Even before the bookmarks of the queen cells are registered, the bee-cells are built, where the first drones, “gluttonous, fat, lazy and stupid” are deduced in early May, as the German poet-satirist Wilhelm Bush talks about them. Drones do not participate in the collection of food; nature has not at all adapted them for this. […]
In the warm season, in good weather, even in a time-free period, throughout the day a small part of the flying bees of the family is always in flight in search of sources of bribes: nectar and pollen. Sometimes these bees are called bee-scouts. Guided by their eyesight and sense of smell, they “examine” the […]
In spring, the main event in the apiary is the flight of bees, with which the entire work of beekeepers is connected. The apiary, which wintered in the room, is exposed to the points cleared of snow. Hives with bees are placed in a cozy place, which is well heated by the sun. Flyover is […]
To the newly planted uterus in the cells, bees do not always treat the same: sometimes they are accepted willingly, but there are cases that they do not accept or kill at the release. It depends on external conditions (season time, bribe), family status and the quality of the grafted queens. Having lost the uterus, […]
In a warm time, when a single bee does not chill, healthy and strong families guard the ice and reflect the enemies. Bees carrying security often change. Fig. Uterus on a honeycomb. Weak families do not always protect the summer, and bezmatelnye (orphaned) are poorly protected. Far away from the hive when collecting honey, the […]
The main conditions of life of bees are air, water, food and heat. The need for air in bees is great. A huge amount of bee brood requires a rapid change in the exhaust air. Excessive stuffiness and depravity of air are harmful to them. Therefore, bees in the summer tend to intensified ventilation, or […]
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 […]
To your bees collected a lot of honey, you need to bring them closer to the mead, as the beekeepers say: “Nose to the buckwheat…” July – the middle of the summer. Good honey harvest in this months is provided by linden, buckwheat, alfalfa, sunflower, clover. Beekeepers pre-equip each hive in such a way that […]
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 […]
With the advent of spring, beekeepers and bees are accepted for work. For the first flight I put the bees out of the winter hut at a stable air temperature of 8-10 њ C and immediately open the tapholes. After a cleansing flight I insulate the nests. For diaphragms and from above I put cushions […]