Root storage

The room for storage of root crops should be dry. In a wet cellar for a long time you will not save any potatoes, carrots or beetroot, a day or two later you will have to throw out rot. In the equipped storage facility, the pledged product must be protected not only from groundwater and […]

Carpet with honey

The cooking technology is very simple: sugar and honey mixed with water and boiled. The resulting syrup cool to room temperature and add cinnamon, cloves and soda to it. After thorough mixing, pour in the flour to make a stiff dough. Thoroughly kneaded dough rolled in the pan form to a thickness of 1 cm […]

How to arrange the hives in the greenhouse

In modern varieties and hybrids of cucumbers, unlike the famous in the past, the Klin variety, the first flowers blossom. In the central regions of the country; The first cucumber flowers appear in the 2nd decade of January. At this time, natural light is not enough for plants, they are physiologically depressed and nectar is […]

Honey gingerbread with cherries

Honey (4 tablespoons), eggs, water, ammonium, lemon zest, grated chocolate, sugar, knock down until the formation of foam. Add the semolina, to which you want to make stoned cherries and finely chopped cherries, mix. The mixture is poured into a paper that has been poorly shaped and baked in medium heat for 45-50 minutes. Mix […]

Medovik ordinary

Foods for preparation: 200 g of honey, 200 g of sugar, 500 g of rye flour, 3 eggs, 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon and cloves, baking soda, walnut kernel. Honey with sugar to bring to a boil, pour this mixture flour, cool a little, in a bowl to change, to house eggs, cinnamon, cloves and […]

How to prevent swarming

Rooting mostly occurs spontaneously and is not always convenient for the beekeeper, because it is associated with the loss of productivity of the apiary. Thanks to many years of practice I was convinced that it is better to create bees artificially, that is to say. to eliminate the family’s swarming state. To this end, to […]

How to avoid stinging

The occupation of beekeeping brings pleasure to the owner of the apiary, but his neighbors are not always happy with it. The beekeeper himself must find the way out of the conflict situations that arise. He can ask them not to be around for the time being. Frequent aimless inspections of families (almost every time […]

Reproduction of bee colonies

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 […]

Smells of a bee’s nest

An extremely important role in the life of honey bees is played by the so-called chemical language – odors. This is the oldest and most perfect way to communicate insects. Their nest is full of aromatic substances. Nectar and pollen of different plants, fresh honey, propolis of birch, poplar, aspen, chestnut, wax, spirit spirit of […]

History of beekeeping

The history of beekeeping began with the so-called “wild” beekeeping. This is an organized hunt for honey. Remains of “wild” beekeeping are found in India, Mountain Shoria, etc. The first mention of beekeeping is associated with ancient Egypt, where the hives were made from baked clay. Such hives can still be found in Iran, Afghanistan, […]