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1 | BEEP data category (English) | Definition | Definition source | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Absence of stressors | The absence of (apparent) stressors that would lead to reduced colony survival and/or growth potential | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Action | An activity done in an apiary or on a specific hive | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Active | Engaged in action | https://www.dictionary.com/browse/active?s=t | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Activity | Behavior or actions of a particular kind | https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/activity | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Acute bee paralysis virus | A virus with extremely virulent pathology, that is especially deadly when colonies are heavily infested with varroa mites | https://bee-health.extension.org/honey-bee-viruses-the-deadly-varroa-mite-associates/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Added | Increased or adding quality to | https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/added | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | African (Apis mellifera scutellata) | Also known as the East African lowland honey bee (Apis mellifera scutellata), this is a subspecies of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_bee | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Africanized (hybrid) | Also known as the Africanized honey bee and known colloquially as the "killer bee," is a hybrid of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera), produced originally by crossbreeding of the East African lowland honey bee (A. m. scutellata) with various European honey bee subspecies such as the Italian honey bee (A. m. ligustica) and the Iberian honey bee (A. m. iberiensis) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | All stages | All stages of the development of a honeybee (egg, larva, pupa) | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Ambient temperature | Temperature of the air or other medium outside a beehive | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_temperature | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | American Foulbrood | Caused by the spore-forming bacteria Paenibacillus larvae ssp. larvae, this is a highly infectious bee disease. It is the most widespread and destructive of the bee brood diseases | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_foulbrood | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Amitraz containing product | A product containing Amitraz which is a synthetic acaricide: a pesticide that kills mites and ticks | https://www.theapiarist.org/apivar-apitraz-amitraz/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Amoeba disease | A protozoan Malpighamoeba mellificae which lives in the malpighean tubules of bees, and produces infective cysts. Commonly found in association with nosema. | https://www.sussex.ac.uk/lasi/resources/beekeepers/diseases | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Amount | The total number or quantity | https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Amount (volume) | The total quantity in cubic capacity | https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Amount (weight) | The total number in mass | https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Amphibians | Cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Amphibia | https://www.dictionary.com/browse/amphibian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Ants | Insects of the family Formicidae | https://www.dictionary.com/browse/ants?s=t | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Apiary | Location where beehives of honey bees are kept. Can be in open field, a building or vehicle. Synonym: bee yard | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apiary | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Apidea | The largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, with at least 5700 species of bees | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Apistan | A product for treating against varroa mites. Active ingredient: tau-fluvalinate | https://www.vita-europe.com/beehealth/wp-content/uploads/MSDS-Apistan-10March2016.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Apitoxin | Poisonous matter secreted by honeybees, used chiefly in defense | https://www.apiservices.biz/en/tools/1100-beekeeping-glossary#c | |||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Artificial Swarming | To separate the queen and flying bees from the brood and nurse bees | https://www.theapiarist.org/pagdens-artificial-swarm/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Artificially | Done by humans, opposed to natural | https://www.dictionary.com/browse/artificially | |||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Asian hornets | Also known as Vespa velutina, a species of hornet indigenous to Southeast Asia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_hornet | |||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Asiatic (Apis cerana) | Also known as the Eastern honey bee, Asiatic honey bee or Asian honey bee. Native to southern, southeastern, and eastern Asia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_cerana | |||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Atypical behaviour | Not typical, irregular, or abnormal behaviour | https://www.dictionary.com/browse/atypical | |||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Bacterial | Ubiquitous one-celled organisms | https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bacterial | |||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Badgers | Carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia. | https://www.dictionary.com/browse/badger?s=t | |||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Bear(s) | Carnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear | |||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Bee box | Hives that are made of food grade, extra hardened, expanded polystyrene (EPS). Available in standard measures are Langstroth and Dadant box sizes. Origin: Scandinavia | https://www.biredskapsfabriken.se/en/lista.php?kid=8-124 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Bee bread | A mixture of pollen and nectar or honey. This substance is the main source of food for honey bee workers and larvae. | https://www.amentsoc.org/insects/glossary/terms/bee-bread | |||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Bee colony | The aggregate of worker bees, drones, queen, and developing brood living together as a family unit in a hive or other dwelling | https://www.apiservices.biz/en/tools/1100-beekeeping-glossary#c | |||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Bee escape | A one-way passage often inserted between the honey supers and the brood chamber. Typically used to clear the honey super of bees before the super is removed from the hive | https://www.honeybeesuite.com/glossary/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Bee lice | Also known as Braulidae, this is a family of fly with seven species in two genera, Braula and Megabraula. Found in honey bee colonies, these most unusual wingless and small flies are not a true bee parasite, and are barely recognizable as Diptera as they have the superficial appearance of mites or lice. Synonym: bee louse. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braulidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Bee lock | A one-way passage for bees | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Bee packages | A package consisting of bees packaged and sold by weight to constitute the nucleus of a hive | https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/package%20bees | |||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Beehaus | A proprietary design for a beehive launched in 2009 based on the Dartington Long Deep. It is a hybrid between the top-bar hive and a Langstroth hive. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive | |||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Beekeeper | A person who keeps bees in beehives. Also called honey farmers, apiarists, or apiculturists | https://www.honeybeesuite.com/glossary/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Beekeeper ID | The identification code for a beekeeper | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | BeeLogger.de | A beekeeping technology platform started by Raimund and Thorsten Gurzan. | https://beelogger.de/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Beep | An open source beekeeping technology platform consisting of monitoring software and hardware | https://beep.nl/home-english | |||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Bees | Flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee | |||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Bees added | The number of bees that the beekeeper has added to colony in number or weight | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Beeswax | A substance secreted by honeybees used for constructing the honeycomb | https://www.apiservices.biz/en/tools/1100-beekeeping-glossary#c | |||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Beet sugar | Sugar that is derived from the sugar beet plant | https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/beet-sugar-vs-cane-sugar | |||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Below hive | Located underneath a beehive | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Biodynamic | A form of alternative agriculture very similar to organic farming. It includes various esoteric concepts drawn from the ideas of Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodynamic_agriculture | |||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Birds | Warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird | |||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Birth date | The date on which an animal or person was born | https://www.thefreedictionary.com/birthdate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Black queen cell virus | A virus in the order Picornavirales which are also known as picorna-like viruses. Infects honey bees, specifically Apis mellifera, Apis florea, and Apis dorsata. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_queen_cell_virus | |||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Block frame | A closed frame for the purpose of decreasing the (building) space for a colony in a beehive. | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Blue | One of the three primary colours of pigments in painting and traditional colour theory | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue | |||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Bottom board | The base or floor of a beehive | https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom%20board | |||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Breeding line | A group of pure-breeding diploid or polyploid organisms, which are genotypically distinct from others of the same species. | https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/breeding+line | |||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Brood | Immature stages of bees not yet emerged from their cells; the stages are egg, larvae, pupae. | https://www.apiservices.biz/en/tools/1100-beekeeping-glossary#c | |||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Brood chamber | This chamber (usually in the bottom boxes of the hive) houses worker-made cells where the eggs, larvae and pupae develop. Some of the cells in this part of the hive also hold pollen, nectar or honey that's used to feed the developing larvae. | https://bees.techno-science.ca/english/bees/life-in-a-hive/brood-chamber.php | |||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Brood frame | In beekeeping, bee brood or brood refers to the eggs, larvae and pupae of honeybees. The brood of Western honey bees develops within a bee hive. In man-made, removable frame hives, such as Langstroth hives, each frame which is mainly occupied by brood is called a brood frame. Brood frames usually have some pollen and nectar or honey in the upper corners of the frame. The rest of the brood frame cells may be empty or occupied by brood in various developmental stages. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_brood | |||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Brood frames | In beekeeping, bee brood or brood refers to the eggs, larvae and pupae of honeybees. The brood of Western honey bees develops within a bee hive. In man-made, removable frame hives, such as Langstroth hives, each frame which is mainly occupied by brood is called a brood frame. Brood frames usually have some pollen and nectar or honey in the upper corners of the frame. The rest of the brood frame cells may be empty or occupied by brood in various developmental stages. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_brood | |||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Brood interruption | A brood stop; no new brood is added a to colony. The beekeeper can do this by e.g. queen caging, total brood removal or trapping comb. | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00218839.2020.1793278?journalCode=tjar20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Brood layers | Layers of the brood chamber (usually in the bottom boxes of the hive) which houses worker-made cells where the eggs, larvae and pupae develop. Some of the cells in this part of the hive also hold pollen, nectar or honey that's used to feed the developing larvae. | https://bees.techno-science.ca/english/bees/life-in-a-hive/brood-chamber.php | |||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | BS Improved National | A term for the British Improved National Beehive which is a form of Langstroth beehive. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BS_National_Beehive | |||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Buckfast (Apis mellifera adami) | A breed of honey bee which is a cross of many subspecies and their strains, developed by Brother Adam (born Karl Kehrle in 1898 in Germany), who was in charge of beekeeping from 1919 at Buckfast Abbey in Devon in the United Kingdom. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckfast_bee | |||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Captured swarm | A large number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere | https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swarm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Carnica (Apis mellifera carnica) | Also known as Pollmann, a subspecies of the western honey bee. The Carniolan honey bee is native to Slovenia, southern Austria, and parts of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carniolan_honeybee | |||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | Caucasian (Apis mellifera caucasica) | A subspecies of the western honey bee. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_honey_bee | |||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Cells | Hexagonal compartments in a honey bee comb used for rearing of brood and storage of pollen and honey | https://www.honeybeesuite.com/glossary/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Chalkbrood | A disease affecting bee larvae, caused by a fungus Ascosphaera apis. Larvae eventually turn into hard, chalky white “mummies”. | https://www.apiservices.biz/en/tools/1100-beekeeping-glossary#c | |||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Characteristics | A distinguishing trait, quality, or property | https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/characteristics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Charles Nash Abbott | A hive designed in Ireland by Charles Nash Abbott (1830–1894). | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive | |||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Chemical | A substance used in or resulting from a reaction involving changes to atoms or molecules, especially one derived artificially for practical use | https://www.thefreedictionary.com/chemical | |||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | Chilled Brood | Brood that have died due to exposure to cold temperatures | https://www.honeybeesuite.com/glossary/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Chronic Bee Paralysis virus | A virus that commonly affects adult Apis mellifera honey bees and causes a chronic paralysis that can easily spread to other members of a colony. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_bee_paralysis_virus | |||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Cleaned | Free from dirt, stain, or impurities; unsoiled | https://www.thefreedictionary.com/cleaned | |||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Clear | Easily seen through; transparent | https://www.thefreedictionary.com/clear | |||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Clipped | Made shorter by cutting | https://www.thefreedictionary.com/clipped | |||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Cloud cover | The fraction of the sky obscured by clouds when observed from a particular location. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_cover | |||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Cloudy wing virus | A little-studied, small, icosahedral virus commonly found in honey bees, especially in collapsing colonies infested by V. destructor, providing circumstantial evidence that the mite may act as a vector. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diseases_of_the_honey_bee#Cloudy_wing_virus | |||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Colony collapse disorder | Also known as CCD, which is a poorly understood phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or western honey bee colony abruptly disappear. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diseases_of_the_honey_bee#Colony_collapse_disorder | |||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Colony loss | A term signifying that a bee colony or bee colonies have died | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Colony size | The total number of bees in a colony | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Colony split | The division of a colony into two – one queenright, the other queenless – on the same floor and under the same roof, with the intention of allowing the queenless colony to raise a new queen. | https://www.theapiarist.org/vertical-splits-making-increase/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Colony united | Two colonies that have been joined together | https://www.trunchbeekeeping.co.uk/knowledge/hive-managing/merge-two-colonies/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Colour | A phenomenon of light (such as red, brown, pink, or gray) or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects | https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/color | |||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Comb building | The shaping of wax into honeycomb | BeeCabulary Essentials | |||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | Comb calmness | The calmness of bees on the comb, varying from hardly moving to rushing to the bottom, clustering and falling off. | http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/running.html | |||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Comb honey | Honey in the wax combs, usually produced and sold as a separate unit, such as a wooden square, or a plastic round ring. | https://www.apiservices.biz/en/tools/1100-beekeeping-glossary#c | |||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Comb replaced | Every two to five years remove old comb to help control all diseases including spores | BeeCabulary Essentials | |||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Comb replacement | The act of removing old comb every two to five years to help control all diseases including spores | BeeCabulary Essentials | |||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Company | Usually abbreviated as co., which is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company | |||||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Concentration | The amount of a specified substance in a unit amount of another substance. | https://www.thefreedictionary.com/concentration | |||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Configuration | The relative arrangement of the parts of a thing. | https://www.dictionary.com/browse/configuration?s=ts | |||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | Conventional | Conforming or adhering to accepted standards | https://www.dictionary.com/browse/conventional | |||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Coumaphos containing product | A product containing coumaphos which is a nonvolatile, fat-soluble phosphorothioate with ectoparasiticide properties: it kills insects and mites. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coumaphos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Count | The number reached by counting | https://www.thefreedictionary.com/count | |||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Count of dead bees | The number of dead bees | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Cripaviridae | A genus of viruses in the order Picornavirales, in the family Dicistroviridae. Invertebrates serve as natural hosts. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripavirus | |||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Custom | Specially made | https://www.dictionary.com/browse/custom?s=ts | |||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Cutting out queen cells | The act of removal queen cells by the beekeeper | - |