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Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in artificial beehives. Honey bees in the genus Apis are the most commonly kept species but other honey producing bees such as Melipona stingless bees are also kept.
In the year that followed, a summer beekeeping school was held, composed of five courses taught in previous years with the addition of a class in horticulture: [23] 1. Practical beekeeping. Lectures: laboratory practice in the general work of the beekeeper; beekeeping equipment, practices in the preparation of materials, location of the apiary ...
Beekeeping was traditionally practiced for the bees' honey harvest, although nowadays crop pollination service can often provide a greater part of a commercial beekeeper's income. Other hive products are pollen, royal jelly , and propolis , which are also used for nutritional and medicinal purposes, and beeswax , which is used in candle making ...
Throughout history apiaries and bees have been kept for honey and pollination purposes all across the globe. Due to the definition of apiary as a location where hives are kept its history can be traced as far back as that of beekeeping itself. In recent years Colony Collapse Disorder due to pesticide resistant mites have ravaged bee populations ...
The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales [1] that was founded in 1874, holding its first meeting on 16 May. [2] [3] It is made up of 75 associations in England & Wales plus one in Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Jersey. [4]
Apimondia or International Federation of Beekeepers' Associations promotes scientific, ecological, social and economic apicultural development in all countries and the cooperation of beekeepers` associations, scientific bodies and of individuals involved in apiculture worldwide.
Johann Dzierzon is considered the father of modern apiology and apiculture. [22] Most modern beehives derive from his design. Due to language barriers, Dzierzon was unaware of the achievements of his contemporary, L.L. Langstroth, [22] the American "father of modern beekeeping", [23] though Langstroth had access to translations of Dzierzon's ...
He wrote or co-wrote a number of works on beekeeping and botany. With Gaston Bonnier (1853–1922), he was co-author of a book on apiculture called "Cours complet d'apiculture" and a publication on plants of northern France and Belgium titled "Nouvelle flore du Nord de la France et de la Belgique". Other publications associated with Layens include: