bees - are insects that are not included in the winter in a state of hibernation.As the outside temperature decrease swarm, the number of animals which can be up to 20,000, is moved into the depths of the hive and going to the so-called Club.Insects reduce metabolism and slow moving, eating honey stocked.Inside the club due to the movement is maintained at a temperature of 15 C. It is often the uterus.
Preparation of bees for the winter is not possible without a corresponding arrangement of their homes.Specialists noted that bee swarms tolerate even very low temperatures in the absence of drafts, so the hive is desirable to put under the cover of shrub protection in depressions near buildings.In winter, each unit of the apiary is necessary to wrap the dark glassine paper, tar paper or roofing material on three sides (south side of the departure is left free).In areas with humid or windy wrapping need all four sides, so that the material tightly to the walls of the hive.Bees in this case, can not get out under the wrapper and die.
Preparation of bees for the winter on the outside completes the installation of flaps inclined to the front wall to protect from the wind and rain.Later hives buried in snow, which is an excellent insulator.It is also considered a possible way to wintering transfer elements apiary in the winter in underground buildings, underground or semi-underground Zimovniki where the temperature is maintained at 0-4 C and a humidity of about 75%.
Preparation of bees for the winter really begins in the summer in July when they take on two cell frames with honey (each side of bee nests) and placed in sotohranilische during the autumn.This product is less susceptible to crystallization and contains little moisture.Meals such a product in winter reduces the anxiety of bees, as well as reduces the likelihood of death from diarrhea.In cold regions (North, Siberia, the Urals) to each family of bees need to have about 30 kg of honey left in the southern regions - not less than 25 kg.Without enough feed honey bees bad winter and bring a bad harvest in the new season.
Preparation of bees for winter includes additional podkarmlivaniya to gain sufficient forces swarm.A strong family creates a big club uniformly consumes honey, well obletyvaetsya spring.To create additional power using 50-60 percent sugar syrup to produce insect August rate of 5 to 8 kg per household.Feeding technology is quite simple: in the afternoon put hives empty trough that night filled with syrup.
Zakarmlivanie bees in the winter can also be made using the test feed, harvested honey and powdered sugar, to which is added antibiotics, vitamins and protein supplements.In this case the product is in the form of lozenges wrapped in polyethylene or parchment incision and placed over the nest of bees.Replace all the honey dressings inappropriate, t. To. The insects do not get all the necessary nutrients and quickly die.
How to prepare bees for winter?A special place in the complex of measures does the processing families from disease and invasive infection of the plan.For this fall, at ambient temperatures of zero to 12 C, bee colonies passed through a heat chamber + 46-48 C, where 90% is killed mites causing Varroa.Further, by getting rid of the same disease with such chemicals as "Bipin" "Fumisan" "Apilinol" "Apidez" that fall swarms treated (after evacuation, honey, but before collecting the swarm club).
