Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXIV, Issue 2
Written by Roxana Nicoleta LAZĂR, Daniela MOȚ, Ersilia ALEXA, Marius BOLDEA, Lavinia ȘTEF, Silvia PĂTRUICĂ
The productivity of bee colonies is strongly influenced by genetics and age of the queen, by health status of bee colonies, the honey potential of the area where they are maintained, but also by the meteorological factors that condition the capitalization of the honey source. Scientific research in beekeeping, carried out in recent years, has been aimed at improving the genetics of existing biological material in order to improve productive performance and disease resistance, but also to use technological measures of maintenance to achieve these objectives. The use of essential oils as a technological measure in the stimulation of bee colonies has shown favorable effects on the prolificacy of the queen (essential oils of thyme, basil, oregano, mint, rosemary, juniper), improvement of the health of bees (essential oils of juniper, thyme, basil, oregano, cinnamon) correlated with the increase in honey production.
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