The bees are hibernating in the wild. In order to improve the ventilation of the hive, in autumn I remove one of the last frame from the nest and in the corners at the back wall I place the exhaust pipes that I have made, which run from the bottom to the overburden, bypassing the […]
For the winter period, as is known, the bee family requires 8 to 15 kg of feed, depending on the climatic zone and wintering conditions. The amount of feed intake, brood heating, wax release, evaporation of water from nectar depends essentially on the ambient temperature. It follows that one of the effective ways to save […]
To save spare queens in winter, I made a nucleus for a quarter of the standard frame. Its internal dimensions are 410X180X XI60 mm. The thickness of the walls is 25, the height of the overburden is 70 mm. The nucleus was divided by plywood partitions into three compartments, in each of which he placed […]
Wintering bees at will is economically advantageous, since there is no need to build winterers and in unnecessary laborious work for placing bees in them. Bees used to fly over, more viable. Practice has proved that bees are free to winter successfully when there is a lot of snow on the apiary, when the ventilation […]
The wintering of bees is divided into two periods: the first – rest, which lasts until the appearance of brood (mid-February – early March); the second – the pre-spring, to the setting of bees from the winter hut or their flight. It should be remembered that with the approach of the end of winter, the […]
During the wintering in the courtyard in the southern regions with a short and mild winter beehives with bees are left in their places without additional external warming. In areas with snowy winters, single-stem hives are covered with snow, and double-walled beehives can not be covered with snow. If the bees hibernate in more severe […]
The insulating cushions we sew almost always the same size – only for the top. If the nest is within nine frames, then such a pillow will not enter the empty lateral space. Lateral insulation in this way. I take two nested frames that have served their time, I put together their upper bars, and […]
In the first months of wintering, beekeepers check the microclimate of the winter hunter with a psychometer for 1-2 months, use the control family for food consumption, which is installed on the scale, listen to the bees with the help of an episcopal or rubber tube, inspect monthly checklists placed under the nest, pay attention […]
For eleven years now I have been using the method of warming hives, which not only ensures the complete preservation of the bee colonies, but also creates conditions that allow them to leave the hibernation practically without loss. The outcome of wintering in this case does not depend on the breed of bees and the […]