Apiculture Dictionary
In apiculture, like other activities, some specific terms are used in order to name tools or situations, the most common ones are the following:
Colony, is the group of every individuals that live in the same place, they are organized to survive and defend themselves against other species attacks.
Swarm, is the group of bees that leave the colony and go to settle down in another place. Apiculture men also prepare them.
Beehive, is the material place where the bees live, it can be made by men or it can be a natural hole.
Handling, is the work that apiculture men do over the colony in order to improve some natural condition.
Nucleus, is the generic name of tiny beehives which are used in the transportation of propitious swarms by apiculture men.
Operculating, this is the action of closing the little cages where queens, males and honeybees will be born.
Disoperculating, this is the oppossite action of the previous one. It consists on opening the little cages. This task is made with several tools.
Royallery, is the special cage that the queen uses as a cradle.