apiculture

Raising honeycomb producers

Apiculture is the practice of keeping bees, especially for honey production.

The term is more technical than beekeeping, appearing in agricultural and scientific contexts: She studied apiculture at the state university.

Someone who practices apiculture is an apiculturist or, more commonly, a beekeeper.

colony

queen

Most powerful chess piece

larvae · eggs · cells · comb · propolis · pheromone · swarming · queenless · bee-bread · forager

beekeeping

apiarist

One who tends bees

veil · gloves · extractor · frames · supers · queen · drone · worker · colony · swarm

wax

beeswax

Honeycomb building material

rendering · candles · cosmetics · encaustic · polish · batik · secretion

honey

honeycomb

Wax matrix of hexagons

varietal · clover · manuka · acacia · buckwheat · goldenrod · crystallization · raw · jarring · viscosity

pollination

pollinator

Pollen-transferring organism

orchard · almond · migratory · foraging · nectar · pollen · bloom

agriculture

orchard

Fruit tree plantation

monoculture · commercial · sideline · hobbyist

Categories
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DOMESTICATION/CULTIVATION vs. WILD HARVESTING

apiculturewild harvesting

Collecting food from nature

foraging · gathering

type of animal husbandry

apiculturecattle ranching

Raising bovines commercially

aquaculture · poultry farming · pig farming · dairy farming

agricultural practice type

apiculturecrop farming

Growing plants for harvest

horticulture · viticulture · silviculture · agriculture · plant cultivation

Family

apiculturist

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