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  2. Beekeeping - Wikipedia

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    The hives were found in orderly rows, three high, in a manner that according to Mazar could have accommodated around 100 hives, held more than one million bees and had a potential annual yield of 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) of honey and 70 kilograms (150 lb) of beeswax, and are evidence an advanced honey industry in Tel Rehov, Israel 3,000 years ago.

  3. Beekeeping in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Some southern U.S. beekeepers keep bees primarily to raise queens and package bees for sale. Northern beekeepers can buy early spring queens and 3- or 4-pound packages of live worker bees from the South to replenish hives that die out during the winter, although this is becoming less practical due to the spread of the Africanized bee.

  4. Hive management - Wikipedia

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    Hive management techniques to multiply colonies use the bees natural tendency to swarm by simulating a swarm. Nucs are bought and sold usually in the spring time. The advantage to packaged bees is that the bees are on established frames with a laying queen and developing brood.

  5. Honey super - Wikipedia

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    Beeswax being scraped off the honeycombs in the honey supers. A honey super is a part of a commercial or other human-managed beehive that is used to collect honey.The most common variety is the "Illinois" or "medium" super with a depth of 6 5 ⁄ 8 inches, in the length and width dimensions of a Langstroth hive.

  6. Beehive - Wikipedia

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    The Dartington was originally developed by Robin Dartington so that he could keep bees on his London rooftop. Beehaus Hive: A proprietary design for a beehive launched in 2009 based on the Dartington long deep. It is a hybrid of the top-bar hive and a Langstroth hive. Layens Hive: Developed by Georges de Layens in 1864. This hive is a popular ...

  7. Urban beekeeping - Wikipedia

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    Urban beekeeping is the practice of keeping bee colonies (hives) in towns and cities. It is also referred to as hobby beekeeping or backyard beekeeping. Bees from city apiaries are said to be "healthier and more productive than their country cousins". [2] As pollinators, bees also provide environmental and economic benefits to cities. They are ...

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