The quality of the wax depends on the raw materials, method and processing conditions of processing. Its physical state depends on the presence of impurities, temperature, storage conditions. When processing raw materials, especially of poor quality, emulsified water, resins, and perga may remain in the wax. These impurities deteriorate the quality of the wax, and […]
Determine the suitability of honey for the wintering of bees can be one of the following ways. Lime reaction. First prepare the lime water. To do this, the glass jar is half filled with ordinary slaked lime and poured to the top with distilled or rainwater. The mixture is thoroughly stirred, after which it is […]
The advantages of this ladders are particularly evident in the small room of the garden house, where the capitally constructed steps leading to the attic or attic occupy a considerable area. Our stepladder, in its assembled form, not only does not occupy a place in the room, it is not even visible, since all the […]
It was already noted that for a bee family in the autumn-winter-spring period, 25-30 kg of feed (honey, sugar) should be prepared. However, in hives for winter, not all food should be left, but only as much as it is placed in honeycombs occupied by bees. A strong family is left with 8-9 honeycombs, a […]
A nature lover has two possibilities to start acquaintance with bees: walking on a warm spring or summer day through a flowering garden or a fragrant meadow, he will see bees energetically working on flowers; he can pass also past the apiary of some beekeeper and look at the bees that fly out of their […]
Already at the beginning of work with bees, the need for vertical ventilation in a multi-hull hive in the winter did not cause me doubts, but the degree of its implementation was unclear. In the literature on beekeeping there were the most contradictory opinions on this subject: from the device of a continuous insulated ceiling […]
When starting to work with bees, first you need to get acquainted with the basic information about the breeds of bees, common in the country, their biological and economic-useful qualities. Comparing the characteristic pedigree characteristics of the bees of this apiary, they establish their pedigree affiliation. Breeds of bees, unlike domestic animals, were formed not […]
Melissa honey is beautiful in taste. Bees make it from nectar of light purple or pink flowers with a strong smell of lemon balm, or lemon mint, widely spread in the wild in the Caucasus and Crimea, and also bred in Ukraine (the plant is used as perfumery and medicinal. The bees like the smell […]
A person likes to talk about his “five senses,” although science has long established that, in addition to a sense of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch, there are also some other feelings that correspond to special organs. For example, the organ of balance is located in the middle ear, and microscopically small organs of […]
Fazelium honey is light green or white, has a delicate aroma and pleasant delicate taste. After crystallization, it resembles a dough. Fazelium honey refers to high-grade honey and is very appreciated at the consumer. Bees make it from the nectar of the bluish flowers of the phacelia – one of the most important honey plants. […]