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Beekeeper
* Many beekeepers are expert microscopists because bees are susceptible to parasites and infections
  - individualists
  - keep their hives within half a mile from the nectar source
  - lease their bees to farmers for pollination purposes
  - move bees to pollinate various crops or to other locations to produce honey
  - protect hives with electric fences
  - spend their time attempting to control the number of drones in the hive
* Most beekeepers accumulate beeswax in the form of cappings, old combs, and bits of wax
  - are aware of the two basic body colors of bees, yellow and black
  - move colonies at night when the bees are all inside the hive
  - produce extracted honey
  - rely on honey and beeswax production and commercial crop pollination
  - see mites, and see dying colonies, and it ends there
  - supply pollination free as a byproduct of their honey-producing activities
* Some beekeepers also identify queens by clipping the tip of the tip of one forewing
  - produce and package high quality pollen
  - can lure bees out of one hive by bringing in a portable hive with another queen
  - claim that honey is the least damaging sweetener
  - derive a portion of their income from the sale of bees themselves
  - feed pollen supplements, alone or mixed with bee-gathered pollen, to their colonies
  - kill any honey badgers they see just to protect their beehives
  - make long-distance moves without closing hive entrances
  - plant buckwheat primarily for such use
  - routinely replace their queens every autumn
  - save combs of honey in the fall for spring feeding
* Some beekeepers use cold rooms to store empty supers
  - no protective clothing at all
* also face the problem of moving bee boxes into water-logged orchards
  - kill off mites that infect their colonies
  - name honeys after the terrain they come from
  - tend to be a independent lot and experiment with their own methods
* always seems to want to know what to plant for their bees.
* are able to move colonies, but AHBs abscond when nectar is in short supply
  - albums
  - dependent on cultivated crops grown for other purposes or on plants growing wild
  - largely dependent on cultivated crops grown for other purposes or on wild plants
* benefit from the clover bloom as clover is one of the main nectar sources for honeybees.
* can generally do nothing to prevent pesticide kills
  - harvest in early fall and then let the bees keep the fall honey for overwintering
  - keep healthy, productive bees by managing food and space wisely during the year
* claim that more insects die in raising sweetener crops.
* consider clothing color to be one of the most important factors
  - waxworms to be pests
* constantly have to raise new bees to replace failing hives.
* ensure that brood is redistributed to make all colonies of equal strength.
* have ways to remove a nest and save a very beneficial insect.
* keep their colonies in boxes called hives.
* like to eat their honey.
* maintain honey bee colonies in most agricultural areas.
* make their money leasing the hives for pollination and selling honey.
* managing African bees wear appropriate protective gear.
* now keep honeybees.
* occasionally obtain a reddish honey they associate with bee activity on cranberries.
* often removes honey bees as a free service
  - rent hives to farms with apple orchards or other trees needing to be pollinated
  - think that queen rearing is difficult
  - use their bees for pollination of crops rather than for honey production
* provide a place for the colony to live and store honey.
* represent a high risk group for allergic disorders.
* shift their hives long distances to pollinate crops, or gather honey.
* take their hives to farms and fields to cross-pollinate the plants.
* tend to have fewer illnesses and live longer than most other people.
* use foundation to start their beeswax comb.
* use smoke to calm bees when they are collecting honey or relocating a hive
  - the bees down
  - special clothing to protect themselves from stings
  - that knowledge to drive bees out of honey boxes
* usually have a smoker , filled with straw or wood chips.