Beekeeping

The bee can be called the queen of the hive. She is responsible for the main function that ensures the existence of the entire bee population, the continuation of the species and the maintenance of the viability of the offspring. Each functional subspecies in the hive is responsible for a separate function. Drones are male individuals, adapted only for fertilization of the uterus.

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Voshchina - beeswax plates with extruded figures for the rapid construction of honeycombs. This sheet is fixed on a special frame that is installed in the hive. This design helps prevent the bee colony from swarming and completely load it. In short, the honeycomb is not only a guarantee of a good harvest, but also a guarantee of the health of the bee family.

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Starting to engage in beekeeping, a beginner, as a rule, pre-examines all the necessary information on this subject, and the most important question that interests him is where and how you can purchase honey insects. To date, there are several good options for solving this problem - it is buying bee packages, digging or bee families.

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Even the most experienced beekeepers at the mention of the word "core" can not always clearly and correctly explain what it is. The word itself is of Latin origin and is translated as "core". This is its main essence. Nucleus means by itself a small beehive, completely self-sufficient, with its own uterus and workers.

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Breeding bees is a complex process that requires constant attention and reverent care of the breeder. One of the main issues that concern beekeepers, is feeding the bees in the spring. Many doubt that to choose - sugar syrup or honey syt. More experienced specialists are inclined to think that honey is still closer to the natural product and will bring more benefits to insects.

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For a long time, a honeybee has been serving man as a source of healthful products: honey, wax, propolis, etc. In addition, its role is great as a natural pollinator of plants. One of the key events in the life of a bee colony is its swarming, therefore it is important to understand the peculiarities of this process, as well as to know how to avoid bees swarming.

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Experienced beekeepers know that a well-organized bee apiary is the key to active honey. The usual way of such an organization are the hives lined up in rows. But in order to optimize the bee infrastructure and increase the honey "yield", the construction of bee pavilions is increasingly practiced.

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One of the necessary skills in beekeeping is the output of queens. In the science of beekeeping there is a whole branch called matology. Let's take a look at what methods exist for breeding queen bees and which one is easier to master for beginners. Basic requirements for bee colonies Consider the process of hatching for ourselves or for sale.

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Among experienced beekeepers it has become very popular to engage in cosmicry. What are the features of this method and the benefits of the resulting honey - described below. Peculiarities of onboard beekeeping Onboard beekeeping is an ancient method. Its peculiarity is that the abode of the bees is not a habitual hive, but a hollow. Bort is a space formed in a certain way in a tree or deck that serves as a beehive for bees.

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Any hive should create optimal conditions for the bees to live and increase productivity. This task copes alpine hive. In this article, you will learn what the “Alpine” is, and you will also find step-by-step instructions with a photo on how to make it yourself.

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Knowledge of the basic rules of bee breeding is useful for both experienced beekeepers and novice lovers. Without this, a good harvest can be forgotten. Let us consider the main stages in the development of these insects from egg to adult. The look of a Bee larva is not similar to an adult insect and is fundamentally different from it, much like a butterfly from a caterpillar.

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The quality of nutrition is one of the important aspects of beekeeping, therefore, experienced specialists use Candi feeding as an additional food for bees, which will be discussed in this article. Let's take a closer look at how to make Candi. What it is? First, let's look at what Candi is. At its core, candi is a dough consisting of sugar, honey and water.

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For a number of reasons, the natural division of bee colonies is not always acceptable for a beekeeper. It is preferable to fully control this process and, if necessary, arrange artificial swarming. Let's try to figure out how to do it. Description It is possible to form new bee families both from full-fledged families and with the help of t.

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Beekeeping is an interesting activity that can grow from a hobby into a serious source of income. However, not everyone can be engaged in beekeeping and the more so earn on it. It requires serious knowledge, extensive experience, a person must wholeheartedly love the work in which he is engaged and, importantly, have some physical strength, since the beekeeper accessories and devices, as well as the products actually produced, have a decent weight.

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Beekeeping does not stand still and periodically introduces some new developments that allow the bees to create more comfortable conditions for work and development, and the apiary owner, at the same time, simplify and reduce the daily chores. One of the interesting developments is the arrangement of the pavilion for bees of the Berendey type.

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Today, almost any large bee apiary does not use natural methods of breeding bees. Such methods are outdated, they bring a lot of losses and hassle to beekeepers. Moreover, the causes and mechanism of the swarming of bees have not yet been studied in detail and raise many questions from specialists. In this article we will most reliably tell about the principles of swarming and breeding brood within the family, as well as how mating and hatching, cleaning and planting of the swarm occurs in the hive.

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