Brood (honey bee)

As a brood chamber of beekeepers is the area of a prey ( habitation of bees ) in which to honeycomb brood rearing occurs.

On the honeycomb of the brood chamber is the brood nest. Its extension is subject to seasonal fluctuations, and developmental and reached at about the time of the Summer Solstice peaked. The installation of the brood nest begins in the spring in the center of the former winter seat in the immediate vicinity of the inventories. Be on the honeycomb around the brood in a wide rim pollen (than protein stock ), and subsequently created a store of honey. Often the pollen stores can also be found just beside and below the brood. Generally one can say that the brood nest, if permitted by the dwelling, is always created spherical. The sphere has the smallest surface area of all bodies, and the bees can thus heat with the least expenditure of energy their brood to the necessary constant brood nest temperature of 35 ° C ± 1 degree.

From the month of May of the brood chamber for storage of many collected honey from is no longer enough. With the use of modern magazine Booties this another frame is placed over the brood chamber, called the honey super. In today's old-fashioned rear treatment Booty another room is shared as honey super above the brood chamber and equipped with honeycomb.

Frequently between the brood chamber and honey super ( the top of the booty) is placed a guard rail. This has a mesh size that allows normal bees from slipping through, but the larger queen blocking the entrance. The advantage is that the queen can not lay their eggs in the honeycomb, so go during the spin cycle no bee larvae or eggs in the honey. In some cases, the colony takes the honey room separated by the barrier fence or only poorly, and large amounts of honey can not be stored as required in the honey room but in the brood chamber.

Depending on the strength of the bee colony, bee race, climatic conditions and Booty type ( Rähmchengröße ), but is first extended by a frame before mounting the honey space, the brood chamber. The bees store larger quantities of honey, as at a costume always arise a over the brood. Here, the rising from the brood nest heat to evaporate the beginning still high proportion of water is exploited in honey.

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