Subject area Z
Frame: (the) level (layer) of a magazine hive in which the honeycombs hang. The magazine hives made the beekeeper's work a lot easier. They consist of several frames. Usually up to eleven frames hang in each frame. These wooden frames are standardized and can therefore be exchanged between the hives. You can buy them ready-made. The beekeeper then only has to brace them with wire, put on and fasten the middle walls and hang the frames in the frame.
Frame removal: For economic reasons, entire frames are removed to reduce space.
Frame delivery: In magazine hives, the space is at least partially expanded by adding whole frames. The equipment depends on the respective operating mode.
Zeidler: predecessor of beekeepers. They were the first honey collectors in the Middle Ages. The Zeidler did not keep their own bees, they only harvested honey from wild ones
Colonies of bees.
Cell (the) hexagonal hollow body built from wax as a building block of the honeycomb; brood is raised in it or honey or pollen is stored; the wax is exuded from wax glands.
Zellen Typen: Der Zelltyp, in welchem das Ei gelegt wird, hängt davon ab, ob das Ei befruchtet ist oder ob das Ei dafür bestimmt ist, sich zu einer neuen Königin zu entwickeln. Es gibt folgende drei Zellarten:
- Drohnenzelle - Große sechseckige Zelle mit gewölbter Kappe.
- Arbeiterzelle - Kleine sechseckige Zelle mit flacher Kappe.
- Königinnenzelle - Große fingerhutförmige Form, die vertikal hängt.
The queen measures the cell with her forelegs and either adds sperm to fertilize the egg in her vagina (if it's a queen or worker cell) or simply lays the eggs unfertilized (if it's a drone cell). When the egg hatches into a larva, it looks like a small maggot and the foster bees begin to feed it.
Cell rupture: a swarm usually only leaves the mother hive when the offspring of a new queen is likely. Signs of this are usually closed queen cells. If all queen cells are reliably destroyed on a regular basis, the basis for swarming is usually withdrawn from the people.
Zementhonig: ist Honig, der so zäh ist, dass er sich nicht schleudern lässt. Schuld daran ist der hohe Melezitose-Gehalt, eine Zuckerart, die vor allem in Honigtau vorkommt. Sie führt dazu, dass der Honig bereits im Honigraum so fest wird, dass er nur unter Schwierigkeiten oder gar nicht geerntet werden kann.
Zehrweg: The decisive factor is the distance that the winter grape eats into the stored fodder. In winter the bees sit tightly together in the honeycomb alleys and empty honeycomb cells and slowly consume the honey on the edge of their so-called "winter grape". When they have reached the end of the combs, it can happen that they starve to death, although there is still enough food in other combs. When it is very cold, they cannot leave the winter cluster, in which they keep each other warm, and cannot reach these storage cells. This is called "feed tear".
Zittertanz: Neben Rundtanz und Schwänzeltanz ist der Zittertanz das dritte Element der Tanzsprache bei den Bienen. Haben die Sammelbienen eine besonders ertragreiche Tracht ausfindig gemacht, verkünden sie dies im Stock über ihren Zittertanz. Damit wird auch mitgeteilt, dass man nun mehr Nahrung sammeln wird, als im Bienenstock verarbeitet werden kann. Die Aufgaben unter den Arbeitsbienen müssen daher zum Teil neu verteilt werden.
Shaggy bees: 3 species - 5 - 14 mm long, almost completely black, some species with yellow markings, thin body hair, but males with thick, long, black facial hair, collecting brushes made of curled hair on the hind legs. Look for food on the daisy family. Nests are dug in sandy or loamy soil.
Breeding: In beekeeping, the beekeeper must select suitable queens and drones for the new bee colony. To do this, the beekeeper must closely monitor his colony and make notes on the state of the colony. Depending on the breeding goal, he attaches importance to different characteristics. Some beekeepers choose the bees according to their gentleness, others according to their winter hardiness or their tendency to swarm. The selection or licensing is ultimately based on the beekeeper's assessment of the quality of the genetic make-up.
Additional feeding: A strong colony needs about 15kg reserve to get through the winter. Since the honey - and with it the winter supply - is harvested by the beekeeper, the beekeeper must provide appropriate replacement in order to prevent the people from starving in winter. This substitute is usually supplied by sugar (also in the form of sugar syrup) after the honey harvest. It is about the provision of a replacement supply for the wintering of the colony.
Sugar water: is made from 3kg sugar in 2l water, refined with 10% own honey, a cup of chamomile tea and a pinch of salt and is fed as quickly as possible after the honey harvest and the first formic acid treatment. (Reduce the entrance hole by October due to robbery - then attach the corn protection)
Additional cage: The small box in which a queen and a few workers are transported to a new colony is called an additional cage. It is closed, but one side is only provided with a fine wire mesh. This ensures that the bees get enough air. The additional cage is also used to bring a new queen to a queen-less bee colony.
Intermediate offshoot: means a temporary division of the people - usually only with a bee-proof grid or with adjustment of a part! The swarmable part of the people with the queen repeatedly loses masses of bees to the queen-less part. After the swarm instinct has subsided, the two parts are merged again.
Double sugar: Honey mainly contains monosaccharides, i.e. single sugars. Only a tenth of the sugar is in the form of double sugars. One of the reasons for this is that the honeybees' salivary enzymes break down the double sugars into single sugars.