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Beekeeping Terminology – What is Beekeeping Called?
For those not experienced with beekeeping, you may notice a lot of unfamiliar words. A common question I get is, what is beekeeping called? It’s true that there are technical terms for beekeeping, beekeepers, and bee yards. What is Beekeeping Called? Beekeeping is called apiculture. Apiculture refers to the maintenance of bee colonies in man made hives. Basically, apiculture is the scientific method of raising honey bees. It comes from the latin word “apis”, which means bee. You will find that many beekeeping terms derive from the word apis. For example, apis mellifera is the scientific name for the Western Honey Bee. While the genus name Apis means bee, mellifera…
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Technical Terms Used in Beekeeping
If you are unfamiliar with beekeeping you may ask, what is the technical term for beekeeping? Sometimes beekeeping and beekeepers go by a different name. The technical term for beekeeping is apiculture. Beekeepers are called apiarists. Beekeeping uses a lot of terms that are not used in other hobbies. It’s not uncommon for people new to beekeeping to become confused by all of these new words. But don’t worry, with some reading and practice, understanding these terms will be easy. This article will go over some of the common words used in beekeeping. Apiculture Apiculture refers to the maintenance of bee colonies. Apiarist The technical term for a beekeeper is…
