MATERIAL BALANCE OF THE HONEY BEE HONEYCOMB

Abstract

When assessing the productivity of apiaries and bee colonies in different terms of honey collection is necessary to know the amount of honey collected by bees. This need arises especially when conducting experiments related to the content and breeding of bees in different conditions. In addition, with the increase in the period of use of honeycombs, their mass changes significantly, which can make deviations from the projected estimate of the amount of honey collected. The article presents theoretical calculations of the amount of honey accumulated in honeycomb cells, as well as the mass of frames with wire and wax raw materials. Experimental data on the weight of frames, wire and wax raw materials are presented. A conclusion is made about necessity of development of method of determination of the number of occupied cells in the honeycomb with honey.