Lesson number 2 Birth of bees (continued)

"So, children who have questions on the previous lesson?" - Asked Tamara V.. "I! - Raised his hand Winnie the Pooh - Why are we born bees layers like some bush? Are they themselves are not born? " "Good question, Misha! Here today we are at the apiary will be sought in a hive for eggs - and this will mean that the uterus is present in the hive and running, and the other will look for queen cells, which are built around the bee egg or around one-two-three-day-old larvae to grow a uterus. There may be more, queen cells, since bees should have a choice, the uterus must be strong - again!, The uterus must be large enough - two!, And in mother liquor should remain a little royal jelly, which bees feed the larvae, which means that bees fed a uterus enough so that it was the best - three! "- said Tamara V.. "But why should the uterus to be strong?" - Asked Nastia. "Another good question. When the queen leaves the mother liquor (and it will be the 17 th day) and rest in the hive for 2-3 days and then circled around the hive to hive and remember all that is around, she will fly high up into the blue sky in the golden sunshine close , and the drone (very strong!) that it will catch up - will be her fiance, her husband, and so, in order to evade the enemy - because it can eat any birds, dragonflies, bee wolves, to reach the celestial heights, and meet with the drone and then return home, again avoiding the enemies - the uterus must be strong! "- said Tamara V.. "Why the uterus to be big?" - Said Artyom. "The uterus is a time to fly to meet her fiance - drone, and then his whole life keeps seed to fertilize the eggs that were born bees, and so her belly to be big. Well, all ready to go to the apiary? " "So", - said to myself, Winnie the Pooh - shirt and trousers for me, dressing gown and cap of the beekeeper, and gloves - in the bag - "I am - ready!" All the guys, too, answered: "Ready!" At the apiary children stood by all the rules: almost around the hive, but not in front of tap-hole. "I know, I know - thinking of Winnie the Pooh - Nobody likes when he was hampered work, and snaps too. If you're standing in front of tap-hole, the bees chase you: first, to be damage to the you and fly off, what if you do not understand that you chase away the bees, they will find any chink in your finery and - it stings (smarter! - Say ). " Tamara V. took out the scope of the hive and inspect them with their children: "So, children that we see here?" "Printed brood and a little napryska!" - Answered the girl, who was very fond of Winnie the Pooh. Grandfather of the girl was an apiary, and she helped him in the apiary, and therefore knew a lot about bees. "Right, lad! You see, children, sleep caps for these future pupal bees, and bees, which sit on the frame, warm them with her warmth. Printed brood - sealed lid, like honey ripe sealed. Ripe bees who turns 21 the day razgryzut cap and come out, and all the bees will be pleased their birth. Well, naprysk - it is nectar that bees have brought with flowers, there are a lot of water, and therefore in the cells it shines like water. Everyone can see? " Framework of eggs all come across. And suddenly all the kids saw like a big acorn someone stuck in the middle of the frame comb. "Fistulous mother liquor, - said Tamara V., - look, guys, it is already sealed. And here, closer to the right edge, very small, not sealed. Look, children, it is striker, and it is awash in royal jelly. In fact, a little brilliant striker, like a beautiful white worm was lying in the white milk. And the next frame were found Unsealed queen cells with larvae in the milk. "In the diary, we children, we write, that there needed to feed, as offshoot busy main business - displays the womb, and he needs help." Tamara V. covered frame polozhkom, striped from propolis, which bees stuck polozhok to the framework, covered the roof of the hive, and they moved to another hive. Raising polozhok, Tamara V. showed the guys bees, which are very much hanging on the edge of polozhka. "Look, children, these bees have nothing to do, they have grown, and frameworks with honeycombs there - nowhere to fold brought nectar, and honeycombs there, which they have built, would make the cell. If we do not let them work - they will fly away from us, will do the same queen cells will write a uterus, and fly away. We'll bring a box of beekeeping, which are frames with honeycombs. Bring here, to put. And we now otodvinem framework and put the box with the honeycombs between the frame with a printed brood - bees so quickly it built, they do not like empty space between the brood and queen quickly so svezheotstroennuyu frame sow eggs. Our main objective: to provide a strong family to the main medosboru (approximately by 1 July), while strong families will bring us a lot of honey and a pile for the winter. "And what is more important - has decided to clarify the Pooh - to make a lot of colonies, or to collect a lot of honey?" "What do you think, guys? This issue of Winnie the Pooh on your homework, and we'll discuss it at the next lesson. Also, children who read at home, our lessons, we can send a letter with the answer. On the right answer for children will be delivered excellent grades. At the end of the season we summarize the results with you, and took I-II-III places children will give a prize. Until next time, goodbye! " "Interestingly, it turns out - muttered under his breath Winnie the Pooh, returning home from a lesson - I asked a question, and I do not have to seek an answer to it. True, the prize promised ... " Winnie the Pooh scratched his head: "And if I did not go to Piglet, sometimes until he tells himself it is clear ..."

(Ruzankina T., physician apiterapevt. Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Medical Academy)