GLOSSARY 



Absconding. A term com- 

 monly used where swarms 

 are lost through their de- 

 parture for parts unknown. 



Adair Hive. A hive formerly 

 popular in some localities but 

 now almost gone out of use. 

 The frames were 13^ inches 

 long and llM inches deep. 



Afterswarm. A small swarm 

 issuing after the first or 

 prime swarm. Where bees 

 are not given proper atten- 

 tion it is not uncommon for 

 them to send out several 

 afterswarms, one after an- 

 other until the parent col- 

 ony becomes almost worth- 

 less. 



American Hive. A hive once 

 common but now seldom 

 seen. The frames were 12 

 inches square. 



Apiary. A place where bees 

 are kept. As generally used 

 the term includes bees, 

 hives and other equipment 

 together with the situation. 



Apiculture. The pursuit of 

 beekeeping. 



Baby Nucleus. A small col- 

 ony of bees for the purpose 

 of mating queens. Queen 

 breeders often break up 

 colonies into small parts, 

 placing a pint or so of bees 

 into each small hive. To 

 each is given a ripe queen cell. 



Balling Queens. When a 

 strange queen is introduced 

 to a colony or when some 

 abnormal condition incites 

 the bees to mistrust their 

 own queen, they often clus- 

 ter about her in a dense ball, 

 thus smothering her. 



Beebread. A term commonly 

 used for pollen stored in the 

 cells within the hive. 



Bait Sections. Comb honey 

 sections in which comb left 

 over from a former season 

 has been built. These are 

 placed in the supers along 

 with those filled with foun- 

 dation to induce the bees to 

 begin work in the super 

 more readily. 



Banat Bees. \ dark race of 

 bees coming from Hungary. 



Bar Hive. A hive with bars 

 instead of frames. These 

 hives are commonly used in 

 Europe but seldom found in 

 America. 



Bee-escape. A contrivance 

 which enables the bees to 

 leave a compartment of the 

 hive but prevents their 

 return. 



Bee Gum. A name commonly 

 given to a hive made from a 

 portion of a hollow tree. In 

 the South, gum trees are 

 commonly hollow and these 

 are so often used for hiving 

 swarms, that the term has 



