There are a host of acronyms and abbreviations in beekeeping. We have compiled a list we hope may be helpful.
AFB .... American Foulbrood
AHB .... Africanized Honey Bee
AHD .... Another Hundred Dollars
AI .... Artificial Insemination
AM .... Apis mellifera or European Honey Bee
AMM .... Apis mellifera mellifera
APV .... Acute Paralysis Virus
BAIT .... Baiting
BB .... Bottom Board
BEEK .... Beekeeper
BIAS .... Brood in all Stages
BKA .... Beekeeping Association
BKU .... Beekeeping Unit
BMQ .... Blue Marked Queen
BQCV .... Black Queen Cell Virus
BRB .... Brood Box
CARNI .... Carniolan honey bee
CAUC .... Caucasian honey bee
CB .... Checkerboarding, or Frame Management for Super or Honey and Nectar
CCD .... Colony Collapse Disorder
CHB .... Comb Honey Box
CPV .... Chronic Paralysis Virus
CTD .... Circling the Drain for About to Die
CW .... Conventional Wisdom
D .... Disease
DBLE .... Double Brood Box Hive
DCA .... Drone Congregation Area
DEEP .... Deep Langstroth Box
DEFRA .... Colony is 1)DISEASE Free 2) EGGS are present, 3) Enough FOOD, 4) Do they have ROOM to expand, 5) is the colony AVERAGE in the apiary.
DINK .... Weak hive
DLQ .... Drone Laying Queen
DWV .... Deformed Wing Virus
E .... Eggs
EFB .... European Foulbrood
EHB .... European Honey Bee
ER .... Entrance Reducer
F .... Food
FLOW .... Flow Hive
FR .... Frame
GMQ .... Green Marked Queen
HBTM .... Honey bee Tracheal Mite
HFCS .... High Fructose Corn Syrup
HFL .... Nectar Flow or Honey flow.
HMF .... Hydroxymethylfurfural a natural compound in honey
HS .... Honey Box called a Super
HSC .... Honey Super Cell Foundation
HT .... Hive Tool
IAPV .... Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus
II .... Instrumental Insemination
IPM .... Integrated Pest Management
J-HOOK .... Hive Tool for inspecting hives with a Hook
JGS .... Just Got Stung
KBV .... Kashmir Bee Virus
KTBH .... Kenyan Top Bar Hive
LANG .... Langstroth Hive system
LC .... Large Cell Foundation (5.4mm)
LGO .... Lemongrass Oil an essential oil
LL .... Long Langstroth Hive
LW .... Laying Workers
MAQS .... Mite Away Quick Strips
MC .... Mite Count
MED .... Medium Langstroth Box
MF .... Mini Frame
MNUC .... Mating Nucleus
MQ .... Marked Queen
MUB .... Mini Urban Beehive
NEWBEE .... New Beekeeper
NM .... Nectar Management
NUC .... Nucleus Colony
NWC .... New World Carniolans
OA .... Oxalic Acid
OAV .... Oxalic Acid Vapor
OBH .... Observation bee hive
OH .... Observation hive
OMF .... Open Mesh Floor or Screened Bottom Board
OSR .... Oilseed Rape
OTS .... On the spot queen rearing
PMS .... Parasitic Mite Syndrome
PPB .... Pretty Poor Beekeeping
PROP .... Propolis
Q- .... No Queen
Q+ .... Queen Present
QC .... Queen Cell
QEX .... Queen Excluder
QMF .... Queen Mating Flight
QMP .... Queen Mandibular Pheromone
QR .... Queen Right
VJ .... Varroa jacobsoni
RLH .... Run Like Hell
RMQ .... Red Marked Queen
ROB .... Robbing
RS .... Ready to Sell
S .... Space
SBB .... Screened Bottom Board
SBI .... Seasonal Bee Inspector
SBV .... Sacbrood virus
SC .... Small Cell Sized Foundation (4.9mm)
SGLE .... Single Brood Box Hive
SHB .... Small Hive Beetle
SMKR .... Smoker
SMR .... Suppressed Mite Reproduction
SW .... Swarm
SWTR .... Swarm Trap
T-Mites .... Tracheal Mites
TBH .... Top Bar Hive
TF .... Treatment Free
TRO .... Trap Out
TSTS .... Too Stupid To Say
TTBH .... Tanzanian Top Bar Hive
ULBN .... Unlimited Brood Nest
VD .... Varroa destructor
VMD .... Varroa Mite Destructor
VQ .... Virgin Queen
VSH .... Varroa Sensitive Hygiene
WAH .... Warré Hive
WM .... Wax Moth
YMMV .... Your mileage may vary
YMQ .... Yellow Marked Queen