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telescoping (top) cover ^{See it}
the top, outer cover on a beehive, usually made of wood and covered with a metal sheet; the top cover rests on the inner cover, on top of the topmost hive box, and extends beyond the sides of the hive to provide a rain shield. It is customary to stack rocks, bricks or cinderblock on top of the telescoping cover to prevent raccoons and the like from raiding the hive. Added weight on the cover also ensures high winds won't disassemble the hive during a storm.

See also: Starter Hive

Water-soluble powdered
terramycin, for feeding in
sugar syrup

Pack of terramycin
extender patties

terramycin ^{See it}
an antibiotic^* used to prevent American and european foulbrood, delivered in either soluble powered form, to be mixed with sugar syrup or applied as powder to the beehive's brood frame top bars, or in extender patty form, to be placed on top of the brood frames. BeeCARE recommends the extender patty, as the efficacy of the drug is greatly extended, increasing the likelihood of preventing foulbrood.

See also: Honeybee Medications

^*Oxytetracycline Quaternary Salt or Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride

tested queen
a queen whose progeny shows she has mated with a drone of her own race and has other qualities which would make her a good colony mother

thin super foundation
a comb foundation used for comb honey or chunk honey production which is thinner than that used for brood rearing

tracheal mite
a microscopic mite that dwells inside the tracheae ("wind pipes") of honeybees; these mites weaken colonies, which severely limits honey production, or they destroy them outright.

transferring
the process of changing bees and combs from common boxes to movable frame hives

Travel stains and many
seasons of brood
rearing make this honeycomb look dark

travel stain ^{See it}
the dark discoloration on the surface of comb honey left on the hive for some time, caused by bees tracking propolis over the surface

T-super
a comb honey super with T-shaped strips supporting the sections to provide more space for bee travel

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