Dictionnaire apicole /
Beekeeping Dictionary
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
abdomen (nm) = abdomen
abeille (nf) = bee
abeille (nf) albinos = albino bee
abeille (nf) domestique (Apis mellifera) = honeybee or hive bee
abeille (nf) géante (Apis dorsata) = giant or rock bee
abeille (nf) glabre = hairless or bald bee
abeille (nf) maçonne (Chalicodoma muraria & C. spp.) = mason bee
abeille (nf) naine (Apis florea) = little bee
abeilles (nfpl) = bees
abreuvoir (nm) = drinking place
abricotier (nm) (Prunus armeniaca) = apricot
acarien (nm) = mite or acarine mite
acariose (nf) = acarine disease
accouplement (nm) = copulation, mating
accumuler (vt) = to store (honey, pollen)
acide (nm) carbonique = carbon dioxide
acide (nm) formique = formic acid
acide (nm) lactique = lactic acid
acide (nm) pantothénique = pantothenic acid
acide (nm) phénique = carbolic acid
adultération (nf) = adulteration
agrafe (nf) = staple
agressif -ive (adj) = agressive, vicious
aiguillon (nm) = sting (organ)
aile (nf) = wing
ailes (nfpl) en croix = 'K' wings
ajonc (nm) (Ulex europaeus) = gorse
albumine (nf) = albumin
alvéole (nm) = cell
alvéole (nm) royale = queen cell
amandier (nm) (Prunus amygdalus) = almond
amasser (vt) = to store (honey, pollen)
s'amasser (vpr) = to cluster, to settle (of swarm)
amibiase (nf) = amoeba disease
amidon (nm) = starch
amnios (nm) = amnion
amorce (nf) de cire = starter strip (wax)
analyse (nf) = analysis
analyse (nf) bibliographique = bibliographic abstract
analyse (nf) du miel = honey analysis
analyse (nf) pollinique = pollen analysis
analyse (nf) pollinique du miel = pollen analysis of honey
antenne (nf) = antenna
antérieur (adj) = anterior
anthère (nf) = anther
anus (nm) = anus
aorte (nf) = aorta
aphide (nm) = aphid
apiculteur (nm) = beekeeper
apiculture (nf) = apiculture, beekeeping
apiculture (nf) pastorale = migratory beekeeping
apidés (nmpl) = Apidae, bees
apidologie (nf) = apiology
apimyiase (nf) = apimyiasis
apodème (nm) = apodeme
apogée (nm) de la ponte = peak of laying
appareil (nm) buccal = mouthparts
appareil génital (nm) = reproductive or genital system, sexual organs
appareil de nettoyage des antennes (nmpl) = antenna cleaner (strigilis with spur on 1st tibia)
appendice (nm) = appendage
arbre (nm) à abeille = bee tree
arôme (nm) = aroma
aspirateur (nm) à gelée royale = royal jelly vacuum pump
assurance (nf) = insurance
atrophie (nf) = atrophy
attire-essaim (nm) = bee bob
aubépine (nf) (Crataegus) = hawthorn
aulne (nm) (Alnus spp.) = alder
auvent (nm) = porch (of hive)
B
bac (nm) décanteur = decanting tank
baguette (nf) supérieure = top bar
balance (nf) = scales
bande (nf) pileuse = tomentum (fine hairs on abdominal tergites)
banque (nf) de reines = queen bank
barbe (nf) = barb
barrette (nf) = bar
bascule (nf) = balance, scales (for weighing hives)
bâtir (vt) des rayons = to build comb
bâtisse (nf) chaude = warm way, combs parallel to entrance
bâtisse (nf) froide = cold way, combs perpendicular to entrance
battre le rappel (vi) = to fan (with scent organ exposed)
bibliographie (nf) = bibliography
bidon (nm) à miel = honey can or tin
blé (nm) noir (Fagopyrum esculentum) = buckwheat
blocage (nm) de ponte = restriction of brood rearing
bocal (nm) à miel = honey jar
boîte (nf) à essaim = swarm box
bouillie (nf) larvaire = larval or brood food
bourdon (nm) = bumble bee
bourdon (nm) des mousses = carder bee
bourdonner (vi) = to buzz, to hum
bourrache (nf) (Borago officinalis) = borage
bouteille (nf) à nourrissement = feeder bottle
braule (nm) = bee louse
brise-vent (nm) = windbreak
brouette (nf) à fûts = drum barrow
brosse (nf) à abeilles = bee brush
brosse (nf) à pollen = pollen brush (1st & 2nd basitarsus), scopa (3rd basitarsus)
brosser (vt) = to brush (bees off comb)
bruire (vi) = to roar (angry buzzing)
bruyère (nf) (Erica spp.) = heath
bruyère (nf) cendrée (Erica cinerea) = bell heather
bruyère (nf) commune (Calluna vulgaris) = ling ling heather
bulbe (nm) du gorgeret = bulb of sting sheath
butiner (vi) = to gather nectar, to work a plant
butineuse (nf) = forager, foraging beeC
cadre (nm) = frame
cadre (nm) à couvain = brood frame
cadre (nm) à sections = section rack
cadre (nm) de hausse = super frame, shallow frame
cadre (nm) plein = dummy frame
cadres (nmpl) mobiles = movable frames
cage (nf) d'expédition = traveling cage
cage-nourricerie (nf) = nursery cage
cage (nf) à reine = queen cage
caissette (nf) d'expédition = traveling box
callune (nf) (Calluna vulgaris) = ling ling heather
calmer (vt) = to subdue (bees with smoke)
calotte (nf) de miel = arch of honey above brood nest
canal (nm) = duct
canal (nm) déférent = seminal duct
canal (nm) de la spermathèque = spermathecal duct
canal (nm) éjaculateur = ejaculatory duct
candi (nm) = candy
capturer = catch, to take (a swarm)
cardo (nm) = cardo
caresser (vt) = to caress (queen)
carniolien (adj) = Carniolan
cassis (nm) (Ribes nigrum) = blackcurrant
caste (nf) = cast
catalase (nf) = catalase
caucasien (adj) = Caucasian
cavalier (nm) d'espacement = frame-spacing nail
cellule (nf) = cell
cellule (nf) de liaison = attachment cell (of comb)
cellule (nf) de raccordement = transition cell
cellule (nf) royale = queen cell
cellule (nf) de sauveté = emergency queen cell
centrifugeuse (nf) (pour les opercules) = cappings dryer
cérébron (nm) = brain
cérificateur (nm) solaire = solar wax extractor
cerisier (nm) (Prunus cerasus) = cherry (cultivated)
cerveau (nm) = brain
chaîne (nf) ganglionnaire = central nerve trunk
chambre (nf) chaude = warm-room, hot-room
chambre (nf) d'hivernage = clustering space
champignon (nm) = fungus
champignons (nmpl) du groupe Fumago = sooty moulds
chanter (vi) (de la reine éclose) = to pipe (of emerged queens)
chapeau (nm) d'apiculteur = bee hat
chardon (nm) (Carduus spp.) = thistle
chariot (nm) de miellerie = honey-house trolley
chasse-abeille (nm) = bee escape
chasse-abeille (nm) en losange = diamond-shaped bee escape
chasse-abeille (nm) plateau = clearer board or super clearer
chasser (vt) = to drive (bees)
châtaigner (nm) (Castanea sativa) = Spanish or sweet chestnut
chaudière (nf) à cire = wax extractor
chevalet (nm) à désoperculer = uncapping tray
chiasme (nm) = chiasma
chitine (nf) = chitin
chorion (nm) = chorion
chromosome (nm) = chromosome
chypriote (adj) = Cyprian
circulation (nf) du sang = blood circulation
cire (nf) d'abeilles = beeswax
cire (nf) gaufrée = foundation wax
cire (nf) gaufrée armée = wired foundation wax
cire (nf) vierge = virgin wax
cirière (nf) = wax-making bee
clapet (nm) de retenue = proventricular valve (honey stopper)
clarification (nf) = clarification
classer (vt) le miel = grade honey
clipper (vt) = to clip (queen)
clypeus (nm) = clypeus
cocon (nm) = cocoon
coeur (nm) = heart
colonie (nf) = colony
colonie (nf) bourdonneuse = colony with laying worker or drone-laying queen
colonie (nf) à bourdons = drone-rearing colony
colonie (nf) éleveuse = nurse colony for queen rearing
colonie (nf) finisseuse = cell-finishing colony
colonie (nf) sauvage = wild colony
colorimètre (nm) = grading glass
colorimètre (nm) à miel = honey grader
colza (nm) (Brassica napus var. oleifera) = rape seed, coleseed, colza
combustible (nm) (pour enfumoir) = (smoker) fuel
commissure (nf) = commissure
commissure (nf) frontale = frontal commissure
comportement (nm) = behavior
composées (nfpl) = Compositae
conditionner (vt) = to process (honey etc.)
conduite (nf) du rucher = method or system of management
cône (nm) sensoriel = sense peg
conifères (nmpl) = conifers
consanguinité (nf) = inbreeding
consommation (nf) = consumption (of stores)
construction (nf) fixe = fixed comb
contrôle (nm) de l'essaimage = swarm control
conversion (nf) = conversion
copulation (nf) = copulation, mating
corbeille (nf) à pollen = corbicula or pollen basket
cornée (nf) = cornea
corpora (nmpl) allata = corpora allata
corps (nm) adipeux = fat body
corps (nm) de ruche = brood chamber
corps (nm) vitré = vitreous body
cotonnier (nm) (Gossypium spp.) = coton plant
cou (nm) = neck, cervix
coudrier (nm) (Corylus avellana) = hazel
couleur de cire (adj) = leather-colored
coussin (nm) d'hivernage = quilt
couteau (nm) cératome = skep knife
couteau (nm) à désoperculer = uncapping knife
couvain (nm) = brood
couvain (nm) bourdonneux = brood of laying worker or drone-laying queen
couvain (nm) calcifié = chalk brood
couvain (nm) clairsemé = scattered brood
couvain (nm) de mâles = drone brood
couvain (nm) pétrifié = stone brood
couvain (nm) plâtré = chalk brood
couvain (nm) pourri = foul brood
couvain (nm) refroidi = chilled brood
couvain (nm) sacciforme = sac or pickled brood
couvain (nm) tubuleux = bald-headed brood
couvre-cadres (nm) = crown board
crampon (nm) = clamp
crapaud (nm) = toad
cristallin (nm) = crystalline cone, optic cone
cristallisation (nf) = crystalization, granulation (of honey)
crochet (nm) de l'aile = wing hook
crucifères (nfpl) = crucifers
cueille-essaims (nm) = swarm catcher (net)
cupule (nf) = artificial queen-cell cup
cycle (nm) de la vie = life cycleD
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
déclencher (vt) = to trip
défigeur (nm) = honey melter
demoiselle (nf) = dragonfly (Odonata)
densité (nf) = density
dépopulation (nf) de printemps = spring dwindling
deshumidificateur (nm) = dehumidifier
deshydrateur (nm) = dehydrator
désinfecter (vt) = to disinfect
désoperculer (vt) = to uncap
développement (nm) = development
dextrose (nm) = dextrose
diaphragme (nm) = diaphragm
diastase (nf) = diastase
digestion (nf) = digestion
diploïde (adj) = diploid
disséquer (vt) = to dissect
distributeur (nm) à pollen = pollen dispenser or insert
division (nf) de la cellule = cell division
division (nf) du travail = division of labour
dominant (adj) = dominant
dorsal (adj) = dorsal
double paroi (adj), à = double-walled
douce (adj) = docile
dresser (vt) ou osmoguider (vt) = to train bees to visit a crop
durée (nf) de vie = length of life
dysenterie (nf) = dysenteryE
ébauche (nf) de cellule = queen-cell cup (natural), acorn cup
écaille (nf) = scale (foul brood)
écarteur (nm) = frame spacer
échantillon (nm) = sample
éclaireuse (nf) = scout bee (before swarming)
éclore (vi) = to emerge (brood), to hatch (eggs)
écourter (vt) = to clip (a queen)
écume (nf) = scum
s'égarer (vpr) = to drift
élevage (nm) du couvain = brood rearing
élevage (nm) de lignée pure = pure-line breeding
élevage (nm) de reines = queen breeding / raising / rearing
élevage (nm) sélectionné = selective breeding
élever (vt) = to breed, to raise, to rear
emballer (vt) = to ball (queen)
embryon (nm) = embryo
emporte-pièce (nm) = queen cell punch
encager (vt) = to cage (queen)
endoderme (nm) = endoderm
enfumer (vt) = to smoke (bees)
enfumoir (nm) = smoker
engrenage (nm) supérieur = top drive (on an extractor)
ennemi (nm) des abeilles = enemy of bees
enrucher (vt) = to hive (a swarm)
entomologie (nf) = entomology
entonnoir (nm) = funnel
entrée (nf) inférieure = bottom entrance
entrée (nf) moyenne = middle entrance
entrée (nf) supérieure = top or upper entrance
enzyme (nm) = enzyme
éperon (nm) = spur or calcar (of bees), spur embedder (foundation)
épicea (nm) (Picea abies) = Norway or common spruce
épiderme (nm) = epiderm
épilobe (nm) (Epilobium angustifolium) = willowherb or rose-bay fireweed
épine (nf) = spine
épine-noire (nf) (Prunus spinosa) = blackthorn
épine-vinette (nf) (Berberis spp.) = barberry
érable (nm) (Acer spp.) = maple
érable sycomore (nm) (Acer pseudoplatanus & A. spp.) = sycamore
éricacées (nfpl) = Ericaceae
espacement (nm) abeille = bee-space
esparcette (nf) (Onobrychis sativa) = esparsette or sainfoin
espèce (nf) = species
esprit (nm) de la ruche = hive mind
essai (nm) = experiment
essaim (nm) = swarm
essaim (nm) artificiel = artificial or shook swarm
essaim (nm) déserteur = absconded swarm (after hiving)
essaim (nm) de misère ou de Pâques = hunger swarm
essaim (nm) nu = package bees with queen
essaim (nm) primaire = prime swarm
essaim (nm) primaire de chant = prime swarm headed by virgin queen
essaim (nm) secondaire = cast swarm or after-swarm
essaim (nm) volage = lost swarm before hiving
essor (nm) = flight
estomac (nm) = chyle stomach
étendre (vt) = to spread or expand (of brood nest)
étiquette (nf) à miel = honey label
étirer (vt) = to draw out (foundation)
eucalyptus (nm) (Eucalyptus spp.) = eucalyptus, gum tree
évacuer (vt) = to evacuate
examen (nm) = examination (of hive)
excrément (nm) = excrement or faeces
exosquelette (nm) = exoskeleton
expérience (nf) = experiment
exposition (nf) de miel = honey show
extracteur (nm) centrifuge = centrifugal extractor
extraction (nf) de la cire = wax extraction
extraire (vt) = to extract (honey cetrafugally) or to render waxF
facette (nf) = facet
faire (vt) la barbe = to cluster outside the entrace (in hot weather)
falsification (nf) = adulteration
fausse teigne (nf) = greater wax moth
fausses constructions (nfpl) = brace-comb
faux acacia (nm) (Robinia pseudoacacia) = false acacia or locust tree
faux-bourdon (nm) = drone
faux platane (nm) (Acer pseudoplatanus & A spp.) = sycamore
fécond (adj) = fertile (of queen)
fécondation (nf) = fertilization
femelle (nf) = female
fermentation (nf) = fermentation
fertile (adj) = fertile (of queen)
feuillure (nf) = rabbet or groove
fève-de-cheval (nf) (Vicia faba) = broad bean, horse or field bean
fève-de-marais (nf) (Vicia faba) = broad bean, horse or field bean
fièvre (nf) d'essaimage = swarming fever
filtre (nm) à miel = honey strainer
finisseur (nm) = cell-finishing colony
fixer (vt) la cire = to embed (wire in foundation)
flagelle (nm) ou flagellum = flagellum or giant whip
fond (nm) = hive stand
fondre (vt) = melt
fongicide (nm) = fungicide
forficule (nf) ou perce-oreille (nm) = earwig
formation (nf) des oeufs = oogenesis
fourmi (nf) = ant
fourreau (nm) = sheath
fourreau (nm) de l'aiguillon = sting cavity or chamber
foyer (nm) d'infection = centre or source of infection
framboisier (nm) (Rubus idaeus) = raspberry
frelon (nm) = hornet
front (nm) = frons, frontal commissure
fructose (nm) = fructose
Fumagines (nfpl) = sooty moulds
fût (nm) à miel = honey drumG
gabarit (nm) pour le moulage des cellules royales = queen-cell molding tool
gaines (nfpl) de l'aiguillon = sting sheath
ganglion (nm) = ganglion
ganglion (nm) sous-oesophagien = suboesophageal ganglion
ganglion (nm) sus-oesophagien = supra-oesophageal ganglion
gant (nm) d'apiculteur = bee glove
gardienne (nf) = guard (bee)
gâteau (nm) de miel = honeycomb
gaufrier (nm) = foundation maker
gelée (nf) royale = royal jelly
gène (nm) = gene
genêt (nm) (Cytisus spp.) = broom
génétique (nf) = genetics
genre (nm) = genus
givrage (nm) = frosting (of honey)
glande (nf) = gland
glande (nf) acide = acid gland
glande (nf) alcaline = alkaline gland
glande (nf) cirière = wax or silk gland
glande (nf) muqueuse = mucous gland
glande (nf) de Nassanov = Nasonov's organ
glande (nf) nourricière = pharyngeal gland or brood-food gland
glande (nf) postcérébrale = post-cerebral gland
glande (nf) rectale = rectal gland
glande (nf) salivaire = salivary gland
glande (nf) thoracique = thoracic gland
glande (nf) en Y = spermathecal gland
globule (nm) blanc du sang = white blood corpuscle
glossa (nf) = glossa
glucose (nm) = glucose
glycogène (nm) = glycogen
goût (nm) = sense of taste, flavour
gouttière (nf) linguale = glossal groove
grain (nm) de pollen = pollen grain
graisse (nf) = fat
grande miellée (nf) = main nectar flow
granulation (nf) = granulation
grappe (nf) = cluster
grappe (nf) d'hivernage = winter cluster
greffer (vt) = to graft (larvae)
griffe (nf) = claw
grille (nf) à propolis = propolis collector
grille (nf) à reine = queen excluder
groseiller (nm) (épineux) (Ribes grossularia) = gooseberry
groseiller (nm) (à grappes) (Ribes rubrum) = currant, red or white
se grouper (vpr) (d'un essaim) = to settle or cluster
guêpe (nf) = wasp
guêpe (nf) fouisseuse = fossorial wasp
guêpier (nm) (Merops spp.) = bee-eaterH
habitude (nf) = habit
haploïde (adj) = haploid
hausse (nf) = super, honey chamber
herbe (nf) aux chats (Nepeta spp.) = catmint, catnip
herbicide (nm) = herbicide, weedkiller
hérédité (nf) = heredity
hétérozygote (adj) = heterozygous
herse (nf) à désoperculer = uncapping fork
hexagonal (adj) = hexagonal
hiverné (adj) = overwintered
hiverner (vi) = to winter
homozygote (adj) = homozygous
hormone (nf) = hormone
horticulture (nf) = horticulture
houx (nm) (Ilex glabra) = gallberry
houx (nm) (Ilex aquifolium) = holly
humidité (nf) = moisture, humidity
hybridation (nf) = hybridization, cross-breeding
hybride (nm) = hybrid, cross-breed
hydrate (nm) de carbone = carbohydrate
hydromel (nm) = mead
hydromel (nm) aux aromates = metheglin
hydromètre (nm) = hydrometer
hyménoptères (nmpl) = Hymenoptera
hypoderme (nm) = hypodermisI
identification (nf) = identification
imago (nf/m) = imago
impuissant (adj) = impotent
inanition (nf) = inanition
incubation (nf) = incubation
infecter (vt) = to infect
infection (nf) = infection
insecte (nm) = insect
insecte (nm) parfait = mature insect
insémination (nf) = insemination
inspection (nf) = examination (of hive), inspection (of apiary)
instinct (nm) = instinct
instinct (nm) d'essaimage = swarming impulse
instructeur (nm) apicole = beekeeping instructor
intestin (nm) = intestine
intestin (nm) antérieure = foregut
intestin (nm) grêle = small intestine
intestin (nm) moyen = midgut
intoxication (nf) par le nectar ou le pollen = paralysis due to nectar or pollen
introduire (vt) = to introduce (queen)
inversion (nf) = inversion (of sugar)
invertase (nf) = invertase
irritable (adj) = irritable, vicious
isolation (nf) = insulation
isolement (nm) = isolation
italien -ienne (adj) = ItalianJ
jabot (nm) = honey sac, stomach, crop
jeune abeille (nf) occupée aux travaux intérieurs de la ruche = house bee
joue (nf) = gena
journal (nm) d'apiculture = bee journalL
labiées (nfpl) = Labiatae
labium (nm) = labium
labre (nm) = labrum
lampe (nf) à souder = blowlamp
langue (nf) = tongue
larve (nf) = larva
larve (nf) de fausse teigne = wax-moth larva
lavande (nf) (Lavandula spp.) = lavender
législation (nf) = legislation (beekeeping)
légumineuses (nfpl) = Leguminosae
lentille (nf) = lens
leucocyte (nm) = leucocyte
lève-cadres (nm) = hive tool
lèvre (nf) supérieure = labrum
lévulose (nm) = laevulose
levure (nf) = yeast
libellule (nf) = dragonfly (Odonata)
lierre (nm) (Hedera helix) = ivy
lieu (nm) de rassemblement de mâles = drone assembly area
lignée (nf) = (genetic) strain
lobe (nm) antennaire = antennal lobe
lobe (nm) optique = optic lobe
longévité (nf) = longevity
loque (nf) = foul brood
loque (nf) américaine = American foul brood
loque (nf) européenne = European foul brood
lotier, lotier corniculé (nm) (Lotus corniculatus) = trefoil, bird's-foot
luzerne (nf) (Medicago satvia) = alfalfa, lucerneM
mâchoire (nf) = maxilla
magasin (nm) à miel = super, honey chamber
mal (nm) des forêts = paralysis during honeydew flow
mal (nm) de mai = May sickness
mal (nm) noir = paralysis during honeydew flow
malade (adj) = diseased
maladie (nf) = disease
maladie (nf) du couvain = brood disease
mâle (nm) = drone
mandibule (nf) = mandible
manque (nm) de provisions = shortage of stores
marc (nm) de cire = slumgum, wax residue
marjolaine (nf) (Origarnum vulgare) = marjoram
marquer (vt) = to mark (queen)
marronnier (nm) d'Inde (Aesculus hippocastanum) = horse chestnut
matériel (nm) apicole = beekeeping equipment or appliances
maturateur (nm) = honey ripener, honey tank
maturation (nf) = maturation, ripening
maxille (nf) = maxilla
mèche (nf) soufrée = sulphur cartridge
mèche (nf) à bougie = candle wick
médian -iane (adj) = median
méiose (nf) = meiosis
mélangeur (nm) = (honey) mixer
mélanose (nf) = melanosis
mélilot (nm) (Melilotus spp.) = melilot, sweet clover
mélipones (nfpl) = Meliponini, stingless bees
mélissopalynologie (nf) = melissopalynology, pollen analysis of honey
membrane (nf) = membrane
membrane (nf) basale = basement membrane
mère (nf) = queen
mésentéron (nm) = mesenteron, midgut
mésoderme (nm) = mesoderm
mésothorax (nm) = mesothorax
mesure (nf) préventive = preventive measure
métabolisme (nm) = metabolism
métamorphose (nf) = metamorphosis
métathorax (nm) = metathorax
mettre en hivernage (vt) = to prepare bees for winter
mettre en ruche (vt) = to hive (a swarm)
micropyle (nm) = micropyle
miel (nm) = honey
miel (nm) ambré = amber honey (of color)
miel (nm) ambré clair = light amber honey
miel (nm) ambré extra-clair = extra light amber honey
miel (nm) ambré foncé = dark amber honey
miel (nm) artificiel = honey substitute
miel (nm) blanc = white honey
miel (nm) blanc d'eau = water-white honey
miel (nm) brut = unprocessed or crude honey
miel (nm) de bruyère = heather honey
miel (nm) de callune = heather honey
miel (nm) clair = light (-colored) honey
miel (nm) crémeux = creamed honey
miel (nm) extra-blanc = extra white honey
miel (nm) extrait = extracted honey
miel (nm) extrait par chauffage = honey extracted by heating combs
miel (nm) de fleurs = flower honey, blossom honey
miel (nm) fluide = run honey, runny honey
miel (nm) foncé = dark honey
miel (nm) de forêt = honeydew honey
miel (nm) granulé = granulated honey
miel (nm) industriel = industrially produced honey
miel (nm) liquide = liquid honey
miel (nm) moyen = medium-colored honey
miel (nm) de nectar = flower or blossom honey
miel (nm) de pâtisserie = cooking or baking honey
miel (nm) de presse = pressed honey
miel (nm) en rayon = comb honey, honey in the comb
miel (nm) en section = section honey, comb honey
miel (nm) de sucre = honey from sugar fed bees
miel (nm) surchauffé = over-heated honey
miel (nm) vierge = virgin honey
miellat (nm) = honeydew
miellée (nf) = nectar or honey flow
miellée (nf) principale = main flow
miellerie (nf) = honey house
mimosa (nm) (Acacia spp.) = mimosa, wattle
miroir (nm) à cire = wax plate, mirror
mitose (nf) = mitosis
moeurs (nfpl) = habits
moisissure (nf) = mould
moisissure (nf) du pollen = pollen mould
moule (nm) à cire = beeswax mould
mourir (vi) de faim = to starve
moutarde (nf) (Sinapis spp.) = mustard
moutarde (nf) des champs (Sinapis arvensis) = charlock or wild mustard
mue (nf) = ecdysis, moult
muscle (nm) = muscle
muscle (nm) du vol direct = direct flight muscle
muscle (nm) fléchisseur = flexor muscle
mutation (nf) = mutation
mycose (nf) = fungal disease
myosotis (nm) (Myosotis spp.) = forget-me-notN
navette (nf) (Brassica campestris var. oleifera) = rape
nectaire (nm) = nectary
nectar (nm) = nectar
nerf (nm) = nerve
nerf (nm) moteur = motor nerve
nettoyage (nm) = cleaning
nettoyeuse (nf) = cleaning bee
nid (nm) à couvain = brood nest
noisetier (nm) (Corylus avellana) = hazel
nosémose (nf) = Nosema disease
nourrice (nf) = nurse bee
nourrir (vt) = to feed
nourrissement (nm) spéculatif = stimulative feeding
nourrisseur (nm) = feeder
nourrisseur (nm) rapide = rapid feeder
nourriture (nf) larvaire = laval or brood food
noyau (nm) = nucleus (of cell)
nucleus (nm) = nucleus (of colony)
nucleus (nm) de fécondation = mating nucleus
nutrition (nf) = nutrition
nymphose (nf) = pupationO
occiput (nm) = occiput
ocelle (nm) = ocellus
odorat (nm) = sense of smell
oeil (nm) = eye
oeil (nm) composé = compound eye
oeil (nm) simple = simple eye
oenocyte (nm) = oenocyte
oesophage (nm) = oesophagus
oeuf (nm) = egg
oeuf (nm) stérile = sterile egg
oligotropie (nf) = oligotropy
ommatidie (nf) = ommatidium
oogenèse (nf) = oogenesis
operculé (adj) = sealed (of brood or honey cells)
operculer (vt) = to cap (cells)
opercules (nmpl) = cappings
oranger (nm) (Citrus aurantium) = orange
oreille (nf) = ear
organe (nm) = organ
organe (nm) d'accouplement = copulatory organ, endophallus, penis
organe (nm) sensitif = sense organ
origan (nm) (Origanum vulgare) = marjoram
orme (nm) (Ulmus spp.) = elm
orphelin (adj) = queenless
osmoguider (vt) = to train bees to visit a crop
ostium (nm) = ostium
ouïe (nf) = sense of hearing
ouvrière (nf) = worker bee
ouvrière (nf) pondeuse = laying worker bee
ovaire (nm) = ovary
ovariole (nm) = ovariole, ovarian tubule
oviducte (nm) = oviduct
ovipositeur (nm) = ovipositorP
pain (nm) d'abeilles = bee bread
palpe (nm) labial = labial palp
palpe (nm) maxillaire = maxillary palp
palynologie (nf) = palynology, pollen analysis
panier (nm) = skep
papilionacées (nfpl) = Papilionaceae
paquet (nm) d'abeilles = package bees
paraglosse (nf) = paraglossa
paraloque (nf) = para foul brood
paralysie (nf) = paralysis
parasite (nm) = parasite
paroi (nf) externe = lift (of double-walled hive)
paroi (nf) médiane d'un cadre = midrib (of comb)
paroi (nf) de la cellule = cell wall
parois simples, (adj) à = single walled
parthénogenèse (nf) = parthenogenesis
partition (nf) = division board
passage (nm) = pop-hole
passage (nm) entre les cadres = beeway (between combs)
passoire (nf) à miel = honey strainer
patte (nf) = leg (of insect)
pavillon (nm) = beehouse
pêcher (nm) (Prunus persica) = peach
pédoncule (nm) = peduncle
peignes (nm) à antennes = antenna comb, strigilis with spur
peigne (nm) à pollen = pollen rake, rastellum
pellicule (nf) = pellicle
pelote (nf) de pollen = pollen pellet or load
pénis (nm) = penis
perce-oreille (nm) = earwig
perception (nf) des couleurs = color perception
perception (nf) des formes = sense of form
période (nf) d'essaimage = swarming season
perte (nf) hivernale = winter loss
pétiole (nm) = petiole
petite teigne (nf) de la cire = lesser wax moth
peupler (une ruche) (vt) = to stock (a hive with bees)
phacélie (nf) (Phacelia spp.) = phacelia
pharynx (nm) = pharynx
phénol (nm) = carbolic acid
phéromone (nf) = pheromone
philanthe (nm) = bee-killer wasp
picking (nm) = grafting or transferring tool (for larvae)
picoteuse (nf) = cappings piercer
pie-grièche (nf) = shrike
pigment (nm) = pigment
pillard (nm) = robber
piller (vt) = to rob
pin sylvestre (nm) (Pinus sylvestris) = Scotch fir, Scots pine
pince (nf) à cadres = frame tongs
pipe (nf) d'apiculteur = pipe smoker
piquer (vt) = to sting
piqûre (nf) = sting
pissenlit (nm) (Taraxacum officinale) = dandelion
planche (nf) de vol = alighting or flight board
plancher (nm) = floorboard
planchette (nf) de vol = alighting or flight board
plantain (nm) (Plantago spp.) = plantain
plante (nf) butinée = bee plant
plante (nf) mellifère = nectar plant
plante (nf) pollinifère = pollen plant
plaquette (nf) d'obturation = clasper (of drone)
plaquette (nf) poreuse = sense plate
plastique (nm) = plastic
plateau (nm) = bottom board
plateau (nm) chasse-abeille = escape board, super-clearer, clearer-board
poche (nf) copulatrice = bursa copulatrix, copulatory pouch
poids (nm) spécifique = specific gravity
poil (nm) = bristle
poil (nm) sensoriel = sense hair
poirier (nm) (Pyrus communis) = pear
poison (nm) = poison
pollen (nm) = pollen
pollinies (nfpl) = pollinia (in orchids)
pollinisation (nf) = pollination
pommier (nm) (Pyrus malus) = apple
pondre (vi) = to lay (eggs)
ponte (nf) = egg laying, oviposition
pore (nm) sensoriel = sense pore
porte-cadres (nm) = frame holder
pourvoyeuse (nf) d'eau = water carrier, water-carrying bee
(en) possession de reine (adj) = queenright
postérité (nf) = progeny
pot (nm) à miel = honey pot
pou (nm) des abeilles = bee louse
poussoir (nm) à pollen = auricle
premier article (nm) du tarse = basitarsus, metatarsus
prépupe (nf) = prépupa
presse (nf) à miel = honey press
pressoir (nm) à miel = honey press
pressoir (nm) à pollen = pollen press
prétarse (nm) = pretarsus
proboscis (nm) = proboscis
professeur (nm) d'apiculture = beekeeping instructor
prolifique (adj) = prolific (of queen)
propodeum (nm) = propodeum
se propager (vpr) = to spread (of disease)
propolis (nf) = propolis
propoliser (vt) = to propolize
protéine (nf) = protein
prothorax (nm) = prothorax
protocérébron (nm) = protocerebrum
proventricule (nm) = proventriculus
proventriculus (nm) = proventriculus
provisions (nfpl) = stores
prunier (nm) (Prunus domestica) = plum
puceron (nm) = aphid
puissant (adj) = potent
pupe (nf) = pupaR
race (nf) = race
race (nf) indigène = indigenous or native race
race (nf) pure = pure strain
râcloir (nm) à désoperculer = uncapping plane, cappings scraper
rainure (nf) = groove
rammasser (vt) = to gather (honey or pollen)
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
rayons (nmpl) élargis = wide-spaced combs
rayons (nmpl) étalés = wide-spaced combs
rayons (nmpl) en plein air = combs built in the open
réceptacle (nm) séminal = spermatheca, receptaculum seminis
récessif -ive (adj) = recessive
recherche (nf) = investigation, research
récolte (nf) de miel = honey harvest
récolter (vt) = to collect, to harvest, to extract
rectum (nm) = rectum, colon, large intestine (of the honeybee)
réducteur (nm) d'entrée = adjustable entrance
réfractomètre (nm) = refractometer
reine (nf) = queen
reine (nf) bourdonneuse = drone-laying queen
reine (nf) d'élevage = breeding queen
reine (nf) éleveuse = breeder queen
rejeton (nm) = after-swarm
remède (nm) = remedy
remplacement (nm) de la reine = requeening (by beekeeper)
rendement (nm) en miel = honey yield
renoncule (nf) (Ranunculus spp.) = buttercup
repli (nm) valvulaire = valvefold
reproduction (nf) = reproduction
réserves (nfpl) = stores
réservoir (nm) à venin = poison sac
résistant (adj) = resistant
respiration (nf) = respiration
résumé (nm) = summary
rétine (nf) = retina
réunir (vt) (des colonies) = to unite (colonies)
rhabdome (nm) = optic rod, rhabdom
robinet (nm) à clapet = honey gate or tap
robinier (nm) (Robinia pseudoacacia) = false acacia, locust tree
romarin (nm) (Rosmarinus spp.) = rosemary
ronce (nf) (Rubus fruticosus) = blackberry, bramble
rosacées (nfpl) = Rosaceae
rose trémière (nf) (Althaea rosea & A. spp.) = hollyhock
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
ruche (nf) double = twin hive
ruche (nf) fixe = fixed-comb hive
ruche (nf) gratte-ciel = skyscraper hiver
ruche (nf) horizontale = long hive
ruche (nf) jumelle = twin hive
ruche (nf) d'observation = observation hive
ruche (nf) à ouverture latérale = side-opening hive
ruche (nf) s'ouvrant par le haut = top-opening hive
ruche (nf) en tronc d'arbre = log hive
ruche (nf) en paille = butt (local) or skep
ruche (nf) vulgaire = ruskie (Scotland)
rucher (nm) = apiary, bee yard (US)
rucher (nm) couvert = beehouse
rucher (nm) éloigné = out-apiary, out-yard (US)
rucher (nm) extérieur = out-apiary, out yard (US)
ruchette (nf) de fécondation = mating hive
ruchette (nf) à nucléus = nucleus box or hiveS
sac (nm) à air = air or tracheal sac
saccharose (nm) = sucrose
sainfoin (nm) (Onobrychis sativa) = sainfoin, esparcette
salicaire (nf) (Lythrum salicaria) = purple loosestrife
sang (nm) = blood
sapin (nm) blanc (Albies alba) = silver fir
sapin (nm) rouge (Picea abies) = spruce fir
sarrasin (nm) (Fagopyrum esculentum) = buckwheat
sauge (nf) (Saliva spp.) = sage
saule (nm) (Salix spp.) = willow
saveur (nf) = flavor
sclérite (nm) = sclerite
scutellum (nm) = scutellum
scutum (nm) = scutum
séchoir (nm) à pollen = pollen dryer
secouer (vt) = to shake
sécréter (vt) = to secrete
segment (nm) = segment
sélection (nf) = breeding (of bees)
semence (nf) = semen
séneçon jacobée (nm) (Senecio jacobaea) = common ragwort
sénevé (nm) des champs (Sinapis arvensis) = charlock or wild mustard
sens (nm) de l'orientation = sense of location
sens (nm) tactile = tactile sense, sense of touch
sensilla (nf) = sensilla
séparateur (nm) (entre sections) = separator (between sections)
séparateur (nm) perforé = perforated partition or screen board
septicémie (nf) = septicaemia
serrer (vt) = to contract (of brood nest)
sexe (nm) = sex
signes (nmpl) d'accouplement = mating sign
sirop (nm) = syrup
société (nf) d'apiculture = beekeepers' association
soie (nf) = bristle
soie (nf) barbelée de l'aiguillon = lancet
soleil (nm) d'artifice = play flight
solidage (nf) (Solidago spp.) = golden rod
souche (nf) = parent colony (of swarm), strain (genetics)
soufrer (vt) = to sulphur
source (nf) de miellée = bee forage or pasture
souris (nf) = mouse
spermatogenèse (nf) = spermatogenesis
spermatophore (nm) = spermatophore
spermatozoïde (nm) = spermatozoon
sperme (nm) = sperm
spermiogenèse (nf) = spermiogenesis
sphinx (nm) tête de mort = death's-head hawk moth
spore (nf) = spore
squelette (nm) externe = exoskeleton
station (nf) élevage = breeding station
station (nf) d'essai = experimental station
station (nf) expérimentale = experimental station
station (nf) de fécondation = queen-mating station
station (nf) de recherche = research institute
stérilisation (nf) = sterilization
sternite (nm) = sternite, ventral plate, sternum
stigmate (nm) = spiracle, stigma (of flower)
stipes (nm) = stipes
strigile (nm) = strigilis, antenna comb
submentum (nm) = submentum
succédané (nm) de pollen = pollen substitute
sucer (vt) = to suck
sucre (nm) de betterave = beet sugar
sucre (nm) de canne = cane sugar
sucre (nm) dénaturé = denatured sugar
sucre (nm) de fruit = fruit sugar
sucre (nm) inverti = inverted sugar
sucre (nm) de raisin = grape sugar
suffocation (nf) = suffocation
sulfure (nm) de carbone = carbon disulphide
supercédure (nf) = supersedure
supplément (nm) en pollen = pollen supplement
support (nm) = hive stand
surpeuplé (adj) = crowded (of colony)
symphorine (nf) (Symphoricarpus racemosa) = snowberry
système (nm) nerveux = nervous system
système (nm) nerveux sympathique = sympathetic nervous system
système (nm) respiratoire = respiratory systemT
tapoter (vt) = to drum (on the hive)
tarse (nm) = tarsus
tergite (nm) = tergite, dorsal plate
testicule (nm) = testis
thixotropie (nf) = thixotropy
thorax (nm) = thorax
thym (nm) (Thymus spp.) = thyme
thymol (nm) = thymol
tibia (nm) = tibia
tilleul (nm) (Tilia spp.) = lime, linden, basswood
toile (nf) phéniquée = carbolic cloth
toit (nm) = roof (of hive)
toiture (nf) = roof (of hive)
tomentum (nm) (bande pileuse) = tomentum (fine hairs on abdominal tergites)
toucher (nm) = tactile sense, sense of touch
tournesol (nm) (Helianthus spp.) = sunflower
trachée (nf) = trachea
trachéole (nf) = tracheole
traitement (nm) = treatment (of disease)
traiter (vt) = to process (honey), to treat (disease)
travaux (nf) de printemps = spring management
transformation (nf) = transformation, conversion
transhumance (nf) = migratory beekeeping
transvaser (vt) = to transfer (bees)
trappe (nf) à mâles = drone trap
trappe (nf) à pollen = pollen trap
trèfle (nm) (Trifolium spp.) = clover
trèfle (nm) d'Alexandrie (Trifolium alexandrinum) = barseem, berseem, bersim
trèfle (nm) alsike (Trifolium hybridum) = alsike or Swedish clover
trèfle (nm) blanc (Trefolium repens) = white clover
trèfle (nm) hybride (Trifolium hybridum) = alsike or Swedish clover
trèfle (nm) incarnat (Trifolium incarnatum) = crimson clover
trèfle (nm) rouge (Trifolium pratense) = red clover
trochanter (nm) = trochanter
trompe (nf) = proboscis
trou (nm) de nourrissement = feedhole
trou (nm) de vol = entrance (of hive)
tube (nm) digestif = alimentary canal, digestive tract, gut
tube (nm) de Malpighi = Malpighian tube
tube (nm) ovarien = ovarian tubule, ovariole
tube (nm) séminifère = testiole, testicular tubule
tulipier (nm) (Liriodendron tulipifera) = tulip treeV
vagin (nm) = vagina
valve (nf) proventriculaire = proventricular valve (honey stopper)
valve (nf) ventriculaire = ventricular valve (pyloric sphincter)
variété (nf) = variety
veine (nf) = vein
venin (nm) = venom
ventilation (nf) = ventilation
ventiler (vt) = to fan (to provide ventilation)
ventouse (nf) = arolium, empodium, pulvillus
ventral (adj) = ventral
ventricule (nm) = ventriculus
verge (nf) d'or (Solidago spp.) = golden rod
vertex (nm) = vertex
vesce (nf) (Vicia spp.) = vetch
vésicule (nf) séminale = seminal vesicle, vesicula seminalis
vierge (nf) = virgin
vinaigre (nm) de miel = honey vinegar, oxymel
virus (nm) = virus
viscosité (nf) = viscosity
vision (nf) mosaïque = mosaic vision
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 flightZ
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