TECHNOLOGY OF LOW LABOR INPUT BEEKEEPING IMPACT OF THE HONEYCOMB ROTATION IN THE BEE COLONY ON SOME BIOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS

P. Hristov

Abstract: The aim of the research is to test new methods in beekeeping technology.
An author’s type of beehive was tested, which could cause some of the main beekeeping activities to be car¬ried out by the bees themselves, through directing the bee flow from one sector of the brood nest to another.
This research studies the impact of the vertical rotation of the honeycombs within the brood nest on the establishment of a stimulating internal honeyflow; on the self-destruction of newly-developed queen cells; on the outflow of fresh nectar during the main foraging seasons and on the quantity of brood produced in rotated hon¬eycombs.
The results revealed instant honeyflow after rotation; almost complete destruction of the sealed queen cells and complete destruction of the unsealed young queen cells; no outflow of fresh nectar during the main foraging seasons and no reduction of the brood areas in comparison to the same activities carried out with non-rotated honeycombs.

Keywords: honeycomb rotation; low labor input; self-destruction of queen cells; self-stimulation

Date published: 2017-03-15