Costume (beekeeping)
The costume is the entire supply of nectar , pollen and honeydew that the honeybees bring into the local beehive . There the nectar is processed into honey . The honey not consumed by the bees themselves can be harvested by beekeeping .
Garnish plant
The bee pasture forms the entirety of the plants that donate folk costume . The terms "costume" and " costume plant " are often used synonymously due to ignorance .
Honeydew-producing scale and bark lice represent another source of forage, which can multiply during the budding phase of their host trees, especially conifers ( e.g. spruce and silver fir ). In contrast to the flower costume , it is then referred to as a honey dew costume or forest costume .
The suitability of plants as bee pasture can be assessed on a five-point scale from 0 (no forage value) to 4 (very good forage). A distinction is again made between nectar and pollen values (example: white clover ( Trifolium repens ) = N 4, P 3 ).
How productive a costume is depends on other factors such as altitude, soil conditions, climate and weather conditions. Ultimately, good traditional costumes during the growing season are a prerequisite for the production of honey .
See also
literature
- Enoch Zander : Handbook of apiculture: The bee pasture . 4th edition revised by Bodo Schick and Armin Spürgin. Ulmer-Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-8001-7418-9 ( table of contents ).
- Anna Maurizio , Friedgard Schaper: Das Trachtpflanzebuch . 4th edition. Ehrenwirth, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-431-03207-9 .