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Hive - a wooden or other container in which a honey bee colony lives. <br /> Hive body- a single wooden box or shell that holds a set of frames. When used for the brood nest, it is called a <br /> brood chamber; when used above the brood nest for honey storage, it is called a super. <br /> Hive cover-the roof or lid of a hive. <br /> Hive tool - a metal bar used to loosen frames and to separate the parts of a hive. <br /> Hived packages - a package of bees that has been installed in a hive box with frames. <br /> Honey- a sweet, viscous fluid produced by honey bees from nectar collected from flowers, evaporated, and <br /> stored as food. <br /> Honey flow- Inaccurate but common term for nectar flow. see nectar flow. <br /> Hop beta acids- a pesticide (miticide) used to treat colonies for varroa mites, active ingredient in "HopGuard®" <br /> products. <br /> House bee - a young worker bee, 1 day to 2 weeks old, that works only inside the hive. <br /> Hybrid bees -the offspring resulting from crosses of two or more selected inbred lines (strains) of bees; the <br /> offspring of crosses between subspecies of bees. <br /> Inner cover- a thin wooden hive lid used beneath a telescoping cover. <br /> Italian bee- a subspecies of yellow honey bee originating in Italy, Apis mellifera ligustica. • <br /> Langstroth hive- a hive with removable frames made possible by the bee space around them. It was invented <br /> by L.L. Langstroth. <br /> Larva, larvae (pl.) - the grub-like or worm-like immature form of an insect; the second stage in metamorphosis. <br /> Laying worker- a worker bee that produces eggs that develop into drones. <br /> Lipophilic- ability to attach to or dissolve in fat. <br /> Metamorphosis - the series of changes through which an insect passes from the egg to larva, pupa, and adult. <br /> Miticide - chemical pesticide used to control tracheal and varroa mites in bee colonies (e.g., Fluvalinate). <br /> Nectar- a sweet liquid secreted by plant glands (nectaries) usually located in flowers, but also found on other <br /> parts of plants. <br /> Nectar flow-the period when abundant nectar is available for bees to collect. Bees produce honey from nectar <br /> and store it in the combs of the hive. <br /> Nosema disease - an infectious disease of adult bees caused by the microsporidians, Nosema apis and 411 <br /> Nosema ceranae. May also be called Nosemosis. <br /> Beekeeping in Northern Climates 86 <br />