Beekeepers know that many bees die mostly from January to March. Therefore, from the middle of January, you should be especially careful. At this time, the beekeeper can judge the state of the family only by the noise of the bees inside the hives. In January, you can listen to families once a week, in […]
It has long been known that if a bean for feeding bees is placed behind a plaque at the bottom of a beehive or under a roof on a frame, the bees will glue it with propolis. There is nothing surprising. All the cracks, cracks inside the nest of the bee, are covered with propolis […]
To obtain this honey, the bee family was given artificial nectar, which consisted of red (table) beet juice, rose hips infusion and decoction of cherry leaves. Instead of sugar for the preparation of syrup used cheap waste of the food industry (sugar marks, used glucose, etc.). Bees, industrious nature pharmacists, received such semi-finished products, prepared […]
1 – drainage pipe, 2 – slag, 3 – brushwood, 4 – ice, 5 – earth, 6 – straw Procuring ice during the frost in any quantity is not particularly difficult. Ice (river, etc.) must be prepared in a timely manner, when the thickness of the ice is the greatest, i. e. in January and […]
Probably, every beekeeper after the exhibition of families has to find in honeycomb hives with crystallized honey. The scheme of the bath. Often, bees throw crystals at the bottom of the hive. To help them, I independently made a special bath. From above it is closed with a lid 1. The height of the body […]
In the first months of wintering, beekeepers check the microclimate of the winter hunter with a psychometer for 1-2 months, use the control family for food consumption, which is installed on the scale, listen to the bees with the help of an episcopal or rubber tube, inspect monthly checklists placed under the nest, pay attention […]
Natural, cooked at home, fruit and berry wines are useful drinks containing vitamins, organic acids, tannins, coloring and other substances. Blackberries (5000 g) are sorted, washed, dried, placed in a stainless container and kneaded with a wooden pestle, then poured (6000 ml) with water. The contents are placed for 4 days in a cool place. […]
Take a protein from five eggs and yolks from three eggs, beat with honey (preferably buckwheat), add wheat flour, crushed nutmeg, cinnamon and a bit of anise. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly and add lightly toasted coarsely ground almonds. Ready dough rolled to a thickness of 1 cm and cut into shapes in the form […]
Being engaged in the pavilion content of bees, I regularly get acquainted with the relevant literature. I carefully read all the materials published on the pavilion content of bees in Siberia, the article frankly surprised. The author writes: “I came to the conclusion that in our conditions the pavilion content is impossible, although very tempting.” […]
For preserving fruit, honey is used. Honey (2 kg) stir in milk (100 g), mixed with whipped into strong foam protein. The mixture is put on fire and boiled, removing the foam. From the honey cooked in this way, boil the syrup and still pour the fruit in the cans. Further the process goes the […]