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Also known as apiculture, bee-keeping, bee culture, honey making
thumb|Beekeeper at the College of DuPage, Illinois Beekeeping (or apiculture, from ) 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. Beekeepers (or apiarists) keep bees to collect honey and other products of the hive: beeswax, propolis, bee pollen, and royal jelly. Other sources of beekeeping income include pollination of crops, raising queens, and production of package bees for sale. Bee hives are kept in an apiary or "bee yard".
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Beekeeping is the practice of maintaining bee colonies in artificial hives to collect honey and other hive products like beeswax, propolis, bee pollen, and royal jelly. Beekeepers also earn income through pollination services, raising queen bees, and selling package bees.
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Research
2,452 papers- Beekeeping from Antiquity Through the Middle Ages.ReviewAnnual review of entomology · 2017Kritsky GDOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-031616-035115
- Antimicrobials in beekeeping.ReviewVeterinary microbiology · 2012Reybroeck W, Daeseleire E, De Brabander HF et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.01.012
- The Chemical Residues in Secondary Beekeeping Products of Environmental Origin.ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Wojtacka JDOI: 10.3390/molecules29163968
- Prospects of probiotics in beekeeping: a review for sustainable approach to boost honeybee health.ReviewArchives of microbiology · 2024