METHOD FOR ENHANCING BEES IMMUNITY Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC A01K53/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to beekeeping, in particular, to a method for enhancing bees immunity. Method involves feeding sugar syrup or candy with organic top dressing containing pine extract, an acid source, a stabilizer and water to bee families in spring and autumn. Additionally, during the wintering season on unfavorable weather days and in case of insufficient feed base with interval of 5 days for 30 days, an organic top dressing of not more than 10 ml per 1 kg of sugar syrup or candy is fed into a bee family. Acid source used in the additional dressing is succinic acid, and the stabilizer used is polyethylene glycol-9. Ingredients in the additional fertilizer are contained in the following ratio, wt%: pine extract 3.5–4.0, succinic acid 1.0–1.1, polyethylene glycol-9 45.0–45.5, water – the rest.

EFFECT: invention provides higher immune status of bees and activation of metabolic processes due to interaction of components of additional fertilizing.

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