GLOSSARY 



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Hybrids. The term hybrid is 

 used to indicate a cross be- 

 tween two races of bees. The 

 worker bees which are the 

 offspring of a mismated 

 queen are called hybrids. 



Italian Bees. Yellow bees 

 native to Italy. 



Italianizing. Replacing ordi- 

 nary queens with queens of 

 the Italian race. 



Inspector. A public official 

 whose duty it is to examine 

 bees for foulbrood and to 

 make sure that proper 

 treatment is given. 



Langstroth Hive. The stand- 

 ard hive in America. The 

 frames are 17% x 9K inches 

 in size. 



Larvas. The young bees after 

 hatching from the egg and 

 before entering the pupal 

 stage. 



Laying Workers. Worker bees 

 which lay eggs. See Fertile 

 Workers. 



Locality. The environment of 

 the apiary. The term is 

 used with particular refer- 

 ence to the available pas- 

 turage and the conditions 

 that may be peculiar to a 

 particular neighborhood. 



Long Idea Hive. A hive used 

 by the late O. O. Poppleton, 

 which used no supers but 

 contained a sufficient num- 

 ber of frames to permit of 

 removing surplus honey 

 from the hivebody. 



Mating Hive. A small hive in 

 which a small colony is kept 



for the purpose of getting 

 queens mated. It is used 

 by queen breeders who wish 

 to secure as many queens as 

 possible for the market. One 

 large colony can be broken up 

 into several parts, and thus 

 serve to enable the breeder 

 to increase the number of 

 queens. See Baby Nucleus. 



Mandibles. The jaws of an 

 insect which work sidewise. 



May Disease. A disease 

 attacking adult bees in the 

 spring of the year. 



Midrib. The septum of the 

 honeycomb. 



Miller Cage. A queen cage 

 invented by Dr. C. C. 

 Miller. 



Mismated Queen. An im- 

 purely mated queen. A 

 queen of one race that has 

 mated with a drone of an- 

 other race. 



Moth-Miller. The waxmoth. 

 See Beemoth. 



Mother-Bee. The queen. 



Movable Frame. A loose 

 frame which enables the bee- 

 keeper to examine any part 

 of the interior of the hive at 

 his pleasure. This term is 

 used to distinguish such a 

 hive from the box or skep 



Nectar. The sweet liquid se- 

 creted by flowers which the 

 bees elaborate into honey. 



Nectaries. The glands which 

 secrete nectar. 



Neuter. A term sometimes 

 applied to worker bees and 

 also to ants which are not 

 developed sexually. 



