METHOD FOR YEAR-ROUND USAGE OF BEE FAMILIES Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A01K51/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: method for year-round usage of bee families includes summary set of summer and winter period stage. Operations of winter period includes the following operations: preparation for keeping in hothouse, pollination of hothouse crops in winter period, feeding with liquid carbohydrate fodder and protein fodder, watering with fresh and salted water, additional nutrition with stimulating additives, stimulating operations of constant ozonisation of sugar syrup till concentration of 0.09…0.11 mg/l in process of bees feeding in winter period under conditions of protected ground. Preparation for summer period includes the following operations: constant ozonisation of drinking water till concentration of 0.08…0.09 mg/l in process of preparation for summer season at apiary, feeding of bees with honey and protein fodder, additional nutrition with stimulating additives, watering with fresh and salted water at apiary, collection of honey in warm period under natural conditions, preparation of family for winter stay.

EFFECT: improved efficiency of method.