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Russian bees

  It is known that the parents of the current Primorsky (Russian) species of bees were brought from Western Europe in 1850 by Ukrainian immigrants. In 1905, with the opening of the Trans-Siberian railway  other species of bees were imported from Europe in …

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Buckfast bees

Buckfast bees - honey bee types

This bee was bred by a monk from Britain, named Adam. In the twentieth century (50-ies) by crossbreeding the Italian bee with the dark bee, he got the Buckfast bee. The purpose of this selection was a breeding of bees that would …

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Bee veil

Facial bee veil (part of bee keepers suit) protects the head of beekeeper from stings. It consists of wire veil, lined with cloth. The wire veil should not be thick (cell size must be 3×3 mm (0.11*0.11”)), it should be painted …

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How does bees make honey

We all know honey and its healing qualities from childhood. Many mothers add honey to a cup of milk and give a child to sleep better, milk and honey is also very good for colds. Some do massage with honey in the so-called …

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Shipping bees

When transporting bees greatly worried. Nest temperature rises sharply, causing brood may be worn out, cells break off and the swinging frame crush the bees and the queen. To avoid this, you must carefully package bees for sale or transport. In order to prevent breaks of …

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Bee smoker – honey equipment

Smoker for bees – a device that allows the beekeeper to create and send a stream of smoke to the right place. Bee smoker has a simple structure: a metal cylinder – this is a furnace, which burns coal and generates smoke, small …

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Honey wound healing

As in the past, now we find the successful application of honey in the healing of wounds. The founder of the science of medicine Hippocrates wrote in his essay “On wounds” that in the treatment it is advised to use honey …

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Is honey kosher

On the evening of Rosh Hashanah jews eat Simane – symbolic food: apple in honey, fish head, pomegranate seeds. The question arises – to whom this food is symbolic, and what happens if someone does not understand symbolism of absorbed food? And is …

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Honey and horses

Researchers at the University of Sydney found that the simple application of the applicator with honey to wounds on the legs of horses reduces them in size and heals them in a short time.

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Dried honey

Honey powder has creamy-white color, but if, for example, you have the “dry” buckwheat honey, the powder is dark. Eye drops, suppositories, ointments, tablets, oil – and that’s not the whole list of what you can make of it. Dry …

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