Organic beekeeping
What is organic beekeeping?
Organic beekeeping is beekeeping practiced in clean areas, without intensive agriculture. Beekeeping without the use of synthetic drugs and sweeteners for feeding bees is called organic beekeeping.
Environmental (organic) apiculture products
Products that occur in organic beekeeping are:
- Organic honey.
- Organic bee pollen.
- Organic royal jelly.
- Organic beeswax.
- Organic propolis.
Major role in Organic beekeeping plays beekeeper which selects the area for growing technology bees, their treatment, ways of extracting and other bee products.
The choice of location for the keeping of bees
In organic apiculture very important is the choice of location for beekeeping - the place which will be placed the bees. It is very important to the area is clean, near which are industrial enterprises. Close to bee gardens must not develop intensive agriculture, as in conventional agriculture using fertilizers, pesticides and herbetsides which pollute the environment and hence honey. The decline in intensive agriculture in Bulgaria after 1989. in Bulgaria along with its negative consequences, opened a space to organic farming and organic beekeeping in particular in Bulgaria, something in Western Europe can only dream of his. .
Bee gardens of Troyamed are located in debrite of Troyan Balkan, in one of the most pure ecological regions in Bulgaria and that we can offer high quality organic honey and organic apiculture products.
Technology for rearing bees
In conventional (ordinary) beekeeping fuel is usually the bees with sugar or other sweeteners. In beekeeping only organic food, which is fed bees nectar plants and organic honey, which they themselves have produced. In this technology yields of apiculture products are not high, but the quality of products is quite different.
Organic beekeeping in need of replacement wax in hives because in wax accumulate harmful synthetic chemicals in conventional production.
Treatment of bees
In organic apiculture kept strong beecolonis which largely alone cope with disease. And use biological agents and homeopathic disease.
Extraction of bee products:
In the extraction of organic honey and other organic products are basic principles:
- Absence of contamination in honey and bee products.
- Extraction of the products must flow in harmony with family life of bees - bees should not be stressed.
Basic requirements for organic bee-keeping:
- In organic apiary work as possible in a closed system, relying entirely on their own resources.
- A sustained high productivity of bee colonies.
- Produce quality organic apiculture products - are properly handled and stored so as not to deteriorate their quality. They are safe for humans and bees .
- Bees, their activities and the intervention of man in harmony.
- To protect the environment.
- Mimimum limited to the use of energy sources and fuels.
Apiary organic activity is regulated by law and is controlled by the certifying organization.
Control the certified organization certifies that pchelaryat practice beekeeping and organic products which are produced organic apiculture products.