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    The brood comb is the beeswax structure of cells where the queen bee lays eggs. It is the part of the beehive where a new brood is raised by the colony...
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    the brood can identify the disease in its early stages. The most reliable disease diagnosis is done by sending in some possibly affected brood comb honey...
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  • dark brood comb, which was used by the bees to hold the developing bees. Their full development to adults requires access to used brood comb or brood cell...
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    deep in the hive beyond the brood nest combs. Typically inspections will then begin with either the beginning of the brood nest at the front, or with the...
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    cells start out as queen cups, which are larger than the cells of normal brood comb and are oriented vertically instead of horizontally. Worker bees will...
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    that holds the honeycomb or brood comb within the hive enclosure or box. The hive frame is a key part of the modern movable-comb hive. It can be removed in...
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  • which care for the brood and keep it warm. These brood combs and nurse bees are then placed into a small "nucleus hive" with other combs containing honey...
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    cells Carpenter bee nests in a cedar wood beam (sawn open) Honeybees on brood comb with eggs and larvae in cells Antoine Magnan's 1934 book Le vol des insectes...
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    Honeycomb (redirect from Honey comb)
    stain' by beekeepers when seen on frames of comb honey. Honeycomb in the "supers" that are not used for brood (e.g. by the placement of a queen excluder)...
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  • removing burr comb, as the adult queen bee may be found on it, or the comb itself may contain brood cells, including sometimes queen brood cells. "Beekeeping/Glossary...
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    the brood comb of the honey bee hive tends to be darker than wax from the honeycomb because impurities accumulate more quickly in the brood comb. Due...
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    access to used brood comb or brood cell cleanings—these contain protein essential for the larvae's development, in the form of brood cocoons. The destruction...
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    mites can be kept in check by removing the capped drone brood and either freezing the brood comb or heating it. Western honey bee life cycle Drones Club...
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    to warm the combs, the brood may die from cold temperature overnight (aptly called "chilled brood"). Bee brood frames are composed of brood at various...
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    adult bee. It is common for defined regions of the comb to be filled with young bees (also called "brood"), while others are filled with pollen and honey...
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    cells, worker-brood cells, and drone-brood cells, in that order. The peanut-shaped queen cells are normally built at the lower edge of the comb. In antiquity...
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    tendency to keep a constricted brood nest and for their production of white wax cappings, making more attractive honey combs. Honey extraction The Hive and...
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    2022 in New South Wales in Australia. Female mites enter brood cells to lay eggs on the comb wall after the cell is capped. Eggs are approximately 0.2...
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    hockingsi constructs brood combs during the Provisioning and Ovipositioning Process (POP). First, workers construct a new brood cell and provision the...
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    is the residue of the beeswax rendering process. When the beeswax from brood comb is rendered to produce clean wax, it leaves behind the pupa casings, skins...
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    empty frames in the brood nest, frames of bare foundation in the brood nest or drawn combs in the brood nest, or moving brood combs to the box above to...
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    referred to. This setup has been established for the brood chamber, as for honey storage, the comb distance can be different. Dr. Jan Dzierżon, a Polish...
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    brood chamber. This innovative approach optimizes the available space when emerging bees vacate older, lower brood combs. The second prevalent brood cell...
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    Ctenophora (redirect from Comb jelly)
    Ancient Greek κτείς (kteis) 'comb', and φέρω (pherō) 'to carry') comprise a phylum of marine invertebrates, commonly known as comb jellies, that inhabit sea...
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    up of multiple horizontal layers which allow for easy division of the brood comb. The nests are found in open forests and woodlands. They are usually built...
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    beekeeping. However, the brood chamber in the Flow Hive below the honey super may contain hive frames intended for bees to make brood comb entirely from their...
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  • interrupting brood production right before the main honey flow to free up nurse bees for foraging. A main objective is to prevent swarming. Comb honey production...
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    the queen or another worker will eat. In one study that examined 37 brood combs from five colonies of P. remota, it was shown that 73.40% of the individuals...
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    of broods is housed in a comb. Therefore, as older combs are abandoned, brood rearing moves into new combs, with most colonies having about 38 combs. This...
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    nests of most true paper wasps are characterized by having open combs with cells for brood rearing. The wasps gather fibers from dead wood and plant stems...
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