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• Queen bee — For other uses, see Queen bee (disambiguation). Carniolan queen bee with attendants on a honeycomb. The term queen bee is typically used to refer to an adult, mated female that lives in a honey bee colony or hive; she is usually the mother of… …   Wikipedia

• Queen mandibular pheromone — Queen Mandibular Protein, or QMP, is a honey bee pheromone produced by the queen and fed to her attendants who share it with the rest of the colony that gives the colony the sense of being queenright. Chemically QMP is very diverse with at least… …   Wikipedia

• queen substance — queen′ sub stance n. ent a pheromone secreted by the queen honeybee and absorbed by the worker bees, preventing them from producing or rearing rival queens • Etymology: 1950–55 …   From formal English to slang

• queen substance — noun : a pheromone secreted by a queen bee and consumed by worker bees in which it inhibits ovary development ; also : the same or a similar substance secreted by termites * * * a pheromone secreted from the mandibular glands of a queen honeybee… …   Useful english dictionary

• queen substance — a pheromone secreted from the mandibular glands of a queen honeybee and smelled, eaten, and absorbed by the worker bees, having the effect of preventing them from producing or rearing rival queens. [1950 55] * * * …   Universalium

• Cloake board — A Cloake Board is a special piece of equipment used in beekeeping to facilitate raising queen bees. Invented by Harry Cloake[1], the cloake board, or floor without a floor, consists of a queen excluder mounted to a wooden frame. The wooden frame… …   Wikipedia

• Jenter kit — A Jenter kit or Karl Jenter kit is a piece of equipment used by beekeepers in order to specifically raise large numbers of Queen Honeybees.Rival techniques for rearing Queen bees generally require grafting the honeybee larvae by hand. As such,… …   Wikipedia

• Gilbert M. Doolittle — Gilbert M. Doolittle, 1889. Gilbert M. Doolittle (* 1846 1918) es considerado el padre de la cría de reinas industrialmente. Su libro Scientific queen rearing as practically applied; being a method by which the best of queen bees are (T. G.… …   Wikipedia Español

• Honey bee pheromones — are mixtures of chemical substances released by individual bees into the hive or environment that cause changes in the physiology and behaviour of other bees. IntroductionHoneybees have one of the most complex pheromonal communication systems… …   Wikipedia

• Stephen Taber III — Infobox Person name = Stephen Taber III birth date = birth date|1924|04|17|df=y birth place = Columbia,South Carolina, U.S. death date = death date and age|2008|5|22|1924|4|17|df=y death place = Elgin, South Carolina, U.S. occupation =… …   Wikipedia

• Apiary — An apiary (also known as a bee yard) is a place where beehives of honey bees are kept. Traditionally beekeepers (also known as apiarists) paid land rent in honey for the use of small parcels. Some farmers will provide free apiary sites, because… …   Wikipedia