African killer bees and why they are dangerous
The scientific practice of the American biologist, genetics W. Kerr was aimed at breeding a unique species of bees. But the activity has earned a …
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Bashkir honey: neat, how to distinguish it from a fake
The vast steppes of the Southern Urals are excellent for beekeeping. In spring and summer, many herbaceous plants bloom here, suitable for collecting nectar and …
Altai honey: what happens, useful properties, how to distinguish a fake
The unique natural features of Altai – mountain valleys with turbulent rivers, clean lakes and luxurious meadows with generous herbs – allow you to get …
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Horned Hive: design and use in the apiary
There are many designs of bee houses. But the most popular are horned hives. They are easy to build yourself. This type of design is …
Why honey is candied or which honey is not candied: reasons and what it means
Should natural honey be candied? Someone says no. The beekeepers themselves claim that, regardless of the variety, it crystallizes. Let’s try to dispel myths about …
Honey is white: why is it white, what are the varieties and benefits
There is a great variety of honey varieties in Russia! Golden-transparent linden, dark, like amber, buckwheat, fragrant herb. Did you know that there is such …
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All about the Alpine hive and how to do it yourself
More than 70 years ago, the famous French beekeeper R. Delon created a unique hive, which brought the scientist well-deserved fame. The author was the …
How do bees make honey and why?
A person knows about the benefits, healing qualities of honey. Restless workers are constantly in sight. But no one, except beekeepers, sees what is happening …
Diseases and pests
Parthenogenesis of bees Parthenogenesis occurs in many social insects. This is a unisexual form of reproduction. Parthenogenesis in bees is common. Reproduction in them often …
Flower honey: benefits and harms
When flying for a bribe, bees first of all pay attention to field plants with a strong, pleasant smell. In many regions, from spring to …
How to make a deck for bees with your own hands?
From the history of medieval Russia came the concept of beekeeping – collecting honey from wild forest bees living in the hollows of trees. This …
Cobalt – stimulating food for bees
The normal balance of trace elements in the body of bees plays an important role in metabolism, is responsible for productivity and reproduction. Cobalt is …
Industrial beekeeping: features
Beekeeping products are in great demand. Therefore, this type of activity is considered profitable in our country. However, in order to expand and make a …
Hawthorn honey: useful properties and contraindications
Hawthorn is prized as a medicinal plant – and no wonder. Traditional medicine knows many recipes based on fruits, leaves, bush inflorescences. But no less …
What is included in a beekeeper costume, detailed analysis
When maintaining an apiary, one of the most important attributes is the beekeeper’s suit. This equipment provides effective protection against bee stings, since in the …
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What is beeswax: use in the treatment of diseases, various cosmetic defects
All beekeeping products have amazing properties. Beeswax has an extremely wide range of uses and occupies a special position in traditional medicine. Of all the …
Sweet clover honey: medicinal properties, how to identify a fake
The most valuable and useful beekeeping product is sweet clover honey. Bee nectar is collected from the medicinal plant of the same name, sweet clover, …
Bee packages – what it is, how they are formed and contained
Beginner beekeepers who are thinking seriously about breeding honey insects will need to learn all the nuances of acquiring, keeping bees and organizing a bee …
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How to make a cassette bee hive?
Among all the options for keeping bees, the most promising is the cassette hive. The method of cassette breeding of bee colonies was developed relatively …
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Beehive Dadan: detailed description with dimensions and drawings
Bee farms use different dwellings for bees, selected according to planned productivity, ease of maintenance and other criteria. The most common types are vertical. Dadant’s …
Thistle honey – medicinal properties, honey plant, how to take
The source of the nectar of this beekeeping product is milk thistle, a plant that grows in the southern regions. Milk thistle honey is an …
What to do in the apiary in April
For beekeepers, the April work is important, since it is during this period that the apiary expands due to the generation of young insects. Those …
How do bees winter?
Every novice beekeeper is interested in the wintering of bees. The winter period directly affects the well-being of the family with the onset of the …
Rapeseed honey: benefits and harms, disadvantages and advantages
Beloved by Europeans and unpopular among Russians, rapeseed honey is listed as a kind of beekeeping products. It has unique properties, crystallizes in a matter …
Bees – leaf cutters: who are they, features, benefits and harms of the breed
Not bringing honey, but such a valuable leaf cutter bee. Leads an isolated lifestyle, harms ornamental crops, simply destroying the leaves, gnawing circular areas on …
How to breed bees?
There are hobbies that, in addition to pleasure, can generate income. These include the breeding of bees, which does not require large financial costs and …
Wild honey: where is it harvested, beetle honey
Beekeeping is famous for its variety of products and richness of taste. Wild honey is rare. Its second name is airborne. The Urals, Bashkiria and …
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Langstroth-Ruth hive: features, assembly, drawings and dimensions
The Ruta hive is a common bee house. The design was developed by American beekeepers. The current model is correctly called the Langstroth-Root hive. Since …
Trepang on honey: what is it, how to take it correctly, medicinal properties
A unique tincture that is used to treat many diseases. Even the emperors of China used trepang with honey, which gave hope for eternal youth …
Bee family: composition and functions
The bee family is one of the most curious creations of nature. This is one big community. It has its own rules and procedures. Each …
Linden honey – differences, benefits and harms, how to take
Working bees are able to rise to a height of 50 m, therefore, in addition to herbaceous plants, flowering trees and shrubs are used to …
How to accelerate the development of bees in the spring?
In the spring, beekeepers carry out additional bee development. The purpose of this event is to increase the brood. Apiary activities are aimed at obtaining …
How to make mead: simple recipes
Mead, the recipe of which has been known since ancient times, is a low-alcohol drink obtained as a result of the fermentation of a beekeeping …
How to make a pavilion for bees?
The benefits of the bee pavilion can hardly be underestimated. This is a special room, which is mobile, mobile, stationary, where hives are located. A …
Bee smoker and how to calm bees
For full-fledged care of bee colonies, each beekeeper should be armed with special devices and tools. An indispensable thing in an apiary is a bee …
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How to make candles from foundation, master class
People believe that foundation candles have secret magical qualities. This is not entirely true. Natural wax contains many useful substances that fill the space when …
Water with honey: on an empty stomach in the morning, with lemon, ginger for weight loss
Honey water is a special drink based on warm water and natural honey. The combination of a source of longevity and a natural antibiotic sometimes …
Candy for bees: how to prepare top dressing
The maintenance of the apiary, the care of the bees is a rather difficult task. Not everyone is capable of solving such problems. Experienced farmers …
How is the spring flight of bees going?
So the long-awaited spring has come, and with it the time has come to conduct the first spring bee fly-over. This event is joyful for …
Who is a honey bee?
Thanks to the work of people, bees, which have long been valued for the honey they bring, have become ubiquitous throughout the world. Other useful …
Spring feeding of bees: different types of feeding
The first flight is over and the time has passed for the spring feeding of our pets. This exercise is no less important than the …
Acacia honey: what it looks like, useful properties and contraindications
Among the many varieties of bee products, acacia honey is considered one of the healthiest nectars given by hardworking insects. In addition to its wonderful …
Dandelion honey: benefits, composition and recipes
Few people perceive dandelion as a plant beneficial to human health. It is better known as a weed. But some know that this is a …
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About Varre’s hive: assembly with blueprints
Beekeepers try to create conditions for the wards that are as close as possible to natural ones. Hive Varre assists in this task. The space …
Two-queen bee keeping: methods and features
Traditional beekeeping involves keeping each bee colony in a separate hive. However, in addition to the classic version, experienced beekeepers also use two-queen bee keeping. …
Honeydew honey – what it looks like and how it differs
Not all honey consumers know that bees are able to collect nectar not only from honey plants. Often, due to bad weather conditions, the nectar …
Buckwheat honey: the benefits and harms of what they are made of
Beekeeping farms in various regions of Russia produce several dozen types of honey from the nectar of flowering herbs and trees. One of the most …
Heather honey and how to prepare it
An evergreen shrub strewn with purple and blue flowers is called common heather. You can meet this in different regions of Russia. The territory of …
Traps for bees and wasps
For beekeeping, the emergence of a swarm is a natural process of reproduction, but for the beekeeper, it can incur certain losses. That is why …
The breed of Karnika bees and their peculiarity
How to get a lot of honey at minimal cost is a question that worries all beekeepers. This is possible if you give preference to …
Carpathian breed of bees: features of the content
The Carpathian bee is a popular species of honey plants, both in Russian apiaries and in foreign ones. Carpathian is considered a universal species. In …
Beginner beekeeper
Do-it-yourself wax melter at home: photos and drawings Pure wax and foundation are the second most valuable after honey, useful substances that bees produce. People …
What are the varieties and types of honey: medicinal properties and their characteristics
Natural honey is popular all over the world – it is not only a delicious dish, but also a natural remedy for colds and for …
When to take bees out of the winter house?
All beekeepers are eagerly awaiting the arrival of spring in order to carry out the bees after wintering. There is no specific date for this. …
Drinking bowls for bees, how to make yourself from a bottle
Water is an important element in the life support of bees. Its presence is necessary throughout the year, but especially during the period of the …
Description of the Buckfast bee breed, why are they in demand among beekeepers?
The dream of any beekeeper is peaceful, hardy, productive, disease-resistant, unpretentious honey plants. These are the qualities that buckfast bees are famous for. They are …
Essential beekeeper inventory for successful beekeeping
People who treat themselves to natural honey rarely think about how difficult it was to collect it, how much was required to make it. The …
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DIY Kenyan beehive
For beekeeping, it is not necessary to have several dozen bee colonies – one or two hives are enough for the soul and for their …
Federal Law “On Beekeeping”
Beekeeping is a difficult but profitable type of business that has not had government support for a long time. Only in 2016 was the law …
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Do-it-yourself Great Russian beehive
Usually novice beekeepers start several swarms. Families of insects grow rapidly, and so does the appetite of the beekeeper. Simple and practical nest houses are …