A hive frame or honey frame is a structural element in a beehive that holds the honeycomb or brood comb within the hive enclosure or box. The hive frame is a key part of the …
Hive frame
Langstroth Hive
Honey super
Introduction A honey super is a part of a commercial or other managed (such as by a hobbyist) beehive that is used to collect honey. The most common variety is the “Illinois” …
Feeder
A feeder is a vessel or contraption used by beekeepers to feed pollen or honey (or substitutes) to honey bees from a honey bee colony. Beekeepers feed …
Queen excluder
In beekeeping, a queen excluder is a selective barrier inside the beehive that allows worker bees but not the larger queens and drones to traverse the barrier. Queen excluders are also used with some …
Cloake board
A Cloake board, or floor without a floor, is a special piece of equipment used in beekeeping to facilitate raising queen bees. Invented by Harry Cloake, the Cloake board consists …
Langstroth hive
In modern beekeeping, a Langstroth hive is any vertically modular beehive that has the key features of vertically hung frames, a bottom board with entrance for the bees, boxes containing …
Lorenzo Langstroth
Rev. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth (December 25, 1810 – October 6, 1895) was an American apiarist, clergyman and teacher, and considered to be the father of American beekeeping. He …