"Beekeeper (band) beekeeper is a Canadian indie rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Their debut album, ""BE KEPT"", was released independently on September 15, 2010. It was recorded (in part) and mixed by Colin Stewart (The New Pornographers, Dan Mangan, Kathryn Calder) at The Hive Creative Labs. The first single from the album was ""Sudden Cuckoo"" and charted on numerous Canadian college radio stations, reaching No. 102 overall. The song has also been in rotation on CBC Radio 3. Since 2011, beekeeper has toured multiple times in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec, and opened for such acts as"
"Beekeeping Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in man-made hives, by humans. Most such bees are honey bees in the genus ""Apis"", but other honey-producing bees such as ""Melipona"" stingless bees are also kept. A beekeeper (or apiarist) keeps bees in order to collect their honey and other products that the hive produce (including beeswax, propolis, flower pollen, bee pollen, and royal jelly), to pollinate crops, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers. A location where bees are kept is called an apiary or ""bee yard."" Depictions of humans collecting honey from wild bees"
"the beekeeper upon death. In fact, a survey of a once-popular area of the Mayan lowlands shows the rapid decline of beekeepers, down to around 70 in 2004 from thousands in the late 1980s. It is traditional in the Mayan lowlands that the hive itself or parts of the hive be buried along with the beekeeper to ""volar al cielo"", ""to fly to heaven"". Conservation efforts are underway in several parts of Mesoamerica. Stingless bee Stingless bees, sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees (about 500 species), comprising the tribe Meliponini (or subtribe"
"of a farmer, lived in rural areas, and kept bees with techniques passed down for generations. The arrivals of tracheal mites and varroa mites in the 1980s and small hive beetles in the 1990s have made the practice more challenging for the hobbyist. Beekeepers generally categorize themselves as: Some southern U.S. beekeepers keep bees primarily to raise queens and package bees for sale. Northern beekeepers can buy early spring queens and 3- or 4-pound packages of live worker bees from the South to replenish hives that die out during the winter, although this is becoming less practical due to the"
"across the globe. Due to the definition of apiary as a location where hives are kept its history can be traced as far back as that of beekeeping itself. For more information on the history of beekeeping see the history and origins portions of the beekeeping article. First known usage of the word was in 1654. The base of the word comes from the Latin word ""apis"" meaning ""bee"", leading to ""apiarium"" or ""beehouse"" and eventually ""apiary"" Beekeepers may rarely be referred to as ""apiarists"" or ""ones who tend apiaries."" By definition an apiary is a location where beehives are"
"beehive stock rose from around 50 million in 1961 to around 83 million in 2014, which comes to about 1.3% average annual growth. Average annual growth has accelerated to 1.9% since 2009. Beekeeping Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in man-made hives, by humans. Most such bees are honey bees in the genus ""Apis"", but other honey-producing bees such as ""Melipona"" stingless bees are also kept. A beekeeper (or apiarist) keeps bees in order to collect their honey and other products that the hive produce (including beeswax, propolis, flower pollen, bee pollen, and royal jelly), to"
"""The art and adventure of beekeeping"". He also told me that he was writing a 2nd book in early 1979 which he would title ""Honey is Money"". However I see that the actual title became ""Mastering the art of beekeeping"" published later in 1979. Ormond was a good Christian man devoted to God first and devoted to his bees also. I am grateful to God for allowing me the opportunity to meet Harry and Ormond Aebi the extraordinary beekeepers! Ormond Aebi Ormond Aebi (1916 – July 2004) was an American beekeeper who was reported to have set the world's record"
"Beeline (beekeeping) Beelining (also known as bee lining, bee hunting, and coursing bees) is an ancient art used to locate feral bee colonies. It is performed by capturing and marking foraging worker bees, then releasing them from various points to establish (by elementary trigonometry) the direction and distance of the colony's home. Beeliners generally have homemade capture boxes which aid them in their quest. Beelining was formerly a serious occupation in Appalachia where it was a means to obtain honey as a sweetener, and sometimes to capture wild colonies for domestication. When a hollow tree (gum) was found, it often"
"the honey supers are on. Feeder (beekeeping) A feeder is a vessel or contraption used by beekeepers to feed pollen or honey (or substitutes) to honey bees from a honey bee colony. Beekeepers feed bees when there is a shortage of those resources in nature, or when beekeepers want to mimic an abundance of those resources to encourage bees to behave in a certain manner. Modern beekeepers feed sugar syrup as a honey substitute in early spring to encourage comb building, during a dearth to provide energy to large colonies, in the autumn to help bees prepare for overwintering, or"
"of mites. Given young brood the bees have a second chance to raise a new queen if the first one fails. Beekeepers are sometimes called to capture swarms that are cast by feral honey bees or from the hives of domestic beekeepers. Most beekeepers will remove a honeybee swarm for a small fee or maybe even free if they are nearby. Usually a beekeeper or bee removal company will use a bee vacuum to capture the bees in a caged container so they can be transported to a new hive. This way is easy and if done with just the"
"Zookeeper A zookeeper, sometimes referred as animal keeper, is a person who manages zoo animals that are kept in captivity for conservation or to be displayed to the public. They are usually responsible for the feeding and daily care of the animals. As part of their routine, the zookeepers may clean the exhibits and report health problems. They may also be involved in scientific research or public education, such as conducting tours and answering questions. Animal collections requiring wild animal care takers or zookeepers have it existed since about 3,000 B.C. Early civilizations in Mesopotamia (present day Iraq), Egypt, China"
"Bee smoker A bee smoker (usually called simply a smoker) is a device used in beekeeping to calm honey bees. It is designed to generate smoke from the smouldering of various fuels, hence the name. Long before the invention of the bee smoker, humans had discovered that smoke calmed bees. It is not clear when this practice started but it has been used in various parts of the world where honey is collected in the wild. A camp fire can be started in near proximity to the nest, a smouldering stick or torch can be brought to the nest. It"
"Beehive A ""beehive"" is an enclosed, man-made structure in which some honey bee species of the subgenus ""Apis"" live and raise their young. Though the word beehive is commonly used to describe the nest of any bee colony, scientific and professional literature distinguishes ""nest"" from ""hive"". ""Nest"" is used to discuss colonies which house themselves in natural or artificial cavities or are hanging and exposed. ""Hive"" is used to describe an artificial, man-made structure to house a honey bee nest. Several species of ""Apis"" live in colonies, but for honey production the western honey bee (""Apis mellifera"") and the eastern"
"another in late August. Other regions have only a single nectar flow. The skill of the beekeeper lies in predicting when the nectar flow will occur in his area and in trying to ensure that his colonies achieve a maximum population of harvesters at exactly the right time. The key factor in this is the prevention or skillful management of the swarming impulse. If a colony swarms unexpectedly and the beekeeper does not manage to capture the resulting swarm, he is likely to harvest significantly less honey from that hive, since he has lost half his worker bees at a"
"their young in burrows and small colonies (e.g., bumblebees and stingless bees). Some honey bees are wild e.g. the little honeybee (""Apis florea""), giant honeybee (""Apis dorsata"") and rock bee (""Apis laboriosa""). Beekeeping, or apiculture, is concerned with the practical management of the social species of honey bees, which live in large colonies of up to 100,000 individuals. In Europe and America the species universally managed by beekeepers is the Western honey bee (""Apis mellifera""). This species has several sub-species or regional varieties, such as the Italian bee (""Apis mellifera ligustica""), European dark bee (""Apis mellifera mellifera""), and the Carniolan"
"beekeeper would be turned into part of 'husbandry,' and a mainstay of the rural economy. But in Levett's worldview, what one scholar calls his ""aggressively patriarchal"" style, the bees should be driven and made to perform. ""Bees might be superior to all other insects,"" writes Bee Wilson, ""but they were still of a different estate from men."" English beekeeping remained largely unchanged for centuries, until the late nineteenth century when moveable-frame hives were invented. By that time, the new hives and improved artificial wax foundations, new smokers, even new breeds of bees meant that the beekeepers of John Levett's day"
"Checkerboarding (beekeeping) Checkerboarding is a term used in beekeeping that describes a specific hive management technique to prevent swarming. The technique was developed by Walt Wright, a long time beekeeper from Tennessee. Checkerboarding takes advantage of the bee colony's primary motivation, which is survival as survival of the existing colony takes priority over swarm preparation and swarming. Bees will not prepare for a reproductive swarm if they perceive the survival of the existing colony might be jeopardized. It is hypothesized that swarm preparation starts in the late winter. The over-wintering colony consumes honey and expands the brood volume. At this"
"to 1960. Today, Adee Honey Farm in South Dakota, USA, (80,000 colonies) and Comvita in New Zealand (30,000+ colonies) are among the world's largest beekeeping enterprises. Worldwide, commercial beekeepers number about 5% of the individuals with bees but produce about 60% of the world's honey crop. Commercial beekeeping is on the rise especially in high-value markets such as pollination in North America and honey production (especially Manuka honey) in New Zealand. Most beekeepers produce commodities (farm products) for sale. Honey is the most valuable commodity sold by beekeepers. Honey-producer beekeepers try to maintain maximum-strength colonies of bees in areas with"
"Gamekeeper A gamekeeper (often abbreviated to keeper) is a person who manages an area of countryside to make sure there is enough game for shooting, or fish for angling, and who manages areas of woodland, moorland, waterway or farmland for the benefit of game birds, deer, fish, and other wildlife in general. Typically, a gamekeeper is employed by a landowner, and often in the United Kingdom by a country estate, to prevent poaching, to rear and release game birds such as common pheasants and French partridge, eradicate pests, encourage and manage wild red grouse, and to control predators such as"
"beekeeper and continued to educate well into his old age. Cary W. Hartman Cary Winfield Hartman was an academic who published and lectured throughout the American Mid-West on the American Indian for 25 years before becoming a well known beekeeping enthusiast in California. Cary W. Hartman was born May 19, 1859, in Marathon, Ohio, to Albert G. and Margaret Steel Hartman. Cary studied at the National Normal University in Lebanon, Ohio. In 1891 he moved to Detroit where he studied elocution at the Detroit Training School of Elocution. He married Etta Shaw Hartman and had a daughter ""Little Lina"" In"
"and mentored by an African Honey Bee senior beekeeper. Prospective beekeepers from rural areas, generally between the ages of 18 – 26, spend 18 months in an incubation programme, during which time they are officially employed by the incubator as salaried working interns. During their incubation, the interns complete an African Honey Bee developed program in beekeeping. They work under guidance of senior beekeepers on an African Honey Bee commercial bee farm. The interns are also assisted to start their own beekeeping business on a small scale, with the view of increasing it once they complete the incubation process. At"
"Urban beekeeping Urban beekeeping is the practice of keeping bee colonies in urban areas. It may also be referred to as hobby beekeeping or backyard beekeeping. Bees from city apiaries are said to be ""healthier and more productive than their country cousins"". Their presence also provides cities with environmental and economic benefits. Most cities in North America at one time prohibited the keeping of bees, but in recent years beekeepers have had success in overturning bee bans. Bees pollinate a wide variety of plants, and the honey they produce is often sold to local restaurants and in local shops. Many"
"1907, U.S. beekeeper Nephi Miller decided to try moving his hives to different areas of the country to increase their productivity during winter. Since then, ""migratory beekeeping"" has become widespread in the U.S. It is a crucial element of U.S. agriculture, which could not produce anywhere near its current levels with native pollinators alone. Beekeepers earn much more from renting their bees out for pollination than they do from honey production. One major U.S. beekeeper reports moving his hives from Idaho to California in January to prepare for almond pollination in February, then to apple orchards in Washington in March,"
"bee. The use of stingless bees is referred to as meliponiculture, named after bees of the tribe Meliponini—such as Melipona quadrifasciata in Brazil. This variation of bee keeping still occurs around the world today. ""M. quadrifasciata"" is frequently harvested to be used as a greenhouse pollinator because it is stingless and can easily live in man-made hives. ""M. quadrifasciata"" outperformed honey bees as greenhouse pollinators to yield fruits that were larger and carried more seeds than those pollinated by honey bees. The nests of ""M. quadrifasciata"" and other stingless bees of the Meliponini tribe are commonly used to harvest honey"
"the artifacts of Moses Quinby. Moses Quinby Moses Quinby (April 15 or 16, 1810 – May 26, 1875) was an American beekeeper from the State of New York. He is remembered as the Father of practical Beekeeping and the Father of commercial beekeeping in America. He is best known as the inventor of the Bee smoker with bellows. He was the other of numerous articles and several books on beekeeping. Moses Quinby was born on April 15 or 16, 1810 in a Quaker family to William and Hannah Sands Quinby in New Castle, NY. In 1820-1822, his family moved to"
"Feeder (beekeeping) A feeder is a vessel or contraption used by beekeepers to feed pollen or honey (or substitutes) to honey bees from a honey bee colony. Beekeepers feed bees when there is a shortage of those resources in nature, or when beekeepers want to mimic an abundance of those resources to encourage bees to behave in a certain manner. Modern beekeepers feed sugar syrup as a honey substitute in early spring to encourage comb building, during a dearth to provide energy to large colonies, in the autumn to help bees prepare for overwintering, or when creating nucleus hives. Pollen"
"as the 1940s Southern beekeepers would ""sulphur"" hives to take honey. This killed the hives and required bee ""keepers"" to catch spring swarms to replenish their livestock. In some extreme latitudes bees are still killed at the end of the season to take all their honey, then bees are imported from lower latitudes (or even the opposite hemisphere) to begin the next season, but this practice is also dying out, mostly due to expense and movement restrictions. Robbing Robbing is a term used in beekeeping. Bees from one beehive will try to rob honey from another hive. Robbing behavior is"
"monument to Prokopovych stands there, and the Ukrainian Institute of Beekeeping is named after him. Petro Prokopovych Petro Prokopovych (1775–1850, ) was a Ukrainian beekeeper, the founder of commercial beekeeping. He introduced novelties in traditional beekeeping that allowed great progress in the practice. Among his most important inventions was a hive frame in a separate honey chamber of his beehive. He also invented a crude queen excluder between brood and honey chambers. Prokopovych was born in Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), in the village of near Baturyn in a family of a priest of Ukrainian Cossack descent. Starting"
"Bee bearding Bee bearding is the practice of wearing several thousand honey bees on the face, usually as a sideshow-type demonstration at agricultural shows. Hive bees are attracted into position by a queen in a small cage worn under the chin. Though beekeepers since ancient times have allowed bees to rest on their bodies to demonstrate their rapport with the insects, the practice of congregating measurable quantities of bees on the face was initiated by Petro Prokopovych, a Ukrainian beekeeper, in the 1830s. The practice spread to various ""freak"" exhibitions at Russian carnivals by the end of the 19th century."
"wear some protective clothing. Novice beekeepers usually wear gloves and a hooded suit or hat and veil. Experienced beekeepers sometimes elect not to use gloves because they inhibit delicate manipulations. The face and neck are the most important areas to protect, so most beekeepers wear at least a veil. Defensive bees are attracted to the breath, and a sting on the face can lead to much more pain and swelling than a sting elsewhere, while a sting on a bare hand can usually be quickly removed by fingernail scrape to reduce the amount of venom injected. The protective clothing is"
"reported to have produced 344 sections, an equivalent of approximately 600 pounds of extracted honey production. Ormond wrote a book on his own ""That Sheep Big Minnie"" (2003) reminiscing about his time watching his family flock in the '60s. Ormond Aebi, whose last name meant 'bee' in some language, was a third generation beekeeper. An Oregon native, Ormond was a devout Christian and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. In 1950 the Aebis moved to Santa Cruz, California and lived in the Live Oak neighborhood, where they raised bees, sold honey from their front yard and built"
"dense nectar sources. They produce and sell liquid and sometimes comb honey. Beekeepers may sell their commodities retail, as self-brokers, or through commercial packers and distributors. Beeswax, pollen, royal jelly, and propolis may also be significant revenue generators. Taiwanese beekeepers, for example, export tonnes of royal jelly, the high-nutrition food supplement fed to queen honeybees. Modern beekeepers seldom keep honeybees exclusively for beeswax production. Beeswax is harvested along with honey and separated for sale. Some beekeepers provide a pollination service to other farmers. These beekeepers might not produce any honey for sale. Pollination beekeepers move honey bee hives at night"
"artificially hollowed tree trunks were widely used in the past by beekeepers in Central Europe. For example, in Poland such a beehive was called a ""barć"" and was protected in various ways from unfavorable weather conditions (rain, frost) and predators (woodpeckers, bears, pine marten, forest dormouse). Harvest of honey from these did not destroy the colony, as only a protective piece of wood was removed from the opening and smoke was used to temporarily pacify the bees. Bee gums are still used by beekeepers today, for bee species whose honey output is less than that of the more productive honeybee."