A
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abeille (nf) domestique (Apis mellifera) = honeybee or hive bee
acarien (nm) = mite or acarine mite
acariose (nf) = acarine disease
accouplement (nm) = copulation, mating
acide (nm) formique = formic acid
aiguillon (nm) = sting (organ)
ailes (nfpl) en croix = 'K' wings
alvéole (nm) = cell
alvéole (nm) royale = queen cell
amorce (nf) de cire = starter strip (wax)
antenne (nf) = antenna
anthère (nf) = anther
apiculteur (nm) = beekeeper
apiculture (nf) = apiculture, beekeeping
atrophie (nf) = atrophy
attire-essaim (nm) = bee bob
B
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barbe (nf) = barb
battre le rappel (vi) = to fan (with scent organ exposed)
bourdon (nm) = bumble bee
bourdonner (vi) = to buzz, to hum
brosse (nf) à abeilles = bee brush
brosse (nf) à pollen = pollen brush (1st & 2nd basitarsus), scopa (3rd basitarsus)
butiner (vi) = to gather nectar, to work a plant
butineuse (nf) = forager, foraging bee
C
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cadre (nm) = frame
cadre (nm) à couvain = brood frame
cadre (nm) à sections = section rack
candi (nm) = candy
cérificateur (nm) solaire = solar wax extractor
chasse-abeille (nm) = bee escape
chaudière (nf) à cire = wax extractor
chevalet (nm) à désoperculer = uncapping tray
chitine (nf) = chitin
cire (nf) d'abeilles = beeswax
cire (nf) gaufrée = foundation wax
clipper (vt) = to clip (queen)
colonie (nf) = colony
colonie (nf) bourdonneuse = colony with laying worker or drone-laying queen
colorimètre (nm) à miel = honey grader
conduite (nf) du rucher = method or system of management
conversion (nf) = conversion
copulation (nf) = copulation, mating
corbeille (nf) à pollen = corbicula or pollen basket
coussin (nm) d'hivernage = quilt
couteau (nm) à désoperculer = uncapping knife
couvain (nm) = brood
couvre-cadres (nm) = crown board
cristallisation (nf) = crystalization, granulation (of honey)
crochet (nm) de l'aile = wing hook
cueille-essaims (nm) = swarm catcher (net)
D
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danse (nf) = dance
dard (nm) = sting
débris (nm) de cire (dans la ruche) = crumbs of wax (inside the hive)
déchet (nm) de cire = slumgum, wax residue
défigeur (nm) = honey melter
densité (nf) = density
deshumidificateur (nm) = dehumidifier
deshydrateur (nm) = dehydrator
désinfecter (vt) = to disinfect
désoperculer (vt) = to uncap
dysenterie (nf) = dysentery
E
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écarteur (nm) = frame spacer
éclaireuse (nf) = scout bee (before swarming)
éclore (vi) = to emerge (brood), to hatch (eggs)
élevage (nm) du couvain = brood rearing
élevage (nm) de reines = queen breeding / raising / rearing
enfumer (vt) = to smoke (bees)
enfumoir (nm) = smoker
enrucher (vt) = to hive (a swarm)
essaim (nm) = swarm
essaim (nm) artificiel = artificial or shook swarm
essaim (nm) primaire = prime swarm
essaim (nm) primaire de chant = prime swarm headed by virgin queen
essaim (nm) secondaire = cast swarm or after-swarm
extracteur (nm) centrifuge = centrifugal extractor
extraction (nf) de la cire = wax extraction
extraire (vt) = to extract (honey cetrafugally) or to render wax
F
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fausse teigne (nf) = greater wax moth
faux-bourdon (nm) = drone
fond (nm) = hive stand
fondre (vt) = melt
fongicide (nm) = fungicide
frelon (nm) = hornet
fructose (nm) = fructose
G
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gabarit (nm) pour le moulage des cellules royales = queen-cell molding tool
gant (nm) d'apiculteur = bee glove
gardienne (nf) = guard (bee)
gâteau (nm) de miel = honeycomb
gelée (nf) royale = royal jelly
gène (nm) = gene
glande (nf) de Nassanov = Nasonov's organ
glande (nf) nourricière = pharyngeal gland or brood-food gland
glucose (nm) = glucose
grande miellée (nf) = main nectar flow
grappe (nf) = cluster
grappe (nf) d'hivernage = winter cluster
griffe (nf) = claw
grille (nf) à propolis = propolis collector
grille (nf) à reine = queen excluder
H
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hausse (nf) = super, honey chamber
herse (nf) à désoperculer = uncapping fork
humidité (nf) = moisture, humidity
hydrate (nm) de carbone = carbohydrate
hydromel (nm) = mead
hydromètre (nm) = hydrometer
I
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insecte (nm) = insect
insémination (nf) = insemination
inspection (nf) = examination (of hive), inspection (of apiary)
invertase (nf) = invertase
J
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jabot (nm) = honey sac, stomach, crop
jeune abeille (nf) occupée aux travaux intérieurs de la ruche = house bee
L
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larve (nf) = larva
larve (nf) de fausse teigne = wax-moth larva
législation (nf) = legislation (beekeeping)
lève-cadres (nm) = hive tool
loque (nf) = foul brood
loque (nf) américaine = American foul brood
loque (nf) européenne = European foul brood
M
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mâle (nm) = drone
marquer (vt) = to mark (queen)
maturateur (nm) = honey ripener, honey tank
maturation (nf) = maturation, ripening
mélangeur (nm) = (honey) mixer
mettre en hivernage (vt) = to prepare bees for winter
mettre en ruche (vt) = to hive (a swarm)
miel (nm) = honey
miellat (nm) = honeydew
miellée (nf) = nectar or honey flow
miellée (nf) principale = main flow
miellerie (nf) = honey house
N
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nectar (nm) = nectar
nettoyage (nm) = cleaning
nettoyeuse (nf) = cleaning bee
nosémose (nf) = Nosema disease
nourrice (nf) = nurse bee
nourrissement (nm) spéculatif = stimulative feeding
nourrisseur (nm) = feeder
O
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oeuf (nm) = egg
operculé (adj) = sealed (of brood or honey cells)
operculer (vt) = to cap (cells)
opercules (nmpl) = cappings
orphelin (adj) = queenless
ouvrière (nf) = worker bee
ouvrière (nf) pondeuse = laying worker bee
P
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pain (nm) d'abeilles = bee bread
panier (nm) = skep
paquet (nm) d'abeilles = package bees
parasite (nm) = parasite
partition (nf) = division board
passage (nm) entre les cadres = beeway (between combs)
passoire (nf) à miel = honey strainer
peigne (nm) à pollen = pollen rake, rastellum
petite teigne (nf) de la cire = lesser wax moth
peupler (une ruche) (vt) = to stock (a hive with bees)
phéromone (nf) = pheromone
piller (vt) = to rob
plateau (nm) = bottom board
plateau (nm) chasse-abeille = escape board, super-clearer, clearer-board
pollen (nm) = pollen
pollinisation (nf) = pollination
pondre (vi) = to lay (eggs)
ponte (nf) = egg laying, oviposition
porte-cadres (nm) = frame holder
pourvoyeuse (nf) d'eau = water carrier, water-carrying bee
pou (nm) des abeilles = bee louse
prolifique (adj) = prolific (of queen)
propolis (nf) = propolis
propoliser (vt) = to propolize
provisions (nfpl) = stores
puceron (nm) = aphid
pupe (nf) = pupa
R
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râcloir (nm) à désoperculer = uncapping plane, cappings scraper
ravageur (nm) = pest
rayon (nm) = comb
rayon (nm) bâti = drawn-out comb
rayon (nm) à couvain = brood comb
rayon (nm) irrégulier = burr-comb
rayon (nm) de mâles = drone comb
rayon (nm) à miel = honey comb
rayon (nm) de miel = chunk honey
réceptacle (nm) séminal = spermatheca, receptaculum seminis
récolte (nf) de miel = honey harvest
récolter (vt) = to collect, to harvest, to extract
réducteur (nm) d'entrée = adjustable entrance
réfractomètre (nm) = refractometer
reine (nf) = queen
reine (nf) bourdonneuse = drone-laying queen
remplacement (nm) de la reine = requeening (by beekeeper)
ruche (nf) = hive
ruche (nf) attire-essaim = decoy hive
ruche (nf) bourdonneuse = colony with laying worker or drone-laying queen
ruche (nf) à bourdons = drone-rearing colony
ruche (nf) à cadres mobiles = moveable-frame hive
ruchette (nf) de fécondation = mating hive
ruchette (nf) à nucléus = nucleus box or hive
S
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saccharose (nm) = sucrose
sécréter (vt) = to secrete
sirop (nm) = syrup
société (nf) d'apiculture = beekeepers' association
soufrer (vt) = to sulphur
spermatophore (nm) = spermatophore
spermatozoïde (nm) = spermatozoon
sphinx (nm) tête de mort = death's-head hawk moth
sucre (nm) de betterave = beet sugar
sucre (nm) de canne = cane sugar
sucre (nm) inverti = inverted sugar
supercédure (nf) = supersedure
T
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tapoter (vt) = to drum (on the hive)
thymol (nm) = thymol
travaux (nf) de printemps = spring management
transvaser (vt) = to transfer (bees)
trappe (nf) à mâles = drone trap
trappe (nf) à pollen = pollen trap
trou (nm) de nourrissement = feedhole
trou (nm) de vol = entrance (of hive)
V
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venin (nm) = venom
ventilation (nf) = ventilation
ventiler (vt) = to fan (to provide ventilation)
visite (nf) de rucher = inspection (of apiary)
voile (nf) d'apiculteur = bee veil
vol (nm) = flight
vol (nm) nuptial = mating flight
vol (nm) d'orientation = orientation flight
vol (nm) de propreté = cleansing flight
Z
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zinc (nm) perforé = perforated zinc
