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BEEKEEPING TERMINOLOGY - words we use
Michael Bush:
BTW as far as I know the term "nucleus" hive was coined by L.L. Langstroth in "The Hive and the Honey Bee".
thebeeladyintn:
Pingers
A term that I use to describe guard bees than ping the veil, even though they have been smoked. Once in a while, there is always the rouge pinger.
With kind regards,
the bee lady in TN
BEES4U:
LOB - Low on bees.
X - Cross or mean bees
SWM - Swarm
VQ - Virgin queen
+ Q - Plus a queen
- Q - minus a queen
8 F - Eight frames of bees
FQ - Failing queen
PH - Pulled honey
SWF - Supered with foundation.
SWC - Supered with comb.
F - Feeder
Regards,
Ernie
Michael Bush:
And here is a dictionary:
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesterms.htm
G Bees:
Very useful information when speaking the bee language. Very helpful. Thank you for listing.
GB...Gerald Barrett ;)
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