With the two-semen content of the bees, the 12-frame Dadan-Blatt hive is divided into a thin partition into two compartments, which contain two families of bees on six frames throughout the year. Care for them does not differ significantly from the usual. At the end of winter and early spring, a follow-up inspection is carried […]
In our country there are bees of several breeds, of which the most common are Central Russian forest. They dwell in the Northwest, Belorussia, the central regions of the country, the Urals, Siberia, the Far East. Here they are successfully bred, and in the forests they are found in the wild. In color they are […]
The work is carried out on June 5-8, during the flowering period of gardens and yellow acadia, in order to eliminate swarming and the simultaneous replacement of two-year-old queens in half of the families. In the next 3-4 weeks, the apiary can not be visited. The change in two-year-old queens is due to the fact […]
We have already said that in the bee family there is a distribution of work. Some care for cleanliness, others look after the brood, build honeycombs or get food. Some researchers try to draw an analogy with the distribution of labor in human society and recall hairdressers, nannies, sculptors and farmers. However, one can not […]
The principle of express method of honey bee production is the natural processing of artificial sweet solutions by honeybees into bee honey according to a certain recipe. The express method, as already mentioned, is economical, since bees receiving artificial nectar in the hive itself need much less food (feed) to cover the energy consumed than […]
Milk contains proteins, fats, carbohydrates, mineral salts, vitamins necessary for the normal functioning of the body. Since ancient times, almost all peoples milk with honey was used for pulmonary diseases, anemia and malnutrition. Milk and dairy products or milk with honey for certain diseases and currently serve as good food for children and adults. However, […]
Rezedovy honey honey bees are collected from the flowers of odoriferous. This honey belongs to the category of high-grade, has an exceptionally pleasant aroma, and to taste it can compete with lime. Bees receive from the flowers of sliced scented lots of nectar and reddish-orange flower pollen. From a hectare of flowering resids, bees collect […]
The family from which the swarm came out is capable of forming another one or even two. After all, in the nest remained queen cells with growing larvae. The new uterus also strives to become the founders of families. But not all swarms are profit. Follow swarms by weight less, especially late. With the first […]
Most often, with a change in the weather, bribes also stop for the worse. Often the bad weather immediately breaks the bribes. Under favorable weather, the bribes, approaching the end, gradually weaken, the control hive shows a smaller and smaller weight gain, and finally begins to note the loss. But even without a control hive, […]
Honey bees live not alone, like many other insects, but in large communities, families. They are, like bumblebees, ants and wasps, and are therefore called public insects. In the family of honey bees, as in every family, there should be parents and children. The way it is. In most social insects, including bees, the family […]