ISHS Acta Horticulturae 288: VI International Symposium on Pollination
MINIMALIZED HONEY BEE COLONIES FOR BREEDING PURPOSE |
| Author: | V. PTACEK |
| Abstract:
Four standard shallow frames (420 x 170 mm) turned oer 90° in a special hive made of foam plastic give the ideal narrow vertical space for the smallest but still fully viable colonies. Three - four thousand bees with a queen can survive even severe winter conditions demanding 5 – 6 kg of stores. Such small colonies are inexpensive, easy to manipulate and always ready to be used for pollination in enclosure regardless of the season. They have also multiple use in beekeeping practice - as mating nucs, devides, storing colonies for breeder ueens, testers of bee lines, overwintered small packages with quality queen (for two-queen management) etc. - all this at the lowest possible price an dwith the standard frame equipment. | |
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