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HONEY HOUSE [2 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2021-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Equipment Storage Facilities
  • Beekeeping
DEF

A building typically used for extracting honey, packaging honey, and storing supers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entreposage des matériels (Agric.)
  • Élevage des abeilles
DEF

Bâtiment [généralement] aménagé pour les travaux d'extraction et d'empotage du miel et [pour] l'entreposage des hausses.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Beekeeping
DEF

A worker bee at least three weeks old that works in the field to collect nectar, pollen, water, and propolis.

CONT

First the field bee goes out and collects nectar, which it stores in an internal honey sac. They bring it back to the hive and transfer it to the house bee tongue to tongue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Élevage des abeilles
DEF

Abeille âgée de plus de 21 jours qui visite les fleurs, recherche et collecte du nectar; par extension, celle qui transporte de l'eau récolte du pollen, du miellat.

CONT

Pour attirer ces indispensables butineuses, les fleurs produisent une substance, le nectar, mélange subtil d'eau et de sucres sécrété par les nectaires [...] L'abeille butineuse l'aspire avec sa trompe, l'emmagasine dans son jabot, où les enzymes naturels que contient sa salive entrent en action, et le transporte à la ruche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
  • Cría de abejas
DEF

Abeja vieja, recolectora.

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