingless bees are also kept. Beekeepers…
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