Beehive Prokopovich

Beehive Prokopovich: drawing, a photo, video

Pyotr Prokopovich – born in Chernihiv region, Known as a man, who invented the first folding beehive, Prokopovich hive.

He was born in 1775 in the family priest.

The father gave his son an excellent education, beekeeper but the dream is not completely true.

He wanted to come to higher education, but it took the service.

Due to ill health, husband retired from the army and returned to his native village.

He began his return to actively rebuild the apiary and began developing a new hive.

The point is, that its invention in the extraction of honey from the hives barrel folding most of the insects dying.

In accordance, had grown again and again and get new bees minimum yield.

Prokopovich took the invention of new hive, which would allow to extract nectar without the death of bees. And he did it.

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IN 1814 he invented a hive beekeeper Prokopovich. This is the first rectangular frame hive, which could disassemble.

In accordance, Now no need to kill insects. Sectional hive allowed to freely penetrate and take care of Worker.

The front wall of the hive consisted of four bushings. It is attached to them beyond.

in addition, Prokopovich first proposed split drones and uterine compartments.

He said, what drones often eat "forbidden" honey, that they can not take.

This adjustment was own kind separate bars, true, looked a little different, than now.

Components of the hive Prokopovich

1. Rectangular wooden frame;
2. score;
3. plank sleeve;
4. board resolution.

Prokopovich pidselyuvaty bee hive up. At the same time as the construction of cells and filling them with honey carried nomination lower flaps.

So, bees gradually occupied all hive. During the main medosbora cells with honey vyymalys.

When all frames were filled with honey, Prokopovich turned over upside down hive.

So, bees, were previously below, detected in the upper part.

Now they are engaged in filling store, which consisted of sliding removable sleeves.

Of course, Prokopovich hive is not used, as it shot only framework, who were in the store.

But this beekeeper pushed inventors to create new and convenient hives.

Core frame hive ended riyebiyniy system getting honey.

It is possible to revive beekeeping and make it profitable.

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But the core hive is not the only achievement Prokopovich. While the apiary beekeeper got foulbrood.

The man developed a radical measure to combat this disease – driving starvation.

This method of treatment used and the bees still considered the most effective