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Apiary
Apiary: a site where beehives of managed honey bees are kept for honey, wax, and pollination; from ancient Tel Rehov and Egyptian apiculture to migratory beekeeping, carbon footprints, and disease biosecurity.
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.
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.
Honey
Honey is a sweet substance honeybees make from flower nectar or plant secretions and ripen in honeycomb; it is mostly sugars, and legal standards forbid adding ingredients or removing constituents.
Mad honey
Mad honey, from Rhododendron ponticum and R. luteum nectar, contains grayanotoxins; used traditionally for hypertension and sexual dysfunction, it causes bradycardia, AV block, dizziness, and nausea, rarely fatal, treated with atropine and IV fluids.
Mānuka honey
Mānuka honey is honey made by bees from the nectar of the mānuka tree (Leptospermum scoparium), a high-priced New Zealand export subject to a government export definition.