A top-bar hive is a single-story frameless beehive in which the comb hangs from removable bars. The bars form a continuous roof over the comb, whereas...
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Beekeeping (section Hive designs)
the horizontal top-bar hive as a viable alternative to the ubiquitous Langstroth-style movable-frame hive. A vertical top-bar hive is the Warré hive, based...
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Colony collapse disorder (redirect from Spontaneous Hive Collapse)
delayed attacks by hive pests such as wax moths and small hive beetles Presence of the queen bee. If the queen is not present, the hive likely died because...
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shrubs. Their stings are often incapable of penetrating human skin, so the hive and swarms can be handled with minimal protection. They occur largely sympatrically...
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Berlepsch's frame-movable, side-opened hive (May 1852, Germany), Langstroth's hive was top-opened, as was the Bevan top-bar hive (1848, UK). These combined adaptations...
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Aethina tumida, commonly known as small hive beetle (SHB), is a beekeeping pest. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, but has spread to many other regions...
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of the bee. Adult mites are more often identified as present in the hive when on top of the adult bee on the thorax, but mites in this location are likely...
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one bar to the center of the next. In 1848, Dzierzon introduced grooves into the hive's side walls replacing the strips of wood to hang top bars. The...
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National Beehive, Flow Hive, Horizontal top-bar hive, Langstroth hive - Nuc, Stewarton hive) Hive frame Honey super Wax foundation Hive tool Queen clip Bee...
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