It is known that bees prepare their own food, the surpluses of which are used by man. In greenhouses there is a glut of bee pasture by bees. In addition, we are forcing bees already in January, that is, three months earlier than usual, to grow a large number of brood. This requires feed. Honey […]
Honey and pollen are the natural food of adult bees and their brood. Feeds are necessary for maintaining the livelihoods of bees and isolating wax. Flowers give off a small amount of nectar and pollen, in most cases counted in milligrams and its proportions. To collect 1 kg of honey, bees make 120-150 thousand flights, […]
Collect a sufficient amount of honey and pollen can only strong, workable bee colonies. In many places, the basic replenishment of feed stocks of beekeepers is expected to be obtained from lime trees. In the Moscow suburbs, the lime tree in sufficient quantity gives off nectar in 3-5 years. It is important to know whether […]
The time of the spring exhibition of bees at will depends on their behavior and weather. In greenhouses, reserve bee colonies usually have extremely small stocks of Perga or do not have them at all. If you put these bees in early spring and do not equip them with perga, then the bees will begin […]
If there is a possibility to choose an economy, where it is possible to buy bees, preference should be given to those apiaries that are famous for good honey collectors. Before buying bees, it is necessary to find out through the district zootechnician-beekeeper and veterinarians whether there are any infectious diseases and parasites of bees […]
When starting to work with bees, first you need to get acquainted with the basic information about the breeds of bees, common in the country, their biological and economic-useful qualities. Comparing the characteristic pedigree characteristics of the bees of this apiary, they establish their pedigree affiliation. Breeds of bees, unlike domestic animals, were formed not […]