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Published on: November 15, 2017
Influence of the beehive type on the quality of honey
Zvonimir Tucak1, Marin Periskić, Drago Beslo
1Faculty of Agriculture, University J. J. Strossmayer, Osijek, Croatia.
Abstract:
Agricultural producers apply numerous technological procedures, and enlarging efforts to produce the high-quality products. This initiative is present in the beekeeping, too. The quality of the honey produced by the honey bee colonies depends of various factors, but prevailing are the ecological conditions and the floristic composition of the honeyfull plants. The aim of our research was to discover the influence of the beehive type on the quality of honey, which is produced at apiaries under the similar environmental conditions. The whole studied honey bee colonies belong to the European race, Apis mellifera carnica, and they used the same honeyfull plants pastures. The results indicate that different beehive type used at apiaries influenced on the quality of honey.

