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• comb — I. /koʊm / (say kohm) noun 1. a toothed piece of metal, plastic, etc., for arranging or cleaning the hair, or for keeping it in place. 2. an act of combing. 3. → currycomb. 4. a. the toothed attachment at the end of a shearer s handpiece which… …  

• Brood comb — The brood comb is the beeswax structure of cells where the queen bee lays eggs. It is the part of the beehive where new brood is raised by the colony. During the summer a good queen may lay 1500 2000 eggs per day, which results in 1500 2000 bees… …   Wikipedia

• cox|comb — «KOKS KOHM», noun. 1. a) a vain, empty headed man; conceited dandy. SYNONYM(S): fop, popinjay. b) Obsolete. a fool; simpleton. 2. = cockscomb (plant). (Cf. ↑cockscomb) 3. Obsolete. a) a strip of red cloth, jagged like the comb of a cock, formerly …   Useful english dictionary

• hon·ey·comb — /ˈhʌniˌkoʊm/ noun, pl combs : a group of wax cells with six sides that are built by honeybees in their hive and that contain young bees or honey [noncount] a piece of honeycomb [count] One of the honeycombs was empty …   Useful english dictionary

• Top-bar hive — Top bar hives are a style of beehive used for beekeeping. They are especially useful in areas where resources are limited, but are also increasingly popular among hobby beekeepers in industrialized nations. This article is primarily concerned… …   Wikipedia

• beekeeping — /bee kee ping/, n. the rearing and breeding of honeybees; apiculture. [1830 40; BEE1 + KEEPING] * * * or apiculture Care and manipulation of honeybees to enable them to produce and store more honey than they need so that the excess can be… …   Universalium

• arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …   Universalium

• Small hive beetle — Taxobox name = Small hive beetle regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Nitidulidae genus = Aethina species = A. tumida binomial = Aethina tumida binomial authority = Murray, 1867The small hive beetle… …   Wikipedia

• Beehive — A beehive is, in a general sense, an enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis ) live and raise their young. Natural beehives (typically referred to simply as nests ) are naturally occurring structures occupied by honey… …   Wikipedia

• Beekeeping — [cite web| last =Traynor | first =Kirsten | title =Ancient Cave Painting Man of Bicorp | publisher =MD Bee | url =http://www.mdbee.com/articles/cavepainting.html format =Web article | accessdate =2008 03 12 ] ] Beekeeping (or apiculture, from… …   Wikipedia

• Langstroth hive — The Langstroth bee hive is the standard beehive used in many parts of the world for bee keeping. The advantage of the Langstroth hive over hives previous to its invention on October 30, 1851, is that the bees build honeycomb into frames, which… …   Wikipedia