Druzhbyak A. Productive effect of the type of feed on the functional condition of honey bees in the process of preparation and wintering

In the dissertation theoretically substantiated and experimentally proved the efficiency of high-intensity feeding of bee families to wintering, improving the wintering process due to the use of sugar syrup as a feed stock of bees processed by bees. The quality of winter fodder preparation depending on the intensity of feeding of sugar syrup has been studied. A comparative estimation of the influence of the process of forering and other factors of functional activity of working families of the family, right before the period of the hypobiosis, on the physiological state of the winter generation of insects was carried out. The dependence of the intensity of consumption of feed stocks, the dynamics of fecal load during wintering on the strength of the family and conditions of detention was studied. The possibility and effectiveness of maintaining an optimal microclimate during wintering of bee families in closed insulated areas and reducing due to this consumption of feed is established. New data were obtained regarding the relationship between the type of winter fodder and the amount of fecal load, the activity of catalase of the rectal glands of bees and the concentration of mineral substances in the contents of the rectum.