Beekeeping (or apiculture, from Latin apis, a bee) is the practice of intentional maintenance of honeybee hives by humans. A beekeeper may keep bees in order to collect honey and beeswax, or for the purpose of pollinating crops, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers. A location where bees are kept is called an apiary. Beekeeping - History of beekeeping. Beekeeping is one of the oldest forms of food production. Some of the earliest evidence of beekeeping is from rock painting, ...

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Beekeeping is one of the oldest forms of food production. Some of the earliest evidence of beekeeping is from rock painting, dating to around 13,000 BC. It was particularly well developed in Egypt and was discussed by the Roman writers Virgil, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Varro and Columella. Traditionally beekeeping was done for the bees' honey harvest, although nowadays crop pollination service can often provide a greater part of a commercial beekeeper's income. Other hive products are pollen, royal jelly and propolis, which are also used ...

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The bees are usually kept in a Langstroth hive, that is wooden boxes, or supers, filled with frames that each hold a sheet of wax or plastic foundation: the bees produce wax and build honeycomb using the wax sheets as a starting point, after which they may raise brood or deposit honey and pollen in the cells of the comb. These frames can be freely manipulated and honey supers with frames full of honey can be taken and extracted for their honey crop. The more traditional skep is now largely unlawful in the United Sta ...

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There are several types of beekeepers: Hobbyists — They have a different day job but find beekeeping fun as just a hobby. Sideliners — Basically, sideliners have other income but moonlight as "beekeepers" for extra money. Commercial — Beekeeping is their only source of income. The modern hobby beekeeper is more likely to be a suburbanite: he or she tends to be a member of an active ...

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The bees are usually kept in a Langstroth hive, that is wooden boxes, or supers, filled with frames that each hold a sheet of wax or plastic foundation: the bees produce wax and build honeycomb using the wax sheets as a starting point, after which they may raise brood or deposit honey and pollen in the cells of the comb. These frames can be freely manipulated and honey supers with frames full of honey can be taken and extracted for their honey crop. A few hobby beekeepers are adapting various top-bar hives commonly found in Africa. Th ...

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There are several types of beekeepers: Hobbyists — have a different day job but find beekeeping fun as just a hobby. Sideliners — have other income but moonlight as "beekeepers" for extra money. Commercial — beekeeping is their only source of income. The modern hobby beekeeper is more likely to be a suburbanite: he or she tends to be a member of an active ...

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When interacting with the bees, novice beekeepers usually wear protective clothing (including gloves and a hooded suit or hat and veil). Experienced beekeepers do not use gloves because they make movement clumsy and can transmit disease from one hive to another. The face and neck are the most important areas to protect, so most beekeepers will at least wear a veil. Bees are calmed with a puff of smoke, triggering a feeding response in anticipation of possible hive abandonment due to fire and masking any alarm pheromone, before the beekeeper ...

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