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beehive
thumb|Wooden beehives with active honey bees in a California almond orchard
thumb|A honeycomb created inside a wooden beehive
A beehive is an enclosed structure in which honey bees raise their young and produce honey as part of their seasonal cycle. Although the word beehive is used to describe the nest of any bee colony, scientific and professional literature distinguishes nest from hive. Nest is used to discuss colonies that house themselves in natural or artificial cavities or in structures that are hanging and exposed. The term hive is used to describe a man made structure created to house

refractometer
thumb|Hand-held refractometer
A refractometer is a laboratory or field device for the measurement of an index of refraction (refractometry). The index of refraction is calculated from the observed refraction angle using Snell's law. For mixtures, the index of refraction then allows the concentration to be determined using mixing rules such as the Gladstone–Dale relation and Lorentz–Lorenz equation.
bee smoker
device which produces smoke; used in beekeeping
honey extractor
mechanical device used in the extraction of honey from honeycombs
hive frame
structural element in a beehive
honeycomb base
artificial honeycomb structure for bees
Hive tool
multipurpose specialized beekeeping multitool
queen excluder
beekeeping equipment
Honey super
the part of a commercial beehive that is used to collect honey