Nectar is a sweet liquid with an admixture of organic and mineral substances emitted by flowers and other glandular cells of plants. Allocate nectar to about a thousand species of plants, which are united under the general name of honey (or, more precisely, call them nectariferous). More often nectar is allocated by special cells collected […]
In our country, bees often collect a drop of animal origin, which is significantly different from nectar. Bee bees are processed into beehives in the same way as nectar. When the water content in the honey falls to normal size, the bees seal it in the cells with wax lids. It is noticed that honey […]
Nectar, in addition to sugar, contains mineral salts, acids, vitamins, enzymes, nitrogenous, dextrin-like, aromatic and other substances, as well as yeast (spores of fungi) that enter it from the air. Nectar, collected by bees from most plants, is very liquid. In a hive, it would quickly be fermented, but bees never allow spoiling of nectar, […]
Bees eat liquid food, and the water available in honey completely satisfies their need, until they perform no work (in autumn, in winter). However, during the growing of larvae, the need for water increases. If bees bring a lot of nectar from plants, then the need for water is met by the available in nectar. […]
Bees can live for a long time, eating pure sugar syrup, but they can not grow brood, allocate wax, intensively collect nectar and perform many other works, because sugar is a purely carbohydrate food and does not contain other substances vital for bees. Replenishment of fodder stocks. With a lack of honey in hives in […]
For successful development and high productivity of beekeeping, as well as any branch of animal husbandry, a powerful and stable fodder base is necessary. The feeding base of beekeeping is honey plants of field crop rotations (fodder, oilseeds, technical, medicinal, melon and some vegetable crops, and from cereals – buckwheat), field-protective, forest, fruit-berry and other […]
Many beekeepers of large industrial farms, realizing the inevitability and high efficiency of fertilizing, are seeking ways to reduce labor on distribution of food to bees. In bee-breeding farms, it is necessary to feed the families-educators daily during all without honey-gathering days. It is necessary to feed the fathers’ families in order to prevent the […]
The presence of large stocks of feed in the nest developed a complex reflex in bees, aimed at reliably preserving them from the adverse effects of temperature and humidity of the surrounding air and protecting them from numerous enemies and pests. Cells with ready (mature) honey bees are sealed with thin, air-tight wax lids. Honey […]
Determine the suitability of honey for the wintering of bees can be one of the following ways. Lime reaction. First prepare the lime water. To do this, the glass jar is half filled with ordinary slaked lime and poured to the top with distilled or rainwater. The mixture is thoroughly stirred, after which it is […]
It was already noted that for a bee family in the autumn-winter-spring period, 25-30 kg of feed (honey, sugar) should be prepared. However, in hives for winter, not all food should be left, but only as much as it is placed in honeycombs occupied by bees. A strong family is left with 8-9 honeycombs, a […]