For bonding shields

To make the wall of the hive body 450 mm high, you need to glue several boards into one shield. This operation I carry out with the help of the clamp I designed. It consists of a frame 1 welded from two channels having a size of 100X300 mm and two corners 50X690 mm to […]

Mulled wine with honey

It will take: 1 bottle of red dry wine; 1 orange, 0.5 lemon; 5 pieces. cloves, 1 pinch of cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, 1-2 pcs. black pepper peas, 1 tbsp. l. honey Preparation. 1. Fruit cut into medium cubes, put into a saucepan. 2. Add spices, honey, drink wine, mix. 3. Put the saucepan on a […]

Cheap honey biscuits

Food for cooking: 300 g of flour II grade, 120 g of sugar, 1 egg, a pinch of soda, a little ground cinnamon and cloves, 150 g of honey. All products (prescription) mix well and add hot honey. Knead the dough first with a knife, then with your hands. The board should be sprinkled with […]

Beehive on the scales

To control the course of the honey, one hive must be put on the scale. Daily weighing of this control hive will show how much its weight was added or, conversely, how much honey the bees brought in a day or ate it, if because of bad weather they did not fly out of the […]

Wax moth how to fight it

Wax moths (large and small) are dangerous pests of bees. With a severe defeat of the bee nests, the development of families is delayed, the brood death is noted. Moth cells and wax raw materials are significantly damaged in factories and procurement centers. Their larvae, feeding on wax, destroy the honeycomb, making passages in them. […]

Spring audit of bee colonies

With the onset of spring time comes an important moment in the work of every beekeeper – a complete inspection of the bee colon. It is carried out after the first spring flight of bees and a quick survey of the apiary. In this case, the beekeeper checks the quality of the queens, the biological […]

Dancing on a swarm looking for a new home

With the help of dances, bees can report information not only about sources of nectar and pollen, but also about other purposes of their flights, for example, about the location of puddles with suitable water for collection, which is needed not only for quenching thirst, but also sometimes in large quantities for cooling the hive, […]

Pork chops with honey

6 pork chops, a cup of spicy sauce “ketchup”, 6 tablespoons of honey, a large lemon, sliced ​​into slices. Chops wipe with a damp cloth. Mix the ketchup with honey and pour this mixture into chops. Each chop is decorated with a slice of lemon. We keep in the oven without the lid for an […]

Selection and pumping of honey

In case of inadequate provision of bee colonies with honeycombs, the honey is pumped out as the frames are filled with honey and the zabrus (honey prints) appears in the upper part of the frames. In order not to distract the bees from work, the selection of honey frames is carried out towards evening. Seated […]

Therapeutic properties of honey

The main part of honey – glucose is widely used in medicine for the treatment of diseases of the cardiovascular system, hypertension, bleeding (especially gastric), peptic ulcer of various infectious diseases, sepsis. This is the most effective remedy for various poisonings. Glucose is an extremely important nutrient for cells of tissues and organs. It increases […]