Some beekeepers do not consider them a separate breed, but refer to the intra-breed type, which was formed as a result of crossing in the natural environment of the Central Russian and Ukrainian gray bees with Caucasian and Italian yellow bees. Ancestors of this type were brought to the Far East in the XIX century. […]
The article “Trap for stray swarms” was published. I received a lot of letters asking them to talk about their device and how to determine the timing of the possible release of the swarm. I follow the request of readers. Traps are made from plywood with a volume of 47.5 X 30 X 35 cm […]
As with any specialist, the beekeeper has his own tools, his own special equipment. Perhaps the most necessary and indispensable tool of the beekeeper is a beekeeping chisel. Fig. 20. Beekeeping chisel. Without it, you can not separate the housing from the housing, raise the ceiling of the hive, move the honeycombs apart, or remove […]
Many will be surprised that the formation of a family in a bee family is by no means the rule, but rather an exception. We know many thousands of species of bees, who spend their entire lives alone. Some of them are very similar in appearance to honey bees, others are even larger and stronger […]
Cream for cleansing the skin. Wax 6 g, borax – 0.5 g, peach or apricot oil – 27.5 g, water – 16 ml. Add water after the mixture has cooled to 40 њ C. Nourishing cream. 1. Wax – 3 g, spermaceta – 6, peach oil – 24, glycerin – 6 g. 2. Wax – […]
When treating the bee with a special tweezer, apply to the intended area of the skin, previously washed with warm water and soap (do not wipe with alcohol). Repeated abdominal pains in the same skin areas are produced only on the fifth day. For 4 days, swelling, soreness and other phenomena pass, the patient feels […]
The most common diseases of adult bees are caused by parasites; most pathogens of these diseases have microscopic dimensions (for example, the causative agent of nosematosis), but there are also visible by a simple eye (for example, larvae of flies, T-shirts). Parasitic diseases of bees can be divided into two groups: 1. diseases caused by […]
Honey bees are a living particle of nature. They are with her in a close and subtle relationship. Their life and behavior entirely depend on the conditions that develop in nature and, first of all, on the weather and the state of melliferous vegetation. On changes in the external environment, they react very acutely by […]
Kvass is a product of incomplete fermentation. Preparation of the drink includes 3 basic operations: obtaining sweet wort, partial digestion and bottling, keeping them at a temperature of 12-15 њ. In kvass may contain some alcohol (up to 2%), since part of the sugar, originally embedded in sweet wort, fermented by yeast, turning into alcohol […]
The method of intradermal injection of apitoxin obtained from bees has advantages over the method of natural stinging, since it allows prescribing certain doses depending on the patient’s condition. In hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, you can always have a stock of ready-made apitoxin. The most convenient and effective was intradermal (between the epidermis and the dermis) […]