EFFECT OF VARIANT APIARIES ON THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THE HONEYBEES COLONY APIS MELLIFERA L. IN WINTER.

This work investigates the effect of the surrounding environmental conditions during winter on a number of beehives inside three different apiaries (closed, half-closed, and open) designed for beekeeping under cold conditions. The closed apiary maintains the acquired temperatures and appropriate humidity better compared to the half-closed and open apiaries, where the average temperature and humidity inside the beehives were (21.85 °C, 67%), (18 °C, 78.33%) and (19.26°C, 82.33%) respectively during the experimental period. The results did not show any significant differences among the apiaries' beehives with regard to honey, pollen, and brood area. However, the closed apiary was found to be more active than the rest of the apiaries, as the average brood area was (36.00 sq. in.), the total amount of honey consumption was (176 sq. in.), and the maximum consumption of pollen found at the end of January 2020 was (29 sq. in.), compared to the half-closed and open apiaries, where the average brood area was (32.93, 35.33 sq. in.), honey consumption (95.7, 172.4 sq. in.) and pollen consumption (24.66, 28.67 sq. in.) respectively. In addition, the closed apiary and its beehives outperformed the rest of the apiaries and their beehives in terms of the daily temperature and humidity when taking the hourly records per day. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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