The beekeeper must know the melliferous flora of his locality and enrich it. Only then can he count on high honey gathering. He should remember that bees collect the maximum amount of nectar and pollen from those plants that are from the apiary within a radius of 2 km. With the removal of plants, the […]
Honey can be taken from bees only when it is more than what they need for food in winter and next spring. It is believed that the family needs 30-35 kg of feed for this time. All that is beyond this belongs to the beekeeper. From a nest where bees grow brood, experienced beekeepers honey […]
There is one, perhaps, the most powerful means of pacifying bees – smoke. If you enter it into the hive, then in a moment the family comes into a strong excitement. Bees, feeling danger, greedily attack honey, get drunk, become heavier, become less irritable, and poorly owning a full-belly, almost do not sting. Smoke makes […]
After the family has grown, strengthened, renewed the nest, filled it with brood and fodder, that is, created conditions for its well-being and prosperity, all its concerns are directed towards the creation of a new family. Many things change in the behavior of bees. They are now building honeycombs not with bee cells, as before, […]
Since ancient times, the glory has been established for honey to contribute to the preservation of youth and vivacity. Ibn Sina (Avicenna) said: “If you want to preserve youth, then you must eat honey.” This is a treat, and a food product, and a medicine. One glass of warm water with honey, taken at night, […]
Bees hibernate in the apiary, in their usual places. Whenever there are stable colds, the beekeepers open the tapes for the entire lumen. The value of the tap does not affect the temperature in the hive. As with a small, and with a large tap, it almost does not differ from the outside. However, with […]
Perhaps all of you love honey. In fact, what could be sweeter than honey! In its fragrant amber drops like infusion of meadow grasses, the smell of July lime groves, the spark of the sun. And in them a huge work of amazing insects – honey bees. Since ancient times a person has used the […]
Working bees are females, but in the process of development these insects lost their ability to reproduce. They ceased to operate the reproductive system, although in the distant past, like all females, they laid eggs, raised their descendants, continued the genus. Now on working bees lie literally all the responsibilities for servicing the bee family. […]
Bees are angry and all the sharp movements are running along the apiary, brushing off the approaching insect, nervous behavior. Obviously, in this they perceive a threat. By the way, the eyes of the bees are arranged so that they instantly perceive the slightest fluctuations and immediately react to them. If the bees are angry, […]
When it is necessary to replace the old uterus with a young one, the best and most reliable way is to attach a small, specially formed family to the family, in which the young uterus has already laid eggs. First, in this breeding family, the uterus is inserted in the cell, then it is released […]