Saccharum dough

On large apiaries, sucrose dough (kandi) is used successfully for feeding bees in the spring. Top dressing has a number of advantages in comparison with the feeding of sugar syrup. There is no time-consuming work to store, check feeders, transport them, put them in hives, for which it is necessary to remove the roof of […]

How to make a good mousetrap

General view of a mousetrap (charged) I do not know who the inventor of the original mousetrap, which I have been using for a long time, but even before the war, my parents and neighbors had such self-made traps that successfully destroyed rodents. The device operates silently and without a miss. It is not difficult […]

Type of hive for an apiary wintering at will

It is believed that in our zone it is advantageous to place stationary apiaries in groups of 30-35 hives. Point from the point should be located no closer than 4 5 km. Over many years of work with bees, he tested all the main types of hives and stopped on double-walled 12 and 14-frame hives […]

Internal structure of the bee’s body

Muscles. The bee can produce a variety of movements: crawl, fly, bend the abdomen and sting, clean the antennae, perform various kinds of work – collect nectar and pollen, build honeycombs, etc. In addition, the bee continuously produces respiratory movements by the abdomen; in her body moves blood, food moves during digestion, and other organs […]

Recipes for honey treatment

Honey with respiratory disease. 1. Kidneys of pine together with young shoots should be placed in a vessel to half of its capacity, pour over with water, boil on low heat for 20-25 minutes. Insist a day. Boil again for 20-25 minutes, insist 24 hours and boil again. Strain, add honey to taste and drink […]

Life of a bee family

In order to properly and effectively manage the life and activities of bee colonies in order to increase their productivity and maximize the use of bees for pollinating many crops, the beekeeper must know not only the structure and functions of individual bee family, but also the life of the bee family as a whole, […]

Bath in the panel house

He steamed, threw back the shelves and plunged into the cool water, pre-poured into the bath. Desperate lovers of the Russian bath Muscovites have equipped her with the bathroom of an ordinary apartment. The walls and ceiling were sheathed with an intermediate thermal insulation by the lining. The bath itself was closed with a reclining […]

How to prepare sea-buckthorn oil at home

Seabuckthorn has long been a faithful companion of our gardens. Quite a few dishes can be cooked from it. Pastilla, jam, jam, juice, tea and just frozen sea buckthorn fruit – all this is tasty and useful. By the way, in frozen fruits, vitamins last up to six months. Fruits and foliage of sea-buckthorn were […]

Broth of dogrose with honey

Dried fruits of dogrose well rinse, chop (top with a wooden pestle), fall asleep in boiling water, close the lid, cook for 10-15 minutes. Let it brew for 2-3 hours. Strain broth through 2-3 layers of gauze. To improve the taste of the broth, sugar or honey is added to it. Water – 1 liter, […]

Hand trolley

Today it is not easy to buy the necessary materials, parts, spare parts for the units. Many gardeners and gardeners to facilitate their work make adaptations, taking as a basis proposed by the readers of the magazine, modernizing or improving their designs. Having a small skill and ingenuity, any homemade can be adapted for the […]