Sweet, fragrant nectar is fed by many insects: bumblebees, all sorts of flies, butterflies, wasps. But the greatest amount of nectar is harvested and honey bees are brought into their nests. During flowering of gardens and meadow grasses, in linden groves and on buckwheat field there is an even, incessant, unsteady buzz of nectar extracting […]
Fig. 25. Roevnia with a swarm. Roy can be caught. To do this, there is a special device – roevnia. Opening side of her lead to the bees and shake them. Do not fall into the rovnyu bees carefully collected in a wooden scoop and poured into it. Immediately, where the swarm was sitting, the […]
For beekeeping are of exceptional value and field crops, especially buckwheat and sunflower. A buckwheat field is a white ocean of inflorescences. And above it a thick honey smell. More than a month this valuable cereal culture blossoms. Buckwheat has long been known as a good honey plant. In the period of its mass flowering, […]
The young families-laps of queens are planted in metal or plastic cages. For the bees, the uterus is inaccessible and safe. Wire mesh cells – a reliable protection. In order for the bees to take the uterus, it is necessary to give them the opportunity to feel their orphanhood properly. Only after this, the cage […]
And then, finally, the day comes when bees after a long winter can come to freedom. All winter they stayed in the hives, fleeing from the cold. All the long winter they patiently waited for this warm day of spring. When only the hive warms up with the sun and the air warms, the family […]
Wintering proceeds normally when the deep, long-lasting peace of the bees is not disturbed. After all, they are in a state of low life in winter, they move very little. They doze, take care of themselves, accumulate strength by spring. Consume and the minimum amount of food – less than a kilo of honey per […]
Look at this time in the nest. In the corners and at the bottom of the frames you will see areas with a drone brood. On the edges of the honeycomb and in the indentations appeared some rounded cells, like caps of acorns or small cups. These are bowls. They will grow young uterus. All […]
The number of families can be increased if the apiary has free uterus or queen eggs and spare hives. Hive well and dry the hives. Then prepare a place for the family: mow the grass, install the hive stand. To the nest of a strong family, from which they decided to organize a new one, […]
The family from which the swarm came out is capable of forming another one or even two. After all, in the nest remained queen cells with growing larvae. The new uterus also strives to become the founders of families. But not all swarms are profit. Follow swarms by weight less, especially late. With the first […]
Honey bees live not alone, like many other insects, but in large communities, families. They are, like bumblebees, ants and wasps, and are therefore called public insects. In the family of honey bees, as in every family, there should be parents and children. The way it is. In most social insects, including bees, the family […]