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GLOSSARY 



come to apply to any kind of 

 box or hive in which bees 

 are kept. 



Bee Martin. The common 

 Kingbird, {Tyrannus tyr an- 

 nus). 



Beemoth. The waxwonn. The 

 adult is a small grey moth 

 which lays its eggs in or 

 about the hive. The young 

 larvae burrow in the combs, 

 feeding on the wax and 

 pollen, and in time destroy 

 the combs unless checked. 



Beepasture. Sources of nec- 

 tar. The flowering plants on 

 which bees feed. 



Beespace. A space large 

 enough to permit the free 

 passage of the bees, but not 

 large 'enough to permit the 

 building of the comb. About 

 14, inch. 



Black Bees. The common bees 

 of Europe. The German Bee. 



Bottom-board. The floor of 

 the hive. 



Box-hive. A hive without 

 frames. A box in which bees 

 are hived. 



Brood. The young bees in the 

 larval stage. 



Brood-chamber. The lower 

 portion of main body of the 

 hive. The part containing 

 the brood nest. 



Brood-comb. A comb used 

 for brood rearing. 



Brood-frame. A frame con- 

 taining a brood-comb. 



Brood-nest. The part of the 

 hive where the colony makes 

 its principal cluster. The 

 place where the eggs and 

 lar\'se are to be found. 



Brood-rearing. The rearing 

 of young bees. 



Bulk Honey. Honey cut from 

 the frames and marketed in 

 bulk as distinguished from 

 extracted honey or honey in 

 sections. Also spoken of as 

 chunk honey. 



Burr-comb. Burr-combs or 

 brace combs are small bits 

 of comb built into small 

 spaces, between two combs, 

 or between the frames and 

 other hive parts. 



Capping Melter. A container 

 made of metal which is 

 heated to melt the cappings 

 as they are cut from the 

 combs in extracting honey. 



Camiolan Bees. A race of 

 dark bees, native to the 

 province of Carniola, Aus- 

 tria. 



Caucasian Bees. A race of 

 dark bees native to the 

 Caucasus. 



Cellar Wintering. The winter- 

 ing of bees in a cellar as dis- 

 tinguished from wintering 

 on their summer stands, out 

 of doors. 



Cells. The hollows in the 

 combs in which honey is 

 stored. These are of two 

 sizes; worker cells, which 

 measure about twenty- 

 seven to the square inch 

 and drone cells, which meas- 

 ure about eighteen to the 

 square inch. They are hex- 

 agonal in shape and the 

 bottom of each cell is oppo- 

 site one third of each of 

 three others on the opposite 



