Dandelion honey
Dandelion honey is golden yellow, very thick, viscous, rapidly crystallizing, with a strong smell and a sharp taste. This honey bee is obtained from the nectar of a widely known and common weed-dandelion. Dandelion honey
Maple honey
Maple honey belongs to light varieties, has excellent taste qualities. Bees energetically assemble it from beautiful yellowish-green flowers of a decorative shrub or a maple leaf, found in almost all forests. From a hectare of
How to make an effective juicer for processing apples
Is it possible to achieve an output of 65-70 percent of apple juice from the processed mass? Can. Only we need to count not on the strength of the press created in the juicer with
Ventilation for beehives
The Leningrad worker proposed an original way of removing excess moisture from the hive, which would create more comfortable conditions for the wintering of bees. Usually, a propolis “mat” serves as a stopper for the
Cleaning honey
Bee honey refers to those foods that are consumed without any treatment (thermal or other). In this regard, it is necessary that beekeepers in their work comply with sanitary and hygienic rules. Under the microscope,
Clover honey
Clover honey is colorless, transparent, has high taste qualities, is considered one of the best light varieties of honey. When crystallized, it turns into a solid white mass. This honey contains 34.96% of glucose and
Shower on the nomad
During the migrations most of the work of the beekeeper must be performed in hot weather. And no matter how easy his clothes are, there is still a secretion of sweat, which excites and angers
The meaning of color and smell for bees
To what extent, with the correct choice of color, the bees use this identification sign of their hive for orientation, can be solved not by reasoning, but only by experiments. Fig. 63. Use of bee
Meadow honey
Meadow honey is golden yellow, sometimes yellow-brown in color, with a pleasant aroma, good in taste. Meadow (“prefabricated”) honey honey bees are made from nectar of various meadow flowers.
What annoys bees
Bees are angry and all the sharp movements are running along the apiary, brushing off the approaching insect, nervous behavior. Obviously, in this they perceive a threat. By the way, the eyes of the bees
Main spring audit
The first spring inspection does not give the beekeeper detailed and accurate information about each bee family. Such information can only give the most thorough examination of the bee nest, or the so-called main spring
Small wax moth
A small wax moth (Achroea grisella F.), is distributed as widely as a large one. It is somewhat smaller than the large one: the female in the span of the wings is 23 mm; male
Mint honey
Mint honey honey bees make from nectar odorous flowers of perennial essential oil and spicy plants, peppermint. It is widely cultivated and gives abundant collections of high-quality honey. This honey has an amber color, it
Double core hive
For several years I have been using a nucleus hive of my own design for the withdrawal of queens. It consists of a body 1 on a standard 435 X 300 mm nest frame, which
How to get wild honey
The beekeeper is an ancient profession. First, in very remote times, hunting for honey was, like hunting for the beast. People went into the woods, found hollows with bees, ruined them, broke out the honeycombs