Beekeeping (or apiculture, from Latin apis, bee) is the
maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans.
A beekeeper (or apiarist) keeps bees in order to collect honey
and other products of the hive (including beeswax, propolis,
pollen, and royal jelly), to pollinate crops, or to produce bees
for sale to other beekeepers. A location where bees are kept is
called an apiary or "bee yard". Beekeeping (or apiculture, from
Latin apis, bee) is the maintenance of honey bee colonies,
commonly in hives, by humans. A beekeeper (or apiarist) keeps
bees in order to collect honey and other products of the hive
(including beeswax, propolis, pollen, and royal jelly), to
pollinate crops, or to produce bees for sale to other
beekeepers. A location where bees are kept is called an apiary
or "bee yard". Depictions of humans collecting honey from wild
bees date to 15,000 years ago, efforts to domesticate them are
shown in Egyptian art around 4,500 years ago. Simple hives and
smoke were used and honey was stored i