Heddon Hive. A very shallow hive with frames 5 3/8 x 18 1/16 inches which created a great deal of discussion at the time of its introduction. It was also known as a divisible brood-chamber hive.

Hoffman Frame. The standard Langstroth frame with the addition of a self spacing feature. The end bars of the frame are cut wide enough to insure proper spacing at 1 3/8 inches from center to center. A metal spacer is sometimes used in similar manner.

Hivestand. The base on which the beehive is placed.

Holy Land Bees. The native bees of Palestine, also known as Syrians. They are similar to Italians in appearance but have whiter fuzz rings on the abdomen.

Honey. The evaporated nectar of flowers, as stored in wax cells by the honeybees.

Honey-board. A board placed between the hive-body and the super. Sometimes an excluder is called a honey-board, and sometimes the board containing the bee-escape is designated by this term.

Honeycomb. The assembled waxen cells built by the bees for the storage of honey. See Comb.

Honeydew. A sweet substance produced by aphides. The term is also applied to sweet exudations of plants not the product of true nectaries.

Honeyflow. When nectar is coming to the hives freely from the fields, it is spoken of as the honeflow. The time when honey is abundant.

Honey-gate. The faucet by which the honey is drawn from the extractor.

Honey-house. The building at the apiary where honey and beekeeping equipment are stored, and which serves as a workshop for the beekeeper.

Honey-sac. The honeybag or sac in which the bees carry the nectar from the field. It is also known as honey-stomach.

House-apiary. An apiary kept entirely within a building erected for the purpose. The bees find their way to the outside through entrances through the wall from each hive.

Hybrids. The term hybrid is used to indicate a cross between two races of bees. The worker bees which are the offspring of a mismated queen are called hybrids.

Italian Bees. Yellow Bees native to Italy.

Italianizing. Replacing ordinary queens with queens of the Italian race.

Inspector. A public official whose duty it is to examine bees for foulbrood and to make sure that proper treatment is given.

Langstroth Hive. The standard hive in America. The frames are 17 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches in size.

Larvae. The young bees after hatching from the egg and before entering the pupal stage.

Laying Workers. Worker bees which lay eggs. See Fertile Workers.

Locality. The environment of the apiary. The term is used with particular reference to the available pasturage and the conditions that may be peculiar to a particular neighborhood.

Long Idea Hive. A hive used by the late O. O. Poppleton, which used no supers but contained a sufficient number of frames to permit of removing surplus honey from the hivebody.

Mating Hive. A small hive in which a small colony is kept for the purpose of getting queens mated. It is used by queen breeders who wish to secure as many queens as possible for the market. One large colony can be broken up into several parts, and thus serve to enable the breeder to increase the number of queens. See Baby Nucleus.

Mandibles. The jaws of an insect which work sidewise.

May Disease. A disease attacking adult bees in the spring of the year.

Midrib. The septum of the honeycomb.

Miller Cage. A queen cage invented by Dr. C. C. Miller.

Mismated Queen. An impurely mated queen of one race that has mated with a drone of another race.

Moth-Miller. The waxmoth. See Beemoth.

Mother-Bee. The queen.

Movable Frame. A loose frame which enables the beekeeper to examine any part of the interior of the hive at his pleasure. This term is used to distinguish such a hive from the box or skep.

Nectar. The sweet liquid secreted by flowers which the bees elaborate into honey.

Nectaries. The glands which secrete nectar.

Neuter. A term sometimes applied to worker bees and also to ants which are not developed sexually.

Nucleus. (Plural nuclei. ) In breaking up a strong colony into several parts, one, two or three frames of brood with adhering bees are taken away and placed in a separate hive. Each division is given a queen or ripe cell. These are spoken of as one-frame nuclei, two-frame nuclei or three-frame nuclei, as the case may be.

Nurse Bees. The worker bees which feed the larvae. The newly emerged bees usually render this service, while older ones go to the fields.

Observation Hive. A hive with glass walls which permit the beekeeper to observe the actions of the bees.

Ocelli. The simple eyes of the bee, three in number and situated between the prominent compound eyes.

Outapiary. An apiary situated at a distance from the beekeeper's home. Commercial beekeeping is usually carried on by means of a series of outapiaries two or more miles apart.

Outyard. The same as outapiary.

Overstocking. The stocking of a locality with more bees than the forage present will support profitably.

Package Bees. Bees shipped in packages without combs.

Parent Colony. A colony from which a swarm has issued.

Parthenogenesis. The production of offspring by an unfertilized or unmated female. In the case of the bee, unmated queens and sometimes workers, lay eggs which produce drones. See Dzierzon Theory.

Pickled Brood. A mild disease attacking the larvae. Sacbrood.

Piping Queen. The notes made by a young queen usually very soon after emerging from the cell and often in response to similar notes made by one not yet out of the cell. The sound made within the cells is called quahking.

Pollen. The fertilizing dust grains of plants. This is used by the bees as food for the larvae. A reserve supply is stored in the cells within the hive.

Pollen Basket. The cavity on the hind leg of the worker bee where she deposits pollen to be carried from the field to the hive.

Pound Packages. Packages in which bees are shipped without combs. These are of various sizes from one pound capacity upward.

Prime Swarm. The first swarm to issue from a colony. See Afterswarm.

Propolis. A gummy substance or glue which the bees gather to close up crevices within the hive.

Punic Bees. See Tunisian Bees.

Pupa. The third stage in the transformation of an insect. The period during which the young bee is sealed up within the cell and receives no food.