inverted syrup – the best means of feeding bees
Inverted syrup to feed bees
Inverted syrup to bees – preparation.
inverted syrup – This artificially prepared carbohydrate food for bees, and is nutritionally inferior usefulness for insects except pure honey.
It is used as fertilizer in the spring for active growth and development of bee colonies, stimulate egg in the uterus.
autumn – to create a hive controlled supplies of food for the period of hibernation.
He prepared based syrup, but differs, that it splits sucrose into glucose and fructose.
This is achieved by the introduction of the stage of preparation of acids or natural invertase – enzyme, located in honey and other products.
It is, that this form is preferred for feeding bees, as it does not require them to excessive force during processing honey product.
Many beekeepers stop choice on inverted syrup, organizing targeted feeding their apiaries.
The advantages of inverted syrup
Natural carbohydrate food for bees is natural honey.
Included in its composition fructose, glucose, amino acids, whites, minerals, organic acids make it a valuable source of energy and nutrients, necessary insects.
inverted syrup – as feed bees
Lack of honey in the hive colony livelihoods makes it impossible.
In this state of affairs can be either natural causes – absence honey plant, and artificial – sample honey beekeeper.
Lack of carbohydrates for the family then compensated in other ways.
The most commonly used artificial substitutes nectar, of which the insects feed replenish stocks, recasting them in honey.
Application of inversion as the syrup to bees feeding the following advantages:
- on some physical and chemical properties of a substance resembling mature honey, more convenient for the digestion of insects;
- the processing does not wear working individuals, longer saved their life;
- Coming out of hibernation in the spring inverted feed bees live longer than their counterparts, fed at the same time sugar syrup;
- Syrup is suitable as a means to enhance and intensive development weakened families;
- is a good option replace poor padevogo honey;
- long shelf life, it can be prepared in large quantities, using if necessary;
- honey does not crystallize invertu, therefore always available for use by bees, wintering bees on such feed is safe;
- is much cheaper honey, so is economically viable.
Inverted syrup can immediately distribute high doses. This allows less disturbed bdzholosim'yi, keeping the hive peaceful atmosphere.
Preparation composition takes time and can take up to several days, but worth the trouble, taking into account all its advantages.
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Preparation inverted syrup
Get inverted syrup can be different. First the classics.
- The first option is added to a solution of sugar syrup food acid, example, citric or acetic. It is the cheapest in the financial plan, but in addition there is nothing carbohydrates. Natural invertase found in honey. It is produced by the body bees and nectar is added during processing.
- Add a serving of honey in the syrup will get a second embodiment invertu. In it, besides carbohydrates, will prysutniya and some vitamins, amino acids, mineral compounds. Naturalness of honey and its sterility (absence of infectious agents) – requirement for receiving high quality feed products.
- The third option – modern. Get fermented syrup industry by using drugs – fungal or yeast invertase. Such compositions are distinguished by a high degree of splitting components, an exception in the recipe of honey ready invertu.
The advantage there is no likelihood of the spread of disease in the apiary, accelerated cycle inversion.
Here are some recipes inverted syrup to feed bees, which can be used on its apiary.
Acidic sugar-syrup
ingredients needed:
- water 6 l,
- sugar – 7 kg,
- citric acid – 14 g.
Another recipe ingredients are as follows:
- water 2, 8 l,
- sugar – 5,5 kg,
- 2 g lactic acid.
Preparation is as follows: need to pan and combine all the ingredients in it, put the container on fire.
With constant stirring to bring the liquid to a boil. Keep the mixture on the stove 1 – 1, 2 years.
During this time the end invertatsiya sucrose, which will 95%. The cooled syrup is immediately ready for use.
Sugar-honey-syrup acid
Outputs:
- water 2 l,
- sugar 7, 25 kg,
- copper 0,75 kg,
- otstova acid 2,4 g.
Prepare this inverted syrup as needed: combine in one capacity all of the components continue to maintain the solution at 35 – 36 ° C for about a week, mixing it 3 times a day.
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The end of the fermentation is determined by a small number of single crystals of foam and no sugar rozchynyvshohosya.
The mixture defend and carefully poured into the prepared container.
Using industrial invertase
Ingredients:
- sugar 5 kg,
- water 5 l,
- Industrial invertase (drug Pchelit) 2 g.
For invertu this way must first cook plain sugar syrup.
When it has cooled to 40 – 50 ° C add the portion Pchelitu. The mixture mix well and leave for fermentation for 2 days.
It should strictly observe temperature conditions, which should not be lower 20 and not more than 50 WITH.
It must be remembered, that boil during cooking inverted syrup can not be.
The resulting composition has no value and even harmful to bees.
Good winter, live and grow low-quality stocks with the family can not.
Unfortunately in this article are not pros and cons of all these varintiv cooking syrup inverovanoho. And it would be appropriate, as the safest and easiest option – invert sugar syrup is enzyme invertase, which is produced in Ukraine with a strain of bacteria (Unlike Pchelitu, which is the Russian drizhzhovym preparatotom). When acid invert sugar at home can not rozschipyty maximum glucose and fructose. Additionally acid residues adversely affect the digestive organs bees.