The color of honey depends to the greatest extent on what plants honey comes from. Thus, honey from white acacia, linden, sweet clover, alfalfa and clover is light in color, from almost white to pale yellowish and light-colored. The color of honey collected from sunflower is also light-colored. Honey from fruit trees has a yellowish-brown […]
High nutritional and medicinal properties of honey are well preserved for decades in certain conditions. Honey is very hygroscopic, so when stored in a moist place absorbs moisture and sour. Open dishes with honey should not be kept near hygroscopic products that help maintain moisture in the air (salt), as they accelerate the fermentation of […]
Three weeks before the beginning of the main bribe from the linden trees in the Ussuri taiga, most of us had a part of the bee colonies in the swarm state. We did not want to form the layers immediately in front of the honey, and the released swarms can not always be removed from […]
Fig. 1. Universal lift truck A hand pallet truck is required in each household. Some design changes allow to significantly expand the possibilities of using this vehicle. The welded frame 1 of the lift truck forms a technological space, where a load comes in which lies on the ground or stands on a stand. To […]
Multi-hull factory-made beehives in many respects do not suit me, so I had to develop my own design. (see the figure) The height of the hive is 1.9 m. It holds 7 cassettes (1) for 10 frames (2) for 230 mm each. The cassettes are light and strong, have transparent (glass) rear walls (3) and […]
In order to not cool the bee families during the spring feeding, from the autumn among other ceiling boards I put one special. In this board 1, window 4 is made with an area of 100 X 60 ~ mm, and two guide rails 2 are nailed along the sides. Between them is a screen […]
When organizing a beekeeping farm, it is necessary to be able to calculate how many bee colonies can be kept under given specific conditions or what honeybase should be created for the required number of bee colonies. In order to properly calculate, it is necessary to know the annual need of the bee family in […]
Bees feed on pollen unevenly throughout life. In the early days. after leaving the cell, the bee eats a lot, which causes the midgut to increase greatly: the intestine volume from 6.7 mm3 increases to 22.9 mm3. After switching to flight work, the bee pollen does not consume at all and the volume of its […]
In September, bee colonies are still preparing food, so now sugar syrup should be fed only for the night, after inspecting the bees in the morning or in the evening. Weak families (layers) should not give much syrup, because, turning it into honey, bees are depleted and may die in the winter. A family of […]
The juice of cabbage has long been used for medicinal purposes. The ancient Romans believed that this juice provides the strength of the body, resistance to various diseases, removes insomnia, calms the headache. It is used for the treatment of heart diseases, kidneys, violation of water-salt metabolism. Favorably acts with peptic ulcer of the stomach, […]