Honeycombs, freed from honey, are saved until the next honey crop in the sewers – special unheated rooms that are inaccessible to bees. In large beekeeping farms, where there are a lot of honeycombs, sotohranilischa are equipped with ventilation devices and cooling systems. Honeycomb is stored in cases and shops, which are stacked on top […]
For several years now I have kept my bees in the pavilion. It is convenient to work in it, but on a hot summer day, air inside a closed pavilion, which has a metal outer skin, despite foam plastic insulation, sometimes warms up to 40 њ C. Naturally, working at this temperature, and even in […]
Bees are small insects, and therefore it is not possible to determine from them the digestibility of feed by the method commonly used in animal husbandry. In addition, the bee honey taken can not be considered eaten, since the bee in honey crab can store it for a long time. Bees under normal conditions excrete […]
It is necessary to keep records of not only the total amount of wax in the whole apiary, but also take into account the productivity per wax of each family. At the same time, it is common to distinguish between the gross yield of wax and the amount of commercial wax. The gross output of […]
There are also horizontal hives – beds. They are similar to long boxes or chests. There are 16-20, and sometimes 24 frames with the size of 435×300 mm. The nest of bees is expanded in it not vertically, as in a multihull hive, but horizontally. The 16-frame lounger is designed for one family, and 20 […]
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, in a drop of honey, there are floral motes, yeast, algae, microscopic mites, wax plates, bee hairs and other natural […]
Bees are adapted to highly specialized food. From nectar and pollen, they receive all the substances they need to reproduce, grow, develop and perform numerous works. Honey is a product of bee processing of plant nectar. It is a very sweet, viscous aromatic liquid with a peculiar taste and smell, a variety of colors – […]
Probably, every fisherman would like to be able to cook smoked fish himself. Especially in marching conditions, when caught fish should be urgently processed. For this purpose, a simple small smokehouse was made. In Fig. 1 the appearance of this smokehouse. Frame base and cover made of stainless steel 0.5-0.8 mm thick. In Fig. 2 […]
The broken eggs and flour kneaded dough, roll it as thin as possible and cut into noodles 5.4 cm. The finished noodles shake of flour and fried in a mixture of mutton fat and cottonseed oil (or melted butter). Fry the noodles on a piece of paper to make it cool. While the noodles cool […]
Feeding bees is a big and laborious work. Therefore, the apiaries should take measures to provide bee colonies with fodder, at least 18 kg of honey in the honeycomb, for each bee family for the winter-spring period. Such reserves are usually sufficient before the onset of favorable weather and the flowering of early honey-plants. In […]