Category: Science
Created by: absit.nomen
Number of Blossarys: 5
Bottom board with entrance cleat of a modern beehive closes and protects the hive from the bottom side from the outside factors - unwanted guests, cold, snow and rain.
Clearer or the 'escape board' in a modern beehive separates the bees from the honey, and regulates the microclimate in the hive.
Feeder is used to provide or supplement nutrients for a beehive. It is usually a simple box or a container filled with sugar syrup.
Frame is a removable structural element in a beehive that holds the honeycomb or brood comb within the hive body (or "super").
Unlike the supers, brood chamber is the part of the hive where brood is located. The nursery area is in the brood chamber, which beekeepers prefer to be in the bottom box. In the late winter and ...
Hive stand of a modern beehive is the bottom part of the hive that has an angled landing board for the bees.
Hive tool can be used for loosening hive bodies and frames, removing excess bur comb or to scrape propolis from the hive parts.