Like a lot of specialties, beekeeping has a jargon all of its own. You can pick up the names of equipment parts from the supplier's catalogues, and many of the scientific terms are shared with the various life sciences. Here is a guide to what some of the other ones we use mean, and a practical explanation of their significance. If you hear ones you think we should cover send them to us and we'll try and include them.

Bee space, Bottom bee space, Cast, Clearing, Cold way, Crown board, Eke, Lift, Hoffman, Long Lug, Open Mesh Floor (OMF), Quilt, Short Lug, Super, Top bee space, Virgin, Warm way