LT6672B - The method of health maintaining and treating of the honey bee using herbal additives - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention discloses a method of feeding honey bees (Apis mellifera). Honey bees are being fed with a bee feeding mixture made of natural ingredients such as honey and plant extracts such as juices of hawthorn, sea buckthorn, black currant berries, cucumber, lemon, nettle and mistletoe. The invention describes production of the feeding mixtures with herbal additives, and the embodiments of purposeful feeding the honey bees with said mixtures. The prickly sea buckthorn used in the invention has a scientifically-revealed composition and nutritional, medicinal and therapeutic properties, so feeding and sprinkling bees with berry juice, and feeding and care regimes, ensures full nutrition and health care for bees, prevention of disease (including varroosis), at the same time with good quality honey production processes.

Description

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention relates to the care, feeding and production of natural honey of honey bee (Apis mellifera). Specifically, it is a method of feeding bees, treating mites and producing honey using certain medicinal herbs, where bees are fed with a syrup of natural origin with supplements of these plants, and the modified composition of natural honey is obtained when the bees are partially or wholly delivered to their ventricle. from this nourishing syrup to honeycombs (frames with honeycombs).

TECHNICAL LEVEL

The feeding, care and production of honeybee (Apis mellifera) are extensively studied for their unique qualities, such as maintaining bee health and workability, producing natural honey with unique and healing properties, and using honey to nourish and treat humans.

It has long been known that bee products have nutritional and healing properties. The most widely used bee product is honey. Usually honey bees accumulate their feeding supplies in the hives of the hive. The honey is naturally obtained by combing the nectar of plant flowers into its ventricle (honey-bladders) and feeding it into honeycombs, where the nectar is stored for a longer time and transformed into honey.

In cultivated beekeeping, some honey is removed from the honeycomb for human consumption. In addition, bees are also fed on man-made bee food, for example, in the event of a shortage of bees in their hives or the cold winter.

Honeybee bees, depending on the honeybee and natural conditions, may become weak, sick and may not be able to carry the honey. Food insecurity leads to reduced ability of bees to carry honey and poor health, and bees can be affected by parasites, one of the most dangerous being bee mites or varoatosis.

Beekeepers know ways to care for and feed their bees, encourage them to carry more honey, encourage pollination of plants, and naturally regulate the quality and properties of the honey they harvest, or produce selective honey containing certain substances and specific healing properties. Selective honey, when used in a particular way, can help treat certain ailments or improve overall health.

Feeding bees with syrups with herbal supplements is described in several patent applications. US Patent Application US2011039001A1 describes a method for producing bee food, wherein the bee food is composed of plant fruits, leaves, seeds, roots, after processing and blending with polysaccharides. Chinese patent application CN108419757A describes a method for the maintenance of bee hibernation, which, in addition to preparing hives, treating bees with anticancer agents (miticides), also describes bee food, which includes plant-based ingredients such as carrots, alfalfa seeds, spirulina celandine, licorice root and others.

Bee treatment and curative nutrition with natural supplements are described in U.S. Patent Application US20070026765A1. According to method US20070026765A1, bees are treated by spraying with an aqueous solution containing essential oils of lingonberry, cinnamon, lemongrass, mint, rosemary, peppermint and other herbs. Another, non-proprietary, scientific source https: //actavet.vfu.ez/83/1/0009/ reveals the use of various vegetable essential oils to treat bees against American rot and its pathogen, Paenibacillus larvae.

The production of selective modified honey is described in several patents. Japan's 1986 patent JPS6121060 (B2) describes the production of secondary honey with Chinese herbal extracts, which is used to make beverages. German patent application DE4034955 refers to the extraction of secondary honey by feeding bees with honey syrup and medicinal plant extracts, and the advantage of this method of production is that medicinal herb additives are not separated from honey during production and their addition thus naturally prevents unwanted microorganisms. during admixture with honey.

The use of selective honey with modified composition and targeted healing properties for the treatment of human health and health is described in Russian patents: The effect claimed in RU2013127697 - the use of the resulting selective honey compensates for nutrient deficiency, strengthens the body's overall resistance to adverse environmental factors biological materials. The patent RU2129361C1 describes honey with enhanced biological activity properties which is recommended for use in the treatment of respiratory tract diseases, and also discloses an efficient and simple method of producing such honey. Patent RU2355164 describes honey with enhanced biological activity properties, such as antioxidant, adaptogenic, anti-stress, and restorative properties for human health. In these patents, selective honey is made by adding natural medicinal supplements to the bee feeding syrup - herbal extracts such as alfalfa, bean tree, eucalyptus leaves, anise leaves and fruits, poppy petals and a host of others.

International patent applications accept the use of special purpose additives for the production of selective honey with intended healing properties. Patent application VVO2017013661A1 describes the production of specialty honey with hemp oil additives THC and CBD. The patent describes a bee nourishment mixture consisting of a bee-based diet and THC or CBD cannabinoids, honey production methods, honey obtained by these methods, and the use of this honey for therapeutic purposes in reducing pain in patients with many different pain-related conditions. Another international patent application, VV02006080019A1, describes a method for producing bee honey, which feeds the bees on the food, and then collects the bee honey obtained after feeding. The distinguishing feature of this method is that bee food is specifically added to mammalian blood, and the bee honey obtained by feeding it with bees contains the appropriate blood constituents. This honey is made for a special medical purpose, giving this honey a course of chemotherapy treatment for patients who have passed, to reduce the various side effects of chemotherapy treatment.

A review of prior art inventions has shown that different and different methods are used to feed bees, treat bees against their illnesses, extract selective natural honey with modified composition and healing properties. Also, various medicinal herbal and animal supplements are used to produce honey with the intended healing properties. A noticeable disadvantage of the methods reviewed is that bees are fed with admixtures for various purposes, but these different purposes serve some narrow purpose and do not complement each other for the common benefit of bees and humans. Single plant supplements are more suitable for feeding and treating bees, but not necessarily useful and delicious to humans (for example, essential oils for treating bees against ticks). The properties of other herbal and honey supplements are for the treatment of human beings, but are not necessary or clearly useful to bees, such as THC and CBD cannabinoids as disclosed in International Patent Application VV02017013661A1, or mammalian blood additives as disclosed in International Patent Application VV02006080019A1. The purpose of US2011039001A1 in feeding bees with a mixture of herbal supplements is solely to feed the bees and to provide them with plant nutrients and vitamins, but the herbal supplements listed in this application may be incompatible with the production of honey and are therefore not available during the honey season. However, even during the honeymoon period, bees need additional nutrition, health support and treatment, and it is important that the additives used are compatible with the honey production process and do not alter the taste, composition and properties of the honey.

THE SUBSTANCE OF THE INVENTION

In order to avoid the aforementioned disadvantages of bee feeding, treatment and honey production, and to combine several bee feeding purposes into a single feeding method, the present invention provides a method for feeding, improving health and altering the composition of honeybees (Apis mellifera) using certain food and medicinal plants of the species, namely sea buckthorn berries, monocot hawthorn berries, black currant berries, cucumber, nettle, lemon and mistletoe. The listed plants, when prepared in some way, are useful and / or beneficial to humans and bees, and both the nutrition and the health of the bees and the production of modified honey are regulated by regulating (coordinating) the natural process of bee life and activity. common in beekeeping.

The properties of herbal supplements in honey, due to the medicinal and antibacterial properties of honey and the ease with which the honey is absorbed in the body, may be more pronounced and disclosed than using herbs, teas or extracts alone (as disclosed in WO2017013661A1). Therefore, the proper processing of medicinal herbs and the incorporation of extracts of these herbs into the natural honey production process, can enhance the effect of the selective honey content of the active substances of medicinal plants more than using these plants or their extracts without honey or only mechanically mixed with honey.

The method of the invention comprises the following steps: preparing a bee nourishing syrup, wherein the juice or puree of the medicinal plant (spearmint sea buckthorn berries, monocot hawthorn berries and / or other compounds of the present invention) is mixed with honey and water in appropriate proportions; feeding the honey bee with this syrup for a given regimen, time of year and season and periodicity, either for the sole purpose of feeding the bees or for the sole purpose of obtaining selective honey, or a combination of both; the selective extraction of honey, in which bees harvest honey either solely from the feeding syrup and the composition of this honey is considered accurate, or from the nectar of the field flowers and from the feeding syrup, the composition of which is called altered.

The key advantage and uniqueness of this bee-feeding and selective honey production method are certain plant species whose properties allow multiple purposes to be achieved simultaneously: feeding bees, improving and maintaining bee health, and obtaining selective honey with modified composition and intended human healing properties.

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING FIGURES

The drawings in the drawings are provided by way of reference only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. None of the drawings and graphs provided should be construed as limiting, but merely as examples of a possible embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 1 Means for feeding bees with syrup in hives and their installation.

FIG. 2 The process of feeding bees with medicinal syrup and the results obtained in the process.

FIG. 3 Beehive hive for feeding bees with medicinal syrup and obtaining selective honey of known composition according to production variants 24.5 and 24.6.

FIG. 4 Construction of a bee dispenser between the hives.

FIGURES - Numeric certificates of objects in paintings

- Bee hive;

- hive top (canopy) raised;

- hive lacquer;

- honeycombs (honeycombs with frames) set in the hive;

6, 7 - bee feeding syrup, fed into the bee feeder;

- bee feeder;

- Bee feeding trough containing bee feeding syrup;

- bee feeder top cover, transparent translucent;

- Bee feeding syrup filling with sieve;

- a wooden grill for bees, floating on the surface of the feeding syrup;

- openings in the bottom of the trough for feeding the bees to the feeder;

- the step of selecting herbal supplements for bee syrup;

- the step of selecting the components and proportions of the bee feeding syrup;

- the step of preparing the bee feeding syrup;

- selection of bee feeding mode and result;

24.1-24.6 - Bee feeding regimes and their intended / expected results;

- a high-rise hive, with separated upper floors, ready to bee-fed with syrup and carrying selective honey;

- bee (nest) high with honey;

- the outer coat of the hive;

- hive floor separation segment, with bee outlet and ventilation;

- bee outlet between floors of the hive, with ventilation grille;

- bee release lever;

- two states of the bee deflector: the inlet and outlet of the bees;

- bee passages in the bee outlet;

- air ventilation grille in the bee outlet (between the floors of the hive);

- second bee launcher with grooves;

- additional floors of the hive with honey, intended to carry selective honey only from the syrup in the feeder;

- bee feeder with syrup, placed on the floors of the hive for selective honey;

- a wooden grill for bees to float on the surface of the feeding syrup;

- a feed hole for bees to move and carry the syrup from the feeder to the lower floor meadows;

- Transparent top cover of the feeder;

- Feeding syringe filling port, with sieve / ventilation;

- bee feeding syrup with medicinal herbs additives, added to the feeder;

- the hive's top cover (roof), impermeable to light, heat and humidity, with a notch corresponding to the syrup filling port.

- bee outlet tapering channels.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Embodiments of the invention will now be further described with reference to the drawings, but embodiments of the invention are not limited to the embodiments disclosed herein, and various modifications of embodiments are possible.

Herbal supplements in bee feeding syrup. The present invention employs one or more of the following herbs with nutritional, medicinal and medicinal properties for the preparation of bee nourishing medicinal syrup:

Monocot hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), berries used;

Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), berries used;

Blackcurrants (Ribes nigrum), berries used;

Great nettle (Urtica dioica), leaves used;

Lemon (Citrus), used for lemon fruits;

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus), fruit used.

Viscum album, the weight of the twigs;

Monocot hawthorn: Hawthorn blossoms contain flavonoids (hyperoside, quercetin, vitebsin), phenolic carbonic acids, leavening agents, saponins, and a little essential oil. The fruits contain 2-5% flavonoids (hyperoside), yeasts, organic acids, about 10% saccharides, pectins, carotenoids, fatty oils, saponins. Hawthorn preparations have a cardiotonic effect, which strengthens the heart muscle and reduces its contraction (pulse). It also has a calming effect and a slight lowering of blood pressure. Healing properties: Hawthorn preparations reduce the central nervous system sensitivity, tone the heart muscle. Preparations made from hawthorn raw material are considered to be a good means of preventing and treating cardiovascular disease in the elderly and elderly. They are used as a means to regulate the heart rate, dilate the blood vessels in the heart and brain, and lower blood pressure. Used in the early stages of hypertension or as an aid in arrhythmia and tachycardia, it improves sleep, cardiovascular and cerebral blood flow in patients with heart disease. Recommended for treatment and prevention of atherosclerosis. Test procedure and natural bee feeding conditions: Hawthorn berries for use in the preparation of bee nourishing syrup may be used fresh or dried. Fresh berries are used in autumn feeding and honey production, and dried in spring. Hawthorn berries ripen in September, so the berries are dried at + 40-45 ° C depending on the berry morphology, 3-4 days. The berries are dark red before drying, and after drying the fruit changes to become wrinkled, dark red, with a faint odor and astringent taste. The dried berries are stored in a well-ventilated, low-humidity room where the maintenance temperature is 20-22 ° C.

Sea buckthorn: Sea buckthorn is a unique and valuable plant with healing and nutritional properties. Sea-buckthorn fruit has anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and analgesic effects, promotes tissue regeneration, strengthens the immune system and is used as a preventive measure against cancer, cardiovascular disease. Polyphenols in sea buckthorn fruits have antioxidant properties and can protect the human body from the harmful effects of oxidized radicals. Sea buckthorn fruits have a variety of therapeutic effects due to the presence of various compounds whose main as well as their pharmaco-physiological effects are shown in Table 1. The pharmacological effects of sea buckthorn are also determined by vitamins, trace elements, amino acids and other biologically active compounds such as β-carotene, zeaxanthin, lycopene, flavonoids, folic acid, triterpenes, fatty acids.

Table 1. Compounds and healing properties of sea buckthorn berries.

The compound Healing properties Tocopherols Acts as antioxidants, prevents lipid oxidation and helps reduce pain

Carotenoids Acts as antioxidants and participates in collagen synthesis and epithelialization Vitamin K Maintains normal blood coagulation, stops bleeding, promotes wound healing, has anti-ulcer effect Vitamin C It acts as an antioxidant, maintains the integrity of cell membranes, and accelerates collagen synthesis Vitamin B complex Promotes cell renewal and nerve regeneration Phytosterols Improves microcirculation in the skin, has anti-ulcer, anti-atherogenic and anti-cancer effects. Regulates the inflammatory process Polyphenolic compounds It acts as an antioxidant, intrinsic in cell protection, and has cardio-protective effects. Promotes wound healing Polyunsaturated fatty acids It has immunomodulatory, neuro-protective and antitumor effects Organic acids Reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke. It has an anti-ulcer, antiarthritic and wound healing effect Coumarins and triterpenes Involved in regulating appetite, sleep, memory and learning Zinc Strengthens blood circulation, acts as a cofactor for enzymes. Required for Vitamin A action

Study process and natural feeding conditions: sea buckthorn berries ripen in the second half of August - September. During this period, the bee colonies are already preparing for the winter season, so bees can also be fed with sea buckthorn syrup and allowed to bring honey with sea buckthorn composition and medicinal properties. Sea buckthorn berry juice, fresh (in the fall) or frozen (in the spring), is used to prepare the bee nourishing medicinal syrup. When preparing the juice for spring, the squeezed juice is immediately cooled to - 22 ° C, stored at this temperature during the winter, and then thawed at room temperature during the spring season to make it suitable for the production of bee nourishing syrup.

In sea buckthorn berries sea buckthorn oil is beneficial. Source BIOLOGY; 2017; VoL 63; No. 2; P. 177-184, "The effect of thyme (Thymus caucasicus) ethanol extract on Varroa destructor, an ectoparasite mite of Apis mellifera meda (Hym: Apidae)" is stated to have insecticidal properties. When treating bees with a mixture of sea buckthorn juice, oil and honey, the bees are fed, sprayed or sprinkled to ensure that the juice and oil are not separated into layers and the mixture of juice and oil is the same for all bee colonies.

Another empirically observed positive effect of bee feeding on sea buckthorn juice is that sea buckthorn fruit has a surface mold. When transformed from sea buckthorn fruit into bee nourishment syrup, this mold gives the bee nourishment syrup antibiotic properties against bee parasites. At the same time, sea buckthorn fruits contain vitamins that enhance bee resistance and better resistance to parasites, including bee mites. Therefore, the bee mite disappears and perishes due to this complex effect of antibiotics and vitamins on bees and mites, and when sprayed or sprayed with bees, sea buckthorn juice activates and purifies each other, thus clearing the mites that die when separated from the bees. It has also been observed that ticks do not appear in bee brood in this case.

Black currant berries contain compounds of vitamin C, d-pyrene, sabinene, caryophyllene and other substances. Also contains fiber, sugar (fructose, glucose, rhamnose), lemon, tartaric, succinic, salicylic, pectic, yeast, flavanoid, mineral-aluminum, iron, phosphorus, manganese, sodium, calcium, silver, folic, potassium , magnesium, vitamins: C, P, B1, B2, B6, B3, E, K, PP. Berry substances have astringent, sweat-driving properties, encourage urination and stops inflammation. Serbian berries help with avitaminosis, anemia, and when appetite worsens, it stimulates it. Black currant juice with honey is recommended to drink for bronchitis, laryngitis. Test run and most favorable natural feeding conditions: Ripe blackcurrant berries are harvested during the summer months, June to July, depending on environmental conditions. In the best variant of the preparation of bee feeding syrup and examination of the results, berry juice is used in a mass of 4 kilograms, which is mixed with 4 kilograms of honey. Bees are fed this syrup every 3 days until they fill the honeycombs in the honey. The amount of feed syrup with currant juice may be higher if the bees are active during this season and the honey is processed faster. The best time to feed bees is when the weather gets colder and rainy.

Nettle: Nettle leaves contain 19.7% protein, 3.6% fat, 15-18% ash, 22.3% cellulose (up to 30% during flowering), 7.4% beazootic, low sugar, formic acid , tannides, glycoside urticin, 15-19% of various minerals: high in calcium (2.4-7.9%), potassium, sodium, magnesium, iron, silicon, sulfur, chlorine; vitamins: C (0.6%), K, B2, B3; protoporphyrin, coproporphyrin, cytosterol, histamine, enzymes (oxidase, peroxidase, chlorophyllase), carotene (47.8-116 mg% and up to 700 mg% in young plants), xanthophil, xanthophyllepoxide, violaxantin, 2-5% in chlorophyll up to 7%). Dilapidated hair contains volatile beazotoxin and is also formic, fatty acids and slightly alkaloid. Hives are used to treat anemia (increase in hemoglobin and red blood cells), diabetes mellitus, paralysis, arthritis, skin conditions, burns and healing wounds. Test run and most favorable natural feeding conditions: The test plants are harvested between May and September, depending on the environmental conditions. In the best dietary syrup preparation and test results, prepare 3 kilograms of nettle juice and mix with 1 kilogram of honey. The resulting syrup is poured into bee feeders. At the beginning of feeding, 4 liters of nettle - honey syrup is added to the feeder every 4 days, because the bees are weaker at the beginning of the season, which can make it harder to absorb and carry the honey. At the same time, the speed at which bees are able to process the syrup is monitored, and if the bees are noted for greater capacity, the amount of syrup that can later be fed to the feed can be increased.

Cucumber: Medicinal cucumber blossoms, fruits (cucumbers), fruit juice, bark, seeds and leaves. Cucumbers and their juices soothe the nervous system, reduce cough, promote urinary and bile secretion, digestive secretion, have laxative, anti-inflammatory, softening and analgesic properties. Fresh cucumber juice is used for respiratory diseases, cough, constipation. Folk medicine cures heart disease and vascular atherosclerosis, hypertension, kidney and liver disease. Cucumber juice mixed with honey is used in cosmetics as a means of revitalizing the skin: For this purpose large (overgrown) cucumber fruits with the largest amount of cucumber jelly around the seeds - the most suitable substances for honey and cucumber syrup. For the best bee syrup preparation and test results: prepare 3 kilograms of cucumber juice and mix with 1 kilogram of honey. The resulting syrup is poured into the bee feeder in the hive. At the beginning of feeding, 4 kilograms of cucumber-honey syrup is added to the feeder every 4 days. During this period, the bees' ability to process the syrup must be monitored: if the bee colonies have sufficient capacity, more syrup can be added later.

Lemons have long been known for their nutritional and healing properties: they are rich in vitamin C, preventive of various diseases, including anti-cancer properties. The use of lemon is varied: it is edible, it produces oral products and preparations, and is used externally in the form of ointments and compresses, and in aromatherapy. Another aspect of the present invention is that lemon essential oil is known as one of the most effective treatments against bee mites (varroa destructor, varroa mites). Therefore, lemon is a plant suitable for the production of bee-feeding syrup, and when fed to bees, a complex effect is expected: feeding and treating bees, as well as obtaining selective honey with modified composition and healing properties. In the best preparation of bee nourishing syrup and testing the results, prepare 2 kilograms of lemon juice and mix with 2 kilograms of honey and 1 kilogram of warm water. The resulting syrup is poured into the bee feeder in the hive. Feeding regimen as with other syrups: Every 5 to 5 days, 5 kilograms of lemon-honey syrup is added to the hive feeder, while bees are monitored for their ability to process the infused syrup. Correspondingly, the time and amount of subsequent syrup refill are adjusted.

Common mistletoe: The healing properties of mistletoe have been known for a long time and have been used to treat nervous disorders of the heart. Amalamide has anti-spasmodic, antihypertensive, antihypertensive, antihypertensive, antihypertensive, antihypertensive, antihypertensive, antihypertensive, antihypertensive, antihypertensive, antihypertensive, antihypertensive, anti-epileptic, neuropathic products. Amalone, due to the presence of potent and toxic protein substances (viscotoxins) and glycoproteins (lentins), acts to lower blood pressure, kill cancer cells and increase the body's resistance. The greatest effect is achieved when parenteral preparations are ingested parenterally (for example, by subcutaneous injection) or absorbed through the mucous membrane, then they are effective but can also cause side effects. The mistletoe accumulates the highly active protein substances viscotoxins and glycoprotein tincture, choline, acetylcholine, ascorbic acid, carotene, resins, flavonoids, minerals. Used in infusions, extracts, tinctures, fresh juices, is included in the composition of blood circulation enhancers. Selective honey with mistletoe may have enhanced or additional healing properties. Such honey is obtained by feeding the bees with the syrup containing the amal juice and by feeding the bees to the honeycomb. In the best bee feeding syrup preparation and for the study of the results, young mistletoe leaves are pruned in late autumn and winter by means of cut or cut trees or secateurs. The twigs squeeze the juice and freeze until spring at -20-22 ° C. In the spring, the feeding syrup is prepared by mixing 2 kilograms of amal juice, 3 kilograms of honey and 1 kilogram of water.

In bee syrups, the proportions of the components can be varied within wide limits, depending on the consistency of the honey and the juice of the plant and the purpose of the bee's nutrition. For example, if the bees are fed with pure sea buckthorn juice for prophylactic and curative purposes, the honey may only be added so that the bees start eating the juice, for example by adding about 20% by weight of honey. In this case, the juice to honey ratio in the feeding syrup is 100: 20. With less than 20% honey added, the syrup is too acidic for bees.

Bee feeding options and expected results. In the drawing of FIG. Figure 2 illustrates a method of preparing and feeding a nutritional syrup comprising at least the following steps:

(20) - selection of plant supplements for bee syrup;

(21) - selecting the proportions of the syrup components;

(22) - Preparation of components (soaking, grinding) and preparation of syrup. It should be noted that syrups use natural additives without heat treatment (boiling, heating, steaming with boiling water, etc.) to preserve plant vitamins and nutrients;

(23) - selection of target mode for bee feeding;

(24.1) - (24.6) - Bee feeding in selected mode.

The syrup preparation procedures and bee feeding regimens described above are considered to be the preferred embodiment of the present invention for each plant as depicted (Fig. 24.1). This means that the composition and consistency of the nutritional syrup is chosen so that the bees will eat the syrup in a balanced way and carry the excess into their ventricles into the hives of the hive. It is a nutritional regime that ensures high-quality bee nutrition with health promotion and disease prevention, and also combines natural (secondary) honey with modified composition and healing properties, transferred naturally and safely from the plant to the honey. The best embodiment of the invention (24.1, Fig. 2) does not use bee closure or other means that limit the free flight and feeding of the bees. The bees are fed from the feeder (10), the structure of which is shown in Figure 1. The feeder consists of a plastic trough (11) with bottom bee inlets (15) for entry and exit of the bees. On the bottom of the trough (11), a wooden grate (14), which floats on the surface of the syrup depending on the level of syrup being filled, is floated and the bees collect the syrup from the trough (11) without landing on the grid (14). The feeding tray (11) is covered from above with a transparent lid (12) fitted with a syringe filling opening with a sieve (13). This opening allows the beekeeper to quickly replenish the contents of the feeder (10) with additional syrup without interrupting the work of the bee. The feeder (10) is placed in the hive (1) on top of the honeycomb (honeycomb frame) (4), as shown in FIG. 1. The bees walking through the honeycomb (4) can enter through the openings (15) inside the feeder (10), collect the syrup and return it to the honeycomb (4) after selecting it in their ventricle.

In another embodiment of the invention (24.2, Fig. 2), the bees may be fed with syrup only to the extent necessary to feed themselves and not to store excess syrup in the honey. The weight ratio of the medicinal plant in the syrup is selected at the discretion of the beekeeper or as indicated in the preferred embodiment of the invention.

In another embodiment of the invention (24.3, Fig. 2), the bees are fed with syrup, wherein the concentration of the medicinal plant is increased to such an extent that the bees are still fit to eat, but the feeding is intended solely to enhance bee health by preventing disease. For example, for health prophylaxis, bees can be fed several times with fresh sea buckthorn juice with a minimum amount of honey added to allow the bees to start eating the mixture at a weight ratio of 100:20, since sweetening sea buckthorn juice with honey in a lower ratio will sour the bees.

In yet another embodiment of the invention (24.4, Fig. 2), which is more of a bee treatment than a nourishment, the bees are sprayed or sprayed with a sea buckthorn mixture containing sea buckthorn juice, and particularly sea buckthorn oil, while spraying or spraying. and the proportion of oil would be the same for all bee colonies. It is known from research and other patent applications that essential oils of plants such as mint, peppermint, cinnamon, lemongrass are used to prevent varroasis. Essential oil naturally prevents disease and activates bee cleaning instincts. Bees, sprayed or sprayed with a solution of essential oil, cleanse each other and help each other get rid of parasites. A similar treatment of bees is described in US20070026765A1 and uses synthetic and natural essential oils of mint, cinnamon, lemongrass and other plants containing essential oil, wherein the essential oils are mixed with water and the bees are periodically sprayed or sprayed.

In another embodiment of the invention (Fig. 24.5, 2), bees in a hive, when healthy and strong, can for a time be fed with medicinal syrup alone and prevent them from collecting flower nectar from elsewhere, such as through fields of honey. In this case, selective honey with modified and pre-known composition will be produced. This means that the bees will carry the medicinal syrup from the feeder (10) into the honeycomb, feeding it with their own saliva, and this harvested honey will be free of external impurities. Such a method of harvesting the previously harvested honey and isolating the bees from the environment is disclosed in several similar inventions, for example RU2355164, RU2013127697, RU2129361C1, and in this way the composition of the secondary, selective honey can be controlled.

In another embodiment of the invention (Fig. 24.6, Fig. 2), wherein the bees are fed with medicinal syrup of selected proportions only and without allowing them to collect the nectar of flowers from elsewhere, selective honey with known medicinal properties is produced. The bees are fed with syrup containing a known amount of additives / substances with medicinal properties, such as hawthorn berry extract. The selective honey produced by the bees will contain a close proportion of the above mentioned medicinal substances, which will give them the healing properties provided by adding the necessary amount of the respective medicinal substances to the syrup. For example, as described in patent application RU2355164, to treat respiratory tract with lucerne supplement, or WO2017013661A1, to relieve pain in certain conditions with cannabinoids.

In order for bees to collect honey only from the feeder and not outside the hive, the hive must have proper temperature and ventilation arrangements and bee movement control. One way to produce selective honey is to provide the bees with the right temperature and ventilation for the working bee. For example, use a hive in which the beehive (nest) floor (31) (honeycomb) with the hive outer varnish (32) is separated from the selective honey production floor (40), the honeycomb and the syrup feeder (41). The construction of such a hive (30) is shown in FIG. 3. In the hive, at least the first two floors (31) are used for collecting nectar in the open air for the bee colony and for routine bee flying (32). Further, on the top of the first floors (31), a height separation segment (33) is provided, comprising a bee outlet (34) with outlets (37) and bee inlet and outlet states (36), an outlet control lever (35), and hive floor ventilation. lattice (38). In addition to the separating segment (33), a mesh can be used which does not allow the female to enter the upper floors of the hive and only passes the bee workers. Further, at least one floor for selective honey collection with the honeycombs (40) is placed on the dividing segment (33). Next, a bee feeder (41) with a wooden grate (42) floating on the surface of the syrup and a bee passage (43) through which the bees move between the feeder (41) and the selective honeycombs (40) are built on these floors. The top of the feeder (41) is permanently covered with a transparent lid (44, such as an organic glass) with an opening (45) having a sieve - the transparent lid (44) allows a short period of time to monitor the bees in the feeder. ), as well as effective ventilation of the upper floors (40) of the hive through the opening (45). Over a long period of time, a lid (hive roof) (48) is placed on top of the transparent lid (44), impermeable to light, heat and humidity, and has a notch corresponding to the syringe topping and vent (45). In such a hive, bees live on the lower floors (40) of a so-called bee nest. During selective honey production, the feeder (41) is filled with the feeding syrup (46), then the bee outlet (34) is opened to allow the bees to reach the heights of the selective honey (40). After collecting sufficient bees on these floors (40), the bee outlet (34) is closed to the bee release state. The bees on the upper floors (40) move only between the feeder (41) and the honeycomb, transferring the syrup collected in the feeder to the honeycomb, and such bee movement continues until the feeder empties or fills the upper floor (40). As the honey harvested from the syrup on the upper floors (41) of the hive matures, the bees themselves pass through the channels (51) of the outlet (34) to the lower floors (31) of the hive.

The bee-discharger (34) is shown in the opposing Fig. 4. Its design differs from the standard design of an 8 or 16 channel outlet (Fig. 4a). The outlet (34) consists of two discs and has two states (Fig. 4b). One disc (34) is a standard circular bee outlet with 8 or 16 output channels (51) and a ventilation grille. Its channels (51) are narrowing, so that the bees can only pass through the outlet channels in one direction. The second disc (39) is fixedly attached to the high hive segment (33) of the hive and has shallow grooves (37) on its inner surface, the arrangement of which corresponds to the channels of the first disc (51). The depth of these grooves (37) is too small for the bee to enter the opening of the groove (37), but if the grooves (37) are aligned with the first disk passages (51), then the bee may enter the separated hive heights (40). In this way, the dispenser (34) has a bee inlet state (Fig. 4c), the second is a bee outlet state (Fig. 4d), and the switching of the states is effected by the lever (35).

The ratio by weight of the components of the bee nutritional syrup may vary within wide limits, depending on the nutritional purpose and the properties of the syrup components. For example, food to support bee health may consist almost entirely of fresh sea buckthorn juice with the addition of a little honey. And when making a honey product with a modified composition, mix 2 kilograms of ground hawthorn berries, 2 kilograms of honey, 2 kilograms of sea buckthorn juice and 1 liter of water. However, this weight ratio may vary depending on whether the hawthorn berries are fresh or dried, the density of the honey, the amount of water added to make the syrup properly liquid for bees to feed, and so on.

Description of the production of the reconstituted honey product. Created a bee product designed to improve people's health and wellness. The following describes the fall production in September, when medicinal plants are harvested and used fresh for production.

Two medicinal plants were chosen for the production of the product: monocot hawthorn and sea buckthorn. The berries of these plants were harvested in the forest area. Hawthorns are known to have healing properties, improve heart function, strengthen blood circulation and have beneficial effects on the nervous system. Sea buckthorn fruits have anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial effect, promote tissue regeneration, strengthen the immune system, used as a remedy for cancer, cardiovascular diseases. From these two plant vitamins, various acids and chemical compounds, the honey product was created by feeding the bees with hawthorn and sea buckthorn syrup in a natural way.

As usual, the bee starts feeding bees before the winter period in August. The selected bee colony, which will then be given medicinal syrup, does not use any anti-tick medicine during this pre-winter feeding. During the month of August, the bees feed on their nest honey for supplies of winter syrup.

At the beginning of September, after all the bees are fully fed before winter, an additional honeydew (for example, an extra hive floor) is placed in the intended hive and the bee feeding syrup with herbal supplements begins.

Collect the fresh hawthorn berries and weigh 2 kilograms of pulverized berries to which 2 kilograms of honey has been added. The berry pulp and honey are then mixed and the mixture is kept for 12 hours at room temperature to allow some of the active hawthorn substance to "pass" into the honey. The resulting mixture is viscous and dense, but due to the action of honey, it gradually liquefies.

It is then squeezed with fresh sea buckthorn juice, which also weighs 2 kilograms. The squeezed fresh juice must be used quickly to prevent fermentation. Next, the mixture of hawthorn and honey is mixed with sea buckthorn juice and the whole mixture is diluted with 1 liter of warm water so that the resulting feeding syrup is sufficiently liquid to be absorbed by the bees. The resulting weight gain of the feeding syrup is 7 kilograms. The resulting feeding syrup is poured into the bee feeder in the hive. The bee of this composition, quantity and weight ratio is fed twice more during the September period. In total, the selected bee colony was fed 3 times, each feeding 7 kilograms of syrup to a total of 21 kilograms of syrup.

In this particular case, since bee nest honey in the hive is not separated from additional honey, some syrup with medicinal herb supplements may also enter the bee nest honey. Part of the medicinal syrup will be consumed by the bees themselves during processing, and the rest of the syrup will be transported to additional honeycombs (honeycombs in frames). Also, a part of the weight of the syrup is lost due to evaporation of water during the honey-carrying and maturation of the honeycombs. At the end of September, 8 kilos of honey product with medicinal herbs (hawthorn and sea buckthorn) were removed from the additionally laid-down honey at the end of September. Yield: 8 kilograms of honey, fed 21 kg. syrup. Compared to other families, this bee family is much more active because it was fed this medicinal syrup. The described technology of bee feeding and honey production is being further developed and researched.

In another variant of such honey production, production takes place in the spring and summer, from March to August. The exact most appropriate period may vary from year to year, depending on natural conditions, bee colony activity and availability of honey. Unlike autumn production, spring-summer syrup is made from dried hawthorn berries and sea buckthorn juice that has been drained and frozen in the autumn. The optimum storage temperature for frozen sea buckthorn juice during winter is minus 20-22 ° C. In this production variant 800 grams of dried and powdered hawthorn berries are mixed with 2 kilograms of honey, then the mixture is kept at room temperature for 12-24 hours. Then add 2 kilograms of quick-thawed sea buckthorn juice and about 2.2 liters of warm water to the mixture. In this way, the mass of the bee feeding syrup is also 7 kilograms, as in the autumn production. The resulting syrup is poured into a feeder in the hive, from which the bees collect the syrup and carry it to the hives. In this production variant, feeding intervals and syrup quantities are expected to be analogous to those in the autumn, but may be subject to change depending on natural conditions and bee activity, which requires monitoring by the beekeeper.

The specific quantities and proportions of the components of the bee feeding syrup (hawthorn, sea buckthorn, honey and water) mentioned above may vary depending on the desired characteristics of the honey product being produced, its intended composition and its accuracy. In terms of production method, the components can be mixed in a variety of proportions that are acceptable and harmless to the bees, so that they eat the syrup and carry it to the hives of the hive.

In still other honey product formulations, single plant supplements may be used to prepare the bee feeding syrup and the syrup components will be mixed in the proportions given in Table 2.

Table 2. Production composition of bee syrup with plant additives and its parts.

Medicinal herb supplement Mass of herbal additive, kg Honey, kg kg Water, mass, kg Syrup yield, mass, kg Fresh hawthorn: ground berry pulp 2 kg 2 kg 1 kg 5 kg Dried hawthorn: ground powder 0.8 kg 2 kg 2.2 kg 5 kg Sea buckthorn: juice, fresh or chilled 2 kg 2 kg 1 kg 5 kg Lemon: Juice 2 kg 2 kg 1 kg 5 kg

Blackcurrants, berries: juice 4 kg 4 kg - 8 kg Nettle: juice 3 kg 1 kg - 4 kg Cucumber: Juice 3 kg 1 kg - 4 kg

Production of honey with mistletoe juice. Bee Honey has been developed as a pilot product to treat human illnesses for which the use of mistletoe is contemplated. Because mistletoe contains poisonous substances, for example, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considered "unsafe", so the use of mistletoe honey is only possible with the guidance of a doctor and under the supervision of an experienced physician.

Only closed production methods 24.5 and 24.6, in which the bees carry the syrup to the bees only in the detached part of the hive and not to the other bees, may be used for the production of honey-based honey-based products. Bee feeding syrup with mistletoe juice is prepared in the proportions given in Table 3.

Table 3. Bee feeding syrup with malt juice and its components.

Medicinal herb supplement Mass of herbal additive, kg Honey, kg kg Water, mass, kg Syrup yield, mass, kg Amalie twig juice 2 kg 3 kg 1 kg 6 kg

Only the sprigs of mistletoe are used for the syrup. Berries are not used because they are poisonous. Feeding is done in the spring and the hives are replenished periodically 3-4 times each with 4-6 kilograms, monitoring the activity of the bee colony and its ability to carry honey.

Claims (6)

A method of maintaining and treating honeybee bee health using a syrup containing a medicinal herb supplement comprising: - preparation of syrup from honey, water and herbal supplement; - feeding, sprinkling or spraying bee with this syrup; characterized in that the medicinal herb supplement is the juice of the sea buckthorn berries with unaltered natural mold and berry oily substances. 2. The method of maintaining and treating honeybee bees according to claim 1, wherein the ratio of the amount of buckthorn berry juice in the syrup fed to healthy and honey-bearing bees is from 0.5% to 40% by weight. 3. A method of maintaining and treating honeybee bee health according to claim 1, wherein the bees are fed periodically with a syrup comprising 80% by weight of fresh sea buckthorn berry juice with 20% by weight of bee honey, without removal of natural mold. 4. A method for maintaining and treating honeybee bees according to claim 1, wherein the bee colonies, which are not fed with syrup according to claims 2 to 3, are periodically sprinkled or sprayed with fresh sea buckthorn berry juice with unaltered natural mold and sea buckthorn berry oil. 5. The method of maintaining and treating honeybee bees according to claim 1, wherein the period of feeding the bees according to claim 3 is from 7 to 10 days or 3-4 times a month. 6. A method for maintaining and treating honeybee bee health according to claim 1, wherein the period of spraying or spraying the bee according to claim 4 is from 7 to 10 days or 3-4 times a month.