I‘AILE 11.1

5&5 FURAGE sPEclEs TABLILATED FDR SEASON AND TVPE 0F HONEV (COOL TEMPERM’E CLIMATE]

 

 

 

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and exhahng rn abonl a l 2 rruoure rhyrhrn Ai hlye
remperarures are nonnally hagh lal ibvul 2P0. so hm.-
msulsrron m eold wearher rs rmpoelanl, and rn
Denmark bees are overewmkrcd ln rharehed sure
areas, or srored rn msulaled hrye houses in olher pans
ol :oeope Conyersely, m anas or hor summers, hryes
need shade and good yenrllahon, or honey rs losr as
energy used in eoolmg llannmgl hy rhe hrye.

A<<ess ro wares ls mosl salely arhreved oy providrng
mked mors or nesslan al pond edges, so rhar bees
eannor dmwn whlle drmhlng, and small ponds or
leoughs lree ol dragonrlres give less losses lhan large
poms rwhere dragonlhes are elhnenr predarors).

llavrng designed rhe physlfil oorlrne or a bee range
lwhleh in rnuh resemble any wul—lek-mi lam), rhen
loeal lrsrs or honey planrs ean he ennsulled lor
parhsldes, road verges, hedgerow, and (must, ll repays
rhe beekeeper ro do rarelrrl reseanh mln bee lorage
speeres. We eoold handrly drvrde lrrrages lnlo early,
mrd, and lale season [or o good spread or yreld, and
agarn mm elassreal, bulk, and special honeys and
pollens lor mlxmg and speerlre marlrer Some elassreal
lhrghly prelerredr honeys are "haiku" honeys lsage,
rhyme, earmmr, rosemaryl, pme nee or basiwnod mlro
spp.l honeys rn Europe and lhe USA; marsh ropeln
honeys lsuorroplesl, lea|herwood lsrmyplrul hows ol
Chile and Tasmania, and errros honeys

Bulk honeys surlahle lor hlendlng denye lrorn
elovers, euralyprs, Amour, lreld erops sheh as musurd
and buckwheal, lmll erop usually lrorn lhe lamrly
Roseanne lolaeldaerry, rospherry, ippkl). and ~rnlxed
garden huney‘

Spenal pollens axe lhoseeolleered lrom planrs such as
some Anna and goldenrod, rhe pollens nl whreh rrray
cause asrhma il mhaled by suseeplrole people. Earen,
lhese honeysos pollens llrlre |M young loaves or poison
my and polson oak) ao ro prevenl allergre reaerron

Thus, the eeleenon ol rouge speeres eon oe enrered
mvo a 3 x 3 ubk, as m Table m, lor any pnnseolar sue
and rhmare

lr ls hesl ro have :5 mam lnrage speoes over KM
whul: reason, as speeres sueh as (lover and eoealypes
may vary rn yield lrorn year ro year Smululy, pollen
spreles are seleered on rho same hasrs, and pollen rraps
rrrred ro rhe hryes ar penodsol hrgh yreld. Hlvs should
ywld abonl KM same welghr ol pollen as honey, and lhe
larrer pro rdes a hlghrpxolelll addurve ro my llours or
srarehy loods

amen rhar we have desrgned a range lor bees, lhen
rhe same areas presenrs a umoue opponunlry ro grow
:Tnpsiespetlally seed crops—dependenr on hee
polllnalron 5oeh emps are klwilmll, any hramhle
oeeny, rmalllruu, muslaros and Bmsslrts, elovevs, apples
or pmne lnnrs, huehwhear, Amen, srone prne, and so
on Craps wl|hln a mrle ol hrves wlll ouryreld mp m
pee-delmnr areas oy a lanor or sew hmes

Thus, we can shelsh our rhe essenoal goons: plan ol
an exeellenr hoe lann. whrch would else and idmfly be
a produerron larm lor hurls and seedelrlgure 12.11)

poulmr RANGE
The lwo baslc breeds ol model-n chkkm are lhe '13!”
and hoary breeds Lrghl breeds denve lrom spenlsh
aneeslors, and probably rrorn lndo—M-Ilynan ,ungle
lowl They ore lhghey, poor rnorhers, lay whrre eggs ln
sprrng and summer, me eold and wmd sensroye, and
pmter sandy or lrghl sorls ol hlgh pH These hreeds
have long legs. lull eornbs, iuur loes, are lighfly
rearhered, oleen poms wink ear lobes, and my well.
we know them by rherr older Medhenanesn names ol
Aneonas, Andalnsldns, Mmoreas. leghorns. and more
rnrely ey norrhern European names sueh as
Hamburghs

Heavy hreeds derrve lrom chrnese lowl, vra
aneesrors such as are langshan. They are norreellers rl
nor ehaseo, excellem mothers, lay brown eggs rn
summer and lukumn (even rhrough wlnrer), are hardy
lo eold and wllld, and rolerare elny and add sous Many
have heavy realheelng, ehon and Somfilms resumed
legs, shorl eomros or "rose combs”, lrve lees, and
pom namas denyeo [mm nonher-n Bump: such as
Seors bumpy, Orprnglon, Dorlrlng lol Engllsh lame);
orhers haye names lrorn hveedsdeveloped ln European
rolonres, mm as Wymdone, Rhode lsland Red.
l-lyrnoulh Rock, and Australorp

selween rhese breeds. and a lew exulk speeles
developed rn Soolh Amenra lhraoeana), we oan seleer
honr 60—160 breeds (or speoll-le soils, sues, loodsrulrs,
and errher egg or rnear prodoerron, or hoeh lurlllly
breeds), ln laymg hens, lseerange lloeh averages or
lzo-lso eggs per hen per year would be nonnal lor
heayy breeds, wrrh rare ayerages ol IBOeZDU, whlk liglu
err-eds sueh as Hamburglu and laghoms ean usually
produce horn romeo lloeh average. mnsnessed lloelo
on range wl|| eononoe ro lay lrom tee years. whereas
eaged anrmals wear on under lmwd regimes of llghl

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