I?m starting this topic for new and even experienced beekeepers so that when you run across a new acronym, hopefully it is here in this topic for reference..
TBH-Top Bar Hive,
SBB-Screen Bottom Board
STB-Screen Top Board
TF-Treatment Free
VD-Varroa Destructor
Please add any and all that you can remember.
If you use a new one that is not in this topic, please add it
Jim Altmiller
To keep this thread from having like 100 tiny posts, I'm just going to edit my post whenever I think of a new one. I also added a brief explanation of each item, since this is for beginners.
QX or QE--queen excluder (used to keep the queen from accessing a section of the hive)
HBH--Honey Bee Healthy (a brand of feeding stimulant)
SHB--small hive beetle (a small black beetle that is a pest of honey bees)
DSB--double screen board (also known as a Snelgrove board, used to separate a group of bees from the rest of the hive while still enabling them to smell one another)
DSBB--double screen bottom board (used for the control of small hives beetles, often in conjunction with an oil pan or DE)
DE--diatomaceous earth (a powder made from fossilized marine organisms used as an natural insecticide for insects like hive beetles)
BT--Bacillus thuringiensis (a bacterium used as an organic insecticide for soft bodied insects like waxworms)
OAV--oxalic acid vaporizer/vaporization (a method of treating for varroa mites by heating oxalic acid crystals into a vapor which coats the bees in a hive)
OA--oxalic acid (see "OAV")
AHB--Africanized honey bees (also known as "killer bees" for their aggressive behavior, a hybrid of the European honey bee Apis mellifera and the East African lowland honey bee Apis mellifera scutellata)
EHB--European honey bee (also known as the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, the most common species kept by beekeepers in America, Europe, and Australia)
AFB--American foulbrood (a devastating brood disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Paenibacillus larvae; in many countries it is required by law that the hive be entirely destroyed)
EFB--European foulbrood (a brood disease caused by the bacterium Melissococcus plutonius, which unlike AFB is considered treatable)
CBPV--chronic bee paralysis virus (one of the host of viruses transmitted by varroa mites)
DMV--deformed wing virus (one of the host of viruses transmitted by varroa mites)
IAPV--Israeli acute paralysis virus (one of the host of viruses transmitted by varroa mites)
ABPV--acute bee paralysis virus (one of the host of viruses transmitted by varroa mites)
SBPV--slow bee paralysis virus (one of the host of viruses transmitted by varroa mites)
QC--queen cell (a special large vertical brood cell often vaguely resembling a peanut in which a new queen is being reared)
BQCV--black queen cell virus (a virus characterized by queen cells turning black, can be transmitted through the parasite Nosema apis)
PMS--parasitic mite syndrome (the symptoms which characterize an advanced varroa mite infestation)
OTS--on the spot (a method of queen rearing which doesn't require any special tools)
THTH -- The Hive and the Honey Bee (L.L. Langstroth's landmark book about bees and beekeeping in his moveable frame hive;
first released in 1853, it is re-edited and re-released every couple of years by Dadant and Sons)
BIAS -- Brood in all stages (eggs, larvae, and capped pupae)
AI -- Artificial insemination (instrumentally inseminating a queen with sperm from select drones and not allowing her to open mate)
POA -- Plan of attack
EAS -- Eastern Apicultural Society (a nonprofit organization founded in 1955 which hosts conferences and provides Master Beekeeper certification and research grants focusing on the eastern US)
Just due a Google search of
"acronym for beekeeping"..
This is just one of the links.... And I see at least 6 more links..
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesglossary.htm
BEE HAPPY Jim134 :smile:
I apparently can't edit my original post anymore, so here's a new one.
OTS--on the spot (a method of queen rearing which doesn't require any special tools)
THTH -- The Hive and the Honey Bee (L.L. Langstroth's landmark book about bees and beekeeping in his moveable frame hive; first released in 1853, it is re-edited and re-released every couple of years by Dadant and Sons)
Quote from: The15thMember on January 24, 2022, 02:07:14 PM
I apparently can't edit my original post anymore, so here's a new one.
OTS--on the spot (a method of queen rearing which doesn't require any special tools)
Member, I added both of those to your list...
Phillip
Quote from: Ben Framed on February 23, 2022, 12:57:39 PM
Member, I added both of those to your list...
Phillip
Thanks.
Quote from: The15thMember on January 17, 2022, 10:23:47 AM
To keep this thread from having like 100 tiny posts, I'm just going to edit my post whenever I think of a new one. I also added a brief explanation of each item, since this is for beginners.
Quote from: The15thMember on January 24, 2022, 02:07:14 PM
I apparently can't edit my original post anymore, so here's a new one.
OTS--on the spot (a method of queen rearing which doesn't require any special tools)
Quote from: The15thMember on February 23, 2022, 01:14:07 PM
Quote from: Ben Framed on February 23, 2022, 12:57:39 PM
Member, I added both of those to your list...
Phillip
Thanks.
You are welcome. I will be glad to add the list of Beemaster2 to your long list in order to keep that good list going If you two wish?
Quote from: Ben Framed on February 23, 2022, 03:06:18 PM
You are welcome. I will be glad to add the list of Beemaster2 to your long list in order to keep that good list going If you two wish?
It's up to you. I don't think it's a big deal that they are separated, since they are both right up at the top together, but at the same time, it wouldn't hurt for them to be combined either.
Thanks for the list. Some things there I have never heard of.Have saved in memo's.
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Tired of trying to figure out all those acronyms? Here's a link to a list:
https://bushfarms.com/beesglossary.htm
If you bookmark that you can find it easily. But also, here is the list:
Glossary of Common Abbreviations
ABJ = American Bee Journal. One of the two main bee magazines in the USA.
AFB = American Foulbrood (or Air Force Base)
AHB = Africanized Honey Bees
AM = Apis mellifera. (European honey bees)
AMM = Apis mellifera mellifera
APV = Acute Paralysis Virus. This virus kills both adult bees and brood.
BC = Bee Culture aka Gleanings in Bee Culture. One of the two main Beekeeping magazines in the USA
BPMS = Bee Parasitic Mite Syndrome
Bt = Bacillus thuringiensis. A naturally occurring bacteria that is sprayed on empty comb to kill wax moths.
Carni = Carniolan
Cauc = Caucasian
CB = Checkerboarding (aka Nectar Management)
CCD = Colony Collapse Disorder
CPV = Chronic Paralysis Virus
CW = Conventional Wisdom
DCA = Drone Congregation Area
DVAV = Dorsal-Ventral Abdominal Vibrations dance
DWV = Deformed Wing Virus
EAS = Eastern Apiculture Society
EFB = European Foulbrood
EHB = European Honey Bees
FGMO = Food Grade Mineral Oil
FWIW = For What It's Worth.
FWOF = Floor With Out a Floor
HAS = Heartland Apiculture Society
HBH = Honey Bee Healthy
HBTM = Honey Bee Tracheal Mite
HFCS = High Fructose Corn Syrup. A common bee feed.
HSC = Honey Super Cell (Fully drawn plastic comb in deep depth and 4.9mm cell size)
HMF = Hydroxymethyl furfural. A naturally occurring compound in honey that rises over time and rises when honey is heated.
IAPV = Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus. The virus currently being blamed for CCD
IPM = Integrated Pest Management
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
IMO = In My Opinion
IMPOV = In My Point Of View
KTBH = Kenya Top Bar Hive (one with sloped sides)
KBV = Kashmir Bee Virus
LC = Large Cell (5.4mm cell size)
LGO = Lemon Grass (essential) Oil (used for swarm lure)
MAAREC = Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium
NM = Nectar Managment (aka Checkerboarding) or New Mexico depending on the context
NWC = New World Carniolans
OA = Oxalic Acid. An organic acid used to kill Varroa as either a syrup or vaporized.
OAV = Oxalic Acid Vapor. An organic acid vaporized to kill Varroa.
OSR = Oil Seed Rape (aka Canola). A crop that is raised to produce oil which also produces honey.
OMF = Open Mesh Floor aka Screened Bottom Board
PC = PermaComb (Fully drawn plastic comb in medium depth and about 5.0mm cell size)
PDB = Para Dichloro Benzene (aka Paramoth wax moth treatment)
PF-100 and PF-120 = Not so much an acronym but could be mistaken for one. A small cell one piece plastic frame available from Mann Lake. Measures 4.95mm cell size. Users report excellent acceptance and perfectly drawn cells.
PMS = Parasitic Mite Syndrome
PPB = Piss Poor Beekeeping
QMP = Queen Mandibular Pheromone
SBB = Screened Bottom Board aka Open Mesh Floor
SBV = Sac Brood Virus
SC = Small Cell (4.9mm cell size or South Carolina)
SHB = Small Hive Beetle
SMR = Suppressed Mite Reproduction (usually referring to a queen)
TBH = Top Bar Hive
TM = Terramycin or Tracheal Mites depending on the context
T-Mites = Tracheal Mites
TTBH = Tanzanian Top Bar Hive (one with vertical sides)
ULBN = Unlimited Brood Nest
VD = Varroa destructor
VJ = Varroa jacobsoni
V-Mites = Varroa Mites
VSH = Varroa Sensitive Hygiene. Similar to and appears to be a more specific name for the SMR trait. A trait in queens that is being bred for where the workers sense Varroa infested cells and clean them out.
YMMV = Your Mileage May Vary