Often, to insulate the nest of bees that winter in the wild, fit on the basis of the prevailing assertion that the club does not heat the space inside the hive. In this case, a hive with an open flare is compared to a hood that has been opened wide, which can not be heated. […]
The process of swarming of a bee family can be divided into four periods: the appearance of a drone brood; detaching the bowls; pulling away the queen cells; very swarming. The first two periods are preterm. They are associated with the natural instinct of bees to reproduce, which can not be suppressed, but it is […]
Some beekeepers persistently recommend limiting (laying down) the laying of eggs by the uterus during the main bribe, claiming that such a technique can get much more honey than with complete freedom of drafting. At the same time, they proceed from the fact that a lot of honey is spent on brood rearing and the […]
It has long been observed that the best yield of fruits or seeds of crops and the greatest honey harvest are when the apiary is on the area of flowering crops or in the immediate vicinity of it. That is why for pollination of plants and increase in yield, as well as for honey harvesting, […]
Tasks of the spring care for bees. The life of all plants and animals is inseparably linked with the conditions of the external environment in which they live. The life and development of bee colonies depends most closely on the conditions of nutrition and climate. Therefore, the methods of keeping bees and caring for them […]
For successful work, the beekeeper should not only know the biology of the bee family well, but also carefully study the conditions of a bribe in a given locality. To this end, the apiary uses a so-called control hive, which is an ordinary beehive with bees, put on a scale. From early spring to autumn, […]
Since the first spring cleansing flight, the life of a bee family has increased dramatically. Bees begin to work vigorously, and the uterus to increase the laying of eggs. Every day the brood increases. But at the same time, old bees are gradually dying out. It takes an average of about a month and most […]
All families that seemed unsuccessful in flying around are noted. Do not postpone for tomorrow, they need to be inspected immediately after the flight, otherwise brazen families may die. The purpose of the first inspection is to find out the state of the bee colonies after the wintering, in order to immediately help them if […]
With the termination of a bribe, there is a great danger of the occurrence of bee theft. At this time in the nests of bees there are still many flying bees and in families the excited state remains for a long time. Fighting away from bee-thieves in hot, but impotent days, bees become especially evil. […]
Natural swarming of bees. In natural conditions, the increase in the number of families occurs by digestion. Swarming is a manifestation of the instinct of reproduction of a bee family. The swarming is as follows. At the end of spring or summer, under appropriate conditions, a part of the bees with one (old) or several […]