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Title: My honeytree Author:
Andres Raava ISBN: 9985-68-104-5 Publication details: 2002, 68 pages Publisher & Order: A/S Kirjastus "Valgus" |
Andres Raava’s „My honeytree” is not a traditionally written classical beekeeping book. Writer treats honey bee colonies as unitary living organisms, which consist of supers and honey as biological parts of the colony. He does not speak of bees as individuals but as one of the organs of the colony.
You can like or dislike this kind of discussion of biological aspects of beekeeping. It is up to the reader. But on the basis of the above mentioned approach the author of the book has worked out new principles that differ from the traditional beekeeping as for hives, technology and the basics of technology. Proper application of his technology promises good production of honey and other apiculture products with low cost price. Andres Raava’s invention as a whole is patented in Russia, and the necessary technology for beekeeping is patented in 17 countries.
Bees really do not care what we think or talk about them but the way we deal with them matters a lot. Our practical proceedings will make them react their way (sickening, great honey production, big swarming, etc.).
It would be useful to try the author’s beekeeping technology in practical apiculture in Estonia. It is not difficult to build the hives ourselves according to his descriptions. Just one or two hives to start with…
From the practical point of view let’s think of the hives and the dimensions of the frames but the main idea of the technology is to offer the bees the living conditions familiar to them for more than thousands of years.
Ants Sild
1. Biological fundamentals of bee-keeping
1.1. Honey from the point of view of chemistry and metabolism
The author proves that honey is the colony’s interim product - the colony’s reserved substance and organic part.
1.2 Thinking differently of bees and honey
The author introduces some hypotheses the authors of which are of the opinion that a colony is a biological ensemble.
1.3. Honeybee colony as an organism
The author demonstrates that the activity of bees is not just labour movements of the insects living together as a community. It’s an implementation of physiological processes and metabolism necessary for colony’s existence by the organs of the colony in the form of insects.
1.4. Honeybee colony's (hidden) possibilities
The author explains the correlations between the colony’s biological characteristics and potentials which are not used in practical apiculture nowadays.
1.5. METE- bee-keeping technology and colony's natural lifestyle
The author demonstrates that during the natural way of life the colony moves up and down the hollow of the tree and the tree (hollow fee flunk) stands still. Using METE-technology the colony provisionally stays fixed and the hive (hollow of the tree) is the one that moves.
1.6. Why colonies get sick?
The author proves that the reason for colonies getting sick is the arousal of favourable conditions for diseases inside the hive due to unnatural keeping of bees. He also explains how to use METE-technology to prevent sicknesses inside the colonies and cure already sick ones without additional costs.
1.7. Mistakes in bee-keeping's breeding
The author explains the fundamental mistake in colonies’ breeding basics these days and describes the damage this kind of breeding has caused to apiculture. The results of current breeding have destroyed naturally living colonies at the periphery of bees living area.
1.8. How much is it possible to get more honey and how?
The author explains that using METE-technology it is possible to increase the production of honey and wax (with better utilization of potential honey and wax production and decreasing the number of colonies in the bee-garden).
1.9. Colony's wintering and thermoregulation
The author explains how the colony’s thermoregulation works, what the amount of winter feed depends on and on what circumstances the colony is protected from cold by moisture and vice versa.
2. METE-bee-keeping methods used in practice
2.1. Hive in METE bee-keeping
The author displays the proportions of the optimum hive, constructive technical solutions and descriptions for construction together with arguments to be able to use METE-technology.
2.2. Regular broadening of brood
The author gives advice for using METE-technology in practice.
2.3. Changeover of a bee queen and colony’s multiply
The author advises how to carry out the natural changeover of the beequeen and multiply the colony if necessary while using METE-technology. The author also states that there is usually no natural multiplying by swarming if using the technology correctly.
2.4. Wintering of bees
The author explains how to prepare the colonies for wintering using methods which decrease the potential loss of colonies during wintering due to unstable conditions. He also gives advice how to adjust the colonies with unstable wintering conditions.
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