Influence of innovative top dressing on increasing the productivity of bees

Abstract

The use of fertilizing for bees makes it possible to increase the productivity of bee colonies, replenish feed stocks in the hive in winter, and replace substandard fall honey collected in the autumn period. The purpose of the research was to study the effect of sugar-honey dough (candi) containing organic acids on the livability of bee colonies in winter, physiological parameters, intensity of development and their economically useful traits. Research and experimental work with bee colonies were carried out at the apiary of the Small innovative enterprise “Zhivprom” (Krasnodar). The use of liquid feed concentrate “Furor” in a ratio of 1:1 with granulated sugar had a positive effect on the bees’ body and contributed to an increase in the longevity of individuals in experimental cages by 9–10 days compared with the consumption of concentrate with granulated sugar by bees 2:1. The productivity of bees of the 3rd experimental group in 2019 was higher compared to the 1st and 2nd experimental groups at 5,5–5,8 kg, with the control group – at 17,1 kg. In 2020 commercial honey from the 3rd experimental group was obtained on average 61,1 kg, which was 5,5–7,1 kg more than in the 1st and 2nd experimental groups and 18 kg more than in the control group. The amount of commercial honey from bee colonies in 2021 in the 3rd experimental group was 68,1 kg. This indicator was higher than the 1st and 2nd experimental groups by 9,1–8,9 kg, and compared with the control group by 19 kg. The economic eff ect of using innovative top dressing was additionally from one bee family in 2019 – 2625,98 thousand rubles, in 2020 – 2769,98 thousand rubles, in 2021 – 3031,94 thousand rubles.