To get a rich collection of honey, and hence profit, each beekeeper must be able to get good bees to create further layering. Some believe that queen bees can be grown artificially or just bought. The Yaroslavl apiary, where Gennady Stepanenko works and experiments, has proved that there is another effective method.
Briefly about the experience
Gennady Stepanenko can be safely attributed to successful beekeepers. He has been engaged in his favorite business for more than 22 years, his Yaroslavl apiary became famous far beyond the borders of the region. As a practitioner Stepanenko shares his invaluable experience on the pages of his thematic forum, he is also the author of a whole block of videos on beekeeping.
At the forum, people lively communicate, express their opinion, share best practices, ask for advice and receive answers not only from the author himself, but also from other beekeepers. And the video of Gennady Stepanenko boasts hundreds of thousands of views of beginners and experienced beekeepers.
Yaroslavl apiary Stepanenko became famous not only for the best practices of the owner. Here, the owner of the farm also organized the production of beekeeping equipment, beehives, and also successfully sells queens Karnika Trojzek.
Method Stepanenko
The basis of this method is the use of multihull hives. First you need to identify a strong family that just got out of wintering. After the first flight around the family, it is necessary to strengthen the printed frames of the brood from the new season from other families. At the same time, do not forget to conduct a routine inspection of the framework. It is known that a new uterus develops within 26 days. Therefore, the bookmark is made taking into account this period.
A frame with a uterus is removed from an experimental family reinforced by foreign brood, which is populated in a new hive. In this hive add 3 frames of open brood. For additional nutrition, 2 frames with honey are also installed there.
Sealed brood from other hives is added to the experimental family. Bees left without a uterus are separated by a lattice, and a new lattice is placed on top, where the uterus has moved. The letch of the upper case is closed. Several frames with drones are populated by other families.
After a week, the uterus will be inactive in the upper case, and there will be no open brood in the lower case. They take sushi, one side of which is covered by a separation grid, and the other is covered by thin aluminum or a film. The uterus begins to work and at the same time can not go anywhere. Stepanenko uses a prepared frame for this, installing it in the middle of the upper case.
After two days, check the new frame. Usually, during this period, the uterus had already planted it, and the presence of land became for her a kind of signal for a new reinforced masonry. The old uterus is populated again in the upper case, the new frame is removed and the insulation materials and gratings are removed.
The prepared frame is placed in the lower case. At the same time, the hulls are separated so that the bees from the experimental family felt the absence of the uterus. This is necessary in order for the bees to start work on fattening new queens. Orphaned bees can feed new productive queens. And then they are resettled in layering. Thus, the Yaroslavl apiary is increasing in the number of quality families.
Conclusion
The call of the soul and the command of the heart for Stepanenko became the Yaroslavl apiary. And after all, he does not stop there: new video lessons, conducting his own online platform and master classes are an incomplete list of Gennady Stepanenko’s hobbies. Along with this, he is inseparably engaged in his large farm, and also successfully sells beehives, queen bees and honey.
Gennady Stepanenko, whose Yaroslavl apiary is known among many beekeepers, provides an excellent opportunity to use his innovative developments to other people. Stepanenko’s activities are not limited only to materiel. He has high-quality reviews on pumping out honey, on swarming, on the types of hives, top dressing and preventive examinations.