By Mr. Aloyzas Palskys
 
Some features of practice:
 
Spring - till goat-willow blooming
* Pull off a paper floor cover with all the stuff on it.
*If a checked queen abdomen remains less than others at the time change her
with spare one.
* Narrow the upper entrance to 1 cm (both were left to winter 10 cm)
* Should be left winter isolation on ceiling
* Arrange drinking-bowl in the warmest apiary place.
* All last year pollen in combs is given for bees while first nest widening.
*  Every week is uncapped a part of comb honey. All last year sugar honey
should be fed till goat-willow nectar flow. This also stimulates egg laying.
* Only drawn combs are given to nest (all seasons).
 
After garden blooming:
* An upper line is started with 3-6 drawn combs (the same size as in nest
300x 435 mm). Gradually all honey in lower (nest) combs is uncapped till
raspberry blooming. Bees bring all honey up and prepare space for eggs
laying. Also they aren t idle, the swarming mood doesn t appear.
* After garden blooming all thin honey combs without brood are lifted to
supers. Bees adulter this honey during one week.
* Bee nest is checked every 10 days, except flow time. If queen rearing
cells are found these combs are put at the end, besides additional entrance.
Bees are separated using excluder. Instead of common ceiling more convenient
is to use comb back separating strips (on the same level as comb back). This
is the way for a good reserve queen to raise. If the swarming mood remains
are used other well known tricks. If nothing helps - change queen.
 
Raspberry blooming:
* A half of the wintering isolation under the roof is taken out. The rest
half is left for better temperature stability inside a hive on round o
clock. Temperature fluctuation incline to swarming.
* In the beginning of raspberry flow the first wax foundation are put among
old (dark) combs (supers level). Bees don t like dark combs to draw. Five
foundations are drawn in one night.
* At the end of the flow a hive include 20 combs.
 
Translated by
Rimantas Zujus
Kaunas
LITHUANIA
 
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