18 Be able to name and explain the function of the principal parts of a modern beehive;

Bullet Points

  • Stand, Open Mesh Floor, Entrance Block, Brood Box, Brood Frame, Foundation, Queen Excluder, Super, Super Frame, Crown Board, Porter Escape and Roof
  • Different types of hive (no longer a requirement to know these):
  • National (commercial with deeper brood frames)
  • WBC, classic bee house
  • Langstroth, outside UK most popular hive, has jumbo
  • Dadant, similar to Langstroth, biggest hive available
  • Smith, similar to National except frames have short lugs, popular with bee farmers who move hives around

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