Hibernation of bees
Properly organized bee hibernation is one of the most important tasks in beekeeping. A good winter is considered to be a wintering, in which not only there is no escape of bee colonies or corn
Forwarding bees to long distances in boxes without ventilation
Currently in our country, when moving bees to a distant distance, it is often used to transfer bees with brood and without it in deaf dark boxes (without ventilation). Bees in such boxes during transportation
Glacier for food storage
Scheme of glacier with lateral loading of ice: 1 – entrance to the glacier; 2 – shelter; 3 – storage compartment; 4 – walls of the room; 5 – vent pipe; 6 – ice chamber;
Feeding base of beekeeping and measures to expand and improve it
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
Chilled brood
Chilled brood is an uncontrollable disease of bee colonies, which arises from the strong and prolonged cooling of the brood. Causes of the disease. A sharp drop in air temperature, poor warming of the nest,
Preventing the crystallization of honey in honeycombs
The pumped honey crystallizes within 2-3 months. Separate honey (for example, with labial and legume plants) persists for a long time in the liquid state. Honey in honeycomb, sealed with wax lids, usually for a
The tick of boiling water is afraid
I had to apply various methods of combating varroatosis: I poisoned the mite with phenothiazine, thymol, burning some herbs in the smoke, but everything was ineffective. Finally, I found what to take him. In the
The ratio of bees to the uterus and brood
To the newly planted uterus in the cells, bees do not always treat the same: sometimes they are accepted willingly, but there are cases that they do not accept or kill at the release. It
How to fight with ascospenosis
In the summer of 1988, in one family, I found 10-15 white lumps in honeycombs, but did not attach any importance to it, considering them to be a moldy pearl. In the beginning of the
Sieve brood
Sick brood – an infectious disease, a viral etiology, causing the death of adults often sealed larvae and young pupae. The body of the dead larvae takes the form of a bag of liquid. The