Sunflower honey

Sunflower honey of golden color, when crystallized, becomes light amber, sometimes even with a greenish tint, has a weak aroma and somewhat tart taste. The bees make it from the nectar of golden-yellow broad-tubular flowers of the oil plant-sunflower. With an energetic visit of sunflower bees, the yield of its seeds increases almost 2 times. […]

Cleaning of nests and disinfection of hives

When cleaning the hive, brown spots are especially carefully scraped – traces of diarrhea during wintering. These spots can serve as a source of spores of a dangerous disease of adult bees – nosematosis. Carefully cleared of scum, dirt and stains of diarrhea, the hive and plaited boards are burned with the fire of the […]

Properties of bee venom

Well-known properties of bee venom – causes pain, swelling, redness at the site of the bite – associated with its biological purpose. The role of bee venom reduces only to expel unwanted “lacquers” from the hive, but not to kill them. Otherwise, the normal order in the life of the bee family would be disturbed […]

Features of a multi-hull

The invention of a movable hinged frame facilitated the appearance of a large number of different designs of hives. In accordance with this, the size and shape of the frames changed. Used square, narrow, low and wide. Naturally, there was a need to find the best option for a promising beehive. So there were several […]

Drink of honey, carrot and lemon

Carrots thoroughly brush and grate on a fine grater, squeeze the juice, stir with chilled boiled water, season to taste with salt, lemon juice and honey. To the finished drink you can add finely chopped greens of dill. Norm of products: honey – 2 tablespoons, carrots – 1 kg, water – 1 1/2 glasses, lemon […]

Beekeeping stock

Fig. Equipment for the care of bees: 1 – facial mesh; 2 – smoke apiary DP; 3 – therapeutic smoke DPL; 4 – chisel of the apiary SPM; 5 – working box-stool; 6 – box for carrying frames; 7 – pilot block of the aircraft; 8 – feeder-box; 9 – the frame-frame. Facial mesh. Serves […]

Honey sour cream

Food for preparation: 1 kg of flour, 250 g of honey, 250 g of sugar, 250 g of butter, 6 eggs, 500 g of sour cream, 100 g of chopped walnut or hazelnut, 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon and baking soda. Butter with sugar and grind the egg yolks. Pour to this mass of cooked […]

Honey cakes with prunes

For cupcakes with prunes: 4 tbsp. l. flour, 3 tbsp. l. honey, 2 tbsp. l. sugar, 2 tbsp. l. soft margarine or butter, 1 egg, a handful of prunes, 0.5 tsp. soda, fat to lubricate the mold, powdered sugar. For pyshek: 2 eggs, 2 tbsp. l. honey, 1.5 cups of wheat flour, 4 tbsp. l. […]

Feed collected by bees

Honey. Honey bees are produced from nectar collected from the flowers of plants. Nectar is an aqueous solution of complex and simple sugars. The sugar content of nectar depends on the type of plants, night and daytime outdoor temperature, soil and air humidity, time of day and many other conditions. Bees prefer to collect nectar […]

How to cook a quick-witted honey

150 g of honey, 200 g of sour cream, 300 g of flour, 200 g of sugar, 2 eggs, 2 tbsp. tablespoons lean oil, 1 hour Lozhke soda, chopped cinnamon and cloves. Sugar, eggs, honey, sour cream to grind to the formation of foam, knead with butter, cinnamon and cloves. Gradually add the sifted flour […]