Italian bee
Body Color of workers of Italian bee yellow or golden. Proboscis 6.4-6.7 mm. Fertility 2.5 thousand ewes. Eggs per day. Comes from Italy. сurrently, the Italian bee the most common in the world.
In our country, these bees and their hybrids are common in the Central Asian republics. Resistant to many diseases. Swarming moderate, peace-loving, adventurous to finding the source of honey collection and easily switch from the worst to the best honey plants.
When the honey harvest, the Italian bee honey folded first into the shopping part of the nest, and then the brood. Honey Signet heterogeneous, mixed. Bees are stealing, but their nest is well-protected from other thieves bees.
Krajina bee or Karnik
Body Color Karnik's bees gray with a silvery hue. Proboscis 6.4-6.8 mm. Weight fetal ewes 205 mg. Maximum productivity is 1.4-2.0 thousand. Eggs per day.
The natural habitat of bees Krajina regions of the former Southern and Eastern Alps, Austria. Currently Karnika found widespread in many countries, including our country.
In Krainka's bees as it combines the features of the Carpathian mountains and gray Caucasian. They are more winter hardy than the Caucasian, but much inferior to this feature Srednerussky. They differ tranquility and peacefulness.
Quickly develop in spring and therefore effectively use early honey plants. little swarm (3 to 30%). Easily switch of the swarm in the operating state with the worst honey crop source for the best. Fold the first honey in the brood of the nest, and then to the empty honeycombs. Good pollinate red clover.
Carpathian breed
Body color gray Carpathian bees. Proboscis worker bees 6.3-7.0 mm. Weight average fetal ewes 205 mg, 1.8 thousand fertility. Eggs per day. The natural habitat the Carpathians and their foothills.
Carpathian bees are common in some regions of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus. Bees differ peacefulness, good winter hardiness, low swarming, high productivity, and dry signet honey, mostly white.
The gray mountain Caucasian breed
The body color of the Caucasian mountain bees, gray. Proboscis 7.2 mm the largest of all species of bees. Weight fetal ewes of about 200 mg. Maximum productivity is 1.5 thousand eggs per day.
The area of the foothills and mountainous regions of the Caucasus.
Gray Caucasian bee easily switch from one type of honey plants on the other. Fold the first honey in the brood of the nest, and then into an empty honeycombs.
It is highly entrepreneurial in finding new sources of honey collection or poorly protected against theft of bee nests, but their nests from feed theft are well protected.
The gray mountain Caucasian bees is very easy to switch from the operating state to swarm.
