In order for families to leave the hibernation without a retreat and without significant debris of bees, healthy and with a dry, non-moldy nest, a good, modern winter queen is needed, in which it is easy to apply and maintain the correct temperature regime throughout the whole winter. The advanced beekeepers do not know the […]
Once my father in the winter provided cut straw of two horses and two cows, he would cut her, pour boiling water, pour bran, mix and eat cattle perfectly. In the picture, a portable straw shredder, which can be fitted to a post, wall, etc. To produce it, you need a strip of spring steel, […]
Although honey does not belong to the group of strong medicinal substances, nevertheless, when treating them, the dose and time of admission are of great importance. Honey is a medicine that adults and children enjoy happily. For medicinal purposes, honey is best taken in a dissolved form, since it greatly facilitates the penetration of its […]
To neutralize the poison of bees when stinging various means are suggested. Many of them are ineffective, and some (wet earth, clay, etc.) are even harmful, since they can cause tetanus or blood infection. The longer the sting is in the skin, the more bee venom enters the latter. The distressed bee instinctively tends to […]
Sweet, fragrant nectar is fed by many insects: bumblebees, all sorts of flies, butterflies, wasps. But the greatest amount of nectar is harvested and honey bees are brought into their nests. During flowering of gardens and meadow grasses, in linden groves and on buckwheat field there is an even, incessant, unsteady buzz of nectar extracting […]
The value of honey as a food and medicinal product. Honey is known as a food product for a very long time. Excellent taste qualities of honey are perfectly combined with its high nutritional content and easy digestibility by the human body. But most importantly, honey is an excellent preventive and curative product. It has […]
Is there a person in the world who does not want to be beautiful? Is there a person in the world who does not want to make his appearance more attractive? Is there a person in the world who does not seek to eliminate all defects of this species? The answer to such questions can […]
Fig. 25. Roevnia with a swarm. Roy can be caught. To do this, there is a special device – roevnia. Opening side of her lead to the bees and shake them. Do not fall into the rovnyu bees carefully collected in a wooden scoop and poured into it. Immediately, where the swarm was sitting, the […]
Downtime and a cheap sterilizer will greatly facilitate home canning. Having read in the note “Canned in a human way”, I hasten to please our hostesses – we will be greatly facilitated by the home canning device, invented by an engineer. This is a sterilizer (called “Mriya”) for glass jars with a capacity of 0.5 […]
Septicemia – an infectious disease of bee colonies, which occurs under adverse conditions of detention, is accompanied by the death of adult bees. Pathogen – Bacterium apisepticus – polymorphic, gram-negative, small, mobile, spore-forming rod 0.8-2.0X0.7-0.8 microns in size; facultative aerobic, temperature optimum of growth of 20-37 њ, grows well on ordinary nutrient media at pH […]