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Beef protein

Beef protein: protein from bovine muscle, also an FDA-notified food ingredient (GRN 313, Proteus Industries, 2010, no-questions letter) used as a water binding coating at up to 0.89%; PDCAAS 92.

Beef Stroganoff (Бефстроганов)

Beef Stroganoff (бефстроганов) is a Russian dish of beef in a sour cream sauce, named for the Stroganov family, first printed in Molokhovets's cookbook (1871 or 1861), modernized in 1912 with mushrooms, and spread worldwide after 1917.

Beef tongue

Beef tongue, also called cow tongue, is the tongue of a cow used as a cut of beef, featured in dishes like Mexican tacos de lengua and Japanese gyūtan.

Beef Tribunal

The Beef Tribunal (Tribunal of Inquiry into the Beef Processing Industry) was an Irish public inquiry chaired by Liam Hamilton, 1991–1994, which found Goodman International engaged in systematic tax evasion and cost IR£18.5 million in legal fees.

Beef Wellington

Beef Wellington (boeuf en croûte) is a beef fillet coated in mushroom duxelles and wrapped in puff pastry, associated with the Duke of Wellington though the link is unproven; first printed references date to 1899, popularized by Julia Child in 1965.

Beef-A-Roo

Beef-A-Roo is a fast-food and fast-casual roast beef sandwich chain founded in Rockford, Illinois in 1967, known for slow-roasted beef sandwiches, cheddar fries, and hand-made milkshakes.

BEEF-vdW

BEEF-vdW (Bayesian Error Estimation Functional with van der Waals correlation) is a density functional theory functional, developed in Denmark and published in 2012, that estimates its own errors.

Beefalo

Beefalo, a bison-cattle hybrid cattle breed (3/8 bison, 5/8 bovine fullblood standard), marketed since the 1970s for lean meat; a 2024 genomic study found most sampled Beefalo lack detectable bison ancestry.

Beefsteak

Beefsteak: a slice of beef, usually from the loin or hindquarter, cooked by broiling, grilling, or frying; compound of beef and steak, first recorded circa 1706–1711.

Beehive

Beehive: man-made hive for honey bee colonies. Main designs are the Langstroth (1852 patent, bee space 6–9 mm), Warré People's Hive, and top bar hive; Langstroth yields most honey and dominates beekeeping.

Beekeeper

Beekeeper: one who keeps honey bee colonies in managed hives (apiculture) for honey, wax, and pollination services. Defined by movable-frame hives since Langstroth 1852; central challenge is Varroa mite control; supports rural livelihoods worldwide.

Beekeeper protective equipment and sting safety

Beekeeper protective equipment is the clothing, above all the veil and suit, that prevents honey bee stings, paired with handling practices and smoke use that reduce stinging.

Beekeeping

Apiculture (beekeeping), from Latin apis, is the managed keeping of honey bee colonies in hives for honey, wax, and pollination; practiced since Egypt by 2450 BCE, with 94 million colonies worldwide in 2020.

Beekeeping in Argentina

Beekeeping in Argentina is a large-scale, export-oriented honey industry built on the Pampas grasslands, where about three million beehives and roughly 20,000 beekeepers produce around 75,000 tonnes of honey annually, more than 90% of it exported.

Beekeeping in Australia

Beekeeping in Australia: European honey bee apiculture since 1822 (ship Isabella); ~855,000 hives, 20,000-30,000 tonnes honey yearly, $4-6 billion pollination value; varroa mite arrived 2022, ending Australia's varroa-free status.

Beekeeping in China

Beekeeping in China is the practice of keeping honey bees in China, the world's largest honey producer with about 9.49 million managed colonies in 2023.

Beekeeping in Ethiopia

Beekeeping in Ethiopia is the smallholder keeping of about 7 million honeybee colonies, mostly in traditional fixed-comb hives, making the country Africa's top honey producer and a leading beeswax exporter.

Beekeeping in India

Beekeeping in India (apiculture) is managed honey bee rearing for honey, hive products, and crop pollination. India produced 152 thousand MT of honey in 2024-25, is the world's second-largest honey exporter, and runs the NBHM 'Sweet Revolution' scheme.

Beekeeping in Nepal

Beekeeping in Nepal: managed Apis cerana and Apis mellifera hives plus honey hunting; 3,980 t honey (2018), US$477M pollination value, Godawari center, Thai sacbrood 1981, imports exceed exports.

Beekeeping in the United Kingdom

Beekeeping in the United Kingdom is a hobbyist-dominated form of husbandry with over 52,000 registered beekeepers, overseen by the National Bee Unit under the Bees Act 1980.

Beekeeping in the United States

Beekeeping in the United States is the managed keeping of European honey bees, imported from 1622, for honey and rented pollination that supports about 2.7 million colonies.

Beekeeping in Ukraine

Beekeeping in Ukraine is a large, household-based agricultural sector ranking among the world's top five honey producers, with more than 400,000 apiaries and sunflower honey dominating exports.

Beekite Brasil Kitesurf Center

Beekite Brasil Kitesurf Center, also called BeeKite or Beekite Kitesurf Village, is a kitesurf school and pousada at Praia do Macapá, Luís Correia, Piauí, Brazil, run by Lisa and Michele with sister schools in Italy and Germany, offering lessons, rental, chalets, and an eco-villa project.

Beeliar Wetlands

Beeliar Wetlands: two chains of lakes and swamps in Perth's southern suburbs, mostly within Beeliar Regional Park; Thomsons Lake is Ramsar-listed, and the 2021 MRS Act rezoned the wetlands for permanent protection.

Beelzebub

Beelzebub (Beelzebul, Greek Beelzeboul), demon prince of Jewish and Christian tradition, derived from Baal-zebub, god of Ekron in 2 Kings 1; accused source of Jesus' exorcisms in the Synoptic Gospels.

Beelzebub (べるぜバブ) (manga)

Beelzebub (べるぜバブ) is Ryūhei Tamura's delinquent childcare battle manga, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 2009–2014, 28 volumes, about Oga raising the Demon Lord's baby son Berubo; anime 2011–2012, 60 episodes.

Beelzebufo

Beelzebufo ampinga, the devil frog, is an extinct giant hyperossified frog from the Maastrichtian Maevarano Formation of Madagascar, described in 2008, related to South American horned frogs, with an estimated bite force up to 2200 N.

Beemster Polder

The Beemster Polder (Droogmakerij de Beemster) is a 7,208-hectare reclaimed agricultural landscape north of Amsterdam, created by draining Lake Beemster between 1608 and 1612.

Been By Now

Been By Now is a 2026 country-pop single by Morgan Wallen, released July 24, 2026, on Big Loud/Mercury. Written with Charlie Handsome and others, produced by Joey Moi; it debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs.

Beenalaght Fossa

Beenalaght Fossa, a long narrow depression (fossa) on Jupiter's moon Europa, 882 km across, centered at 1.20°N, 82.08°W; IAU-approved 2019, named after a County Cork, Ireland stone row.