How to cook Ural kvass with horseradish and honey

Rye biscuits pour boiling water, cover the dishes with a linen napkin, insist throughout the day, strain through a sieve or gauze. Raisins boil in a small amount of bread infusion, add sugar. Infusion and broth to mix and cool. Pour in the yeast, diluted in a small amount of water, and put in a […]

Autumn work in the apiary

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. […]

Application of bee venom

In its pure form, bee venom is used by the method of direct local bite by bees. With this treatment, they achieve the greatest effect. Injections use drugs with bee venom: apizartron, tosapine, malesin, venapiolin 1-2 or KF-1, KF-2 (in a dilution of 1: 1000, 1: 2000 in sterile apricot or peach oil). Aqueous solution […]

Plug for pump

In the Polytechnic Dictionary there are only two lines about the stub: “a part sealing the internal cavity of the structure”. Without further ado, they solve the problem of stubs and machine builders: press in or screw the stopper plug into the hole and forget it. And here to the exploiters these simple details remind […]

The composition and calorific value of honey

Observations showed that athletes who consume a lot of sugar are significantly more enduring. However, sugar (beet, cane) and glucose are absorbed by our body in different ways. While glucose without any transformations comes from the intestine into the blood (it can be injected directly into the blood, which is widely practiced in many diseases), […]

Use of pollen by bees

From the bees’ updates, a stock of food is formed – pergu, which after compaction and processing in the cubicles of honeycombs is a dough-like mass. Perga can be kept for a long time and used by the family by the beginning of the spring of next year. Consuming pollen mainly larvae aged 4-6 days. […]

Easy honeycomb

Foods for preparation: 500 g of honey, 2 eggs, 2 egg yolks, 60 g of sugar, 500 g of flour, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, a pinch of salt and ground cinnamon, grated peel from one lemon, 50 g of ground kernels of walnut or almonds for sprinkling). Stir well melted honey with whole eggs […]

Growing period of bees

In August, the apiary reduces the strength (the number of worker bees) of bee colonies. At present, almost all over Ukraine, the main honey crop is coming to an end. During 2 – 3 days after the end of the honey, it is necessary to pump out the honey, reduce the volume of the nest […]

Hive multi-storey

The best hive is one that resembles a hollow – the natural habitat of honey bees. This is just the case with the multi-hull vertical hive. In it, bees can live just as they have become accustomed to for many millions of years. It corresponds to their nature. He also answers the problems of modern […]

Successful wintering of bees

For ten years I have been engaged in beekeeping, and the magazine began to read even earlier. Many tips and recommendations, drawn from the articles, immediately tried to use in their practice, but, not having enough skills, made many mistakes. In particular, when preparing families for wintering, it happened, after the next experiment, remained without […]