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00:00My name is Jaspal Singh. I work as a Principal Entomologist at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
00:10Sir, as the winter season is going on, the consumption of honey is less compared to normal days.
00:16Especially in winter, people consume more honey in winter.
00:19Yes.
00:20And if we talk about the reproduction of honeybees, how can honeybees reproduce in winter?
00:27And how much production is there in Punjab? What varieties are there?
00:31Can you tell us about that, sir?
00:33Of course, honey can be consumed throughout the year.
00:41But as you said, the consumption of honey increases in winter.
00:44Because it gives energy to our body and has many other benefits for our health.
00:50As far as the variety is concerned, the honeybees that are being kept in our country,
00:56especially in Punjab, are of the Italian variety, which we call Malifera.
01:04It is one of the varieties that we keep.
01:07Now, in Punjab, and in many other provinces of India, honeybees are being kept.
01:13And this variety produces very good honey.
01:17Our honeybees are being kept for the sake of their hard work and for the sake of the techniques developed by the university.
01:26Honeybees have been kept on very large trees.
01:30And as a result of this, 20,000 metric tons of honey is being produced in Punjab.
01:39And if we look at India, Punjab has about 14% of this contribution.
01:47Although, if we look at the region, it is only 1.5%.
01:51So, according to this, Punjab has a very large contribution in the production of honey.
01:55Doctor, as it is the season of winter, the flowers are being cut off a lot, especially for the bees.
02:04So, how is it kept during these days, and how is the management done?
02:10As we see, according to the season, we also try to save our body from the cold by eating and staying at home.
02:22Similarly, honeybees also feel the effect of heat and cold.
02:29Especially, maintaining the body temperature is a big problem.
02:34Because, when we talk about Punjab in winter, the temperature of 5-7 degrees can be reached at night.
02:45Whereas, honeybees have to maintain a temperature of 34 degrees inside.
02:50So, this is a very long distance.
02:53So, if we make the right arrangements, then the honeybees will have a better result in maintaining this temperature.
03:02And the effect of this is seen in the production of honey by the family of honeybees.
03:11And the very first thing we have to do in this is to keep the bees of the honeybees away from the sun.
03:20We do this in the beginning of winter, so that the bees are kept away from the sun as much as possible.
03:26Because, when the bees are kept away from the sun, we also feel that even if the temperature is high, we feel cold.
03:32Similarly, the family of bees also feels cold.
03:36The children of the bees are kept away from the sun to maintain the temperature.
03:40As a result of this, the number of new bees is increasing.
03:46And the number of bees is also increasing.
03:50The second thing we have to do is, when the season of winter starts,
03:57we have to make sure that there is sufficient food for the bees.
04:04We have to make sure that there is sufficient food for the bees.
04:10Especially in the months of December and January, the bees are kept away from the sun for a long time.
04:17And when the bees are kept away from the sun for a long time, they do not get a chance to come out and work.
04:23So, when the bees are kept away from the sun for a long time, they do not get a chance to come out and work.
04:31So, we have to keep them away from the sun.
04:34We have to leave food for them.
04:36If the bees do not have enough honey, we have to make a well of honey and water.
04:43We have to make a well of honey and water.
04:45This is just to save the bees from the cold.
04:47This is just to save the bees from the cold.
04:50The third important thing we have to do to save the bees from the cold is to give them winter packing.
04:59Winter packing is a very cheap and durable method.
05:03Winter packing is a very cheap and durable method.
05:05In winter packing, there are 10-16 hives.
05:16In winter packing, there are 10-16 hives.
05:17If 10-16 hives are kept away from the bees, then there are so many bees in them that their temperature can be maintained very well.
05:26But if there are 6-7 frames of bees, then there is no space in them.
05:31But if there are 6-7 frames of bees, then there is no space in them.
05:32The temperature of the empty space is maintained.
05:36The temperature of the empty space is maintained.
05:37The bees get more energy.
05:38The bees get more energy.
05:39So, what we do is that we put a cover on the empty space and put a net in the newspaper.
05:49So, in the first season of winter, the net is easily available.
05:54So, in the first season of winter, the net is easily available.
05:58And there is no need to spend a lot.
06:01But if the bee families are very weak, we have made a recommendation from the university that they should be strengthened if the bees are very weak.
06:09But if the bees are very weak, we have made a recommendation from the university that they should be strengthened if the bees are very weak.
06:13But if we feel that the queen has a lot of hives and we have to save them and the family has only 4-5 frames of bees,
06:22We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
06:30We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
06:32We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
06:34We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
06:36We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
06:38We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
06:40We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
06:42We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
06:44We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
06:46We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
06:48We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
06:50We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
06:52We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
06:54We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
06:56We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
06:58We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
07:00We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
07:02We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
07:04We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
07:06We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
07:08We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
07:10We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
07:12We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
07:14We also have a stand under the hive to protect it from the cold.
07:16When the bees get honey from the white bees,
07:18When the bees get honey from the white bees,
07:20from November to mid-December,
07:22from November to mid-December,
07:24it is the beginning of winter.
07:26it is the beginning of winter.
07:28They need space.
07:30If we give them a roof with proper planning,
07:32If we give them a roof with proper planning,
07:34they keep getting honey in it.
07:36they keep getting honey in it.
07:38But if we think that we should find a common bed
07:40and give them 3-4 empty roofs,
07:42that would be a problem.
07:44That would be macroscopic.
07:46Because if we give too many empty rooms,
07:48it becomes very difficult to keep temperature in the same empty place.
07:50So planning becomes important in every job.
07:52Planning becomes important in every job.
07:54So for example,
07:56In keeping honeybees,
07:58we also need to keep bees away from cold.
08:00We have to make sure that bees don't get wet.
08:02We have to make sure that bees don't get wet.
08:04We have to make sure that bees don't get wet.
08:06The bees should be completely dry before they get attacked.
08:10The length of the geotextile dummy board
08:12We have to buy a dummy board so that the bees don't get entangled in the net.
08:18If they do, they will get entangled and die.
08:22We can prevent that.
08:24If we don't have a dummy board, we can buy an empty roof.
08:30We can pack the empty part of the roof.
08:35We can use the remaining part of the roof to collect honey.
08:43We can do that in a better way.
08:47We have to keep the bees in the hive during winters.
08:53We have to make sure that we keep them 3 feet away from the hive every day.
08:59We can't keep them 15-20 feet away from the hive.
09:05If we do this, the bees will find their homes in the hive.
09:11If we don't do this, the bees will get entangled in the net.
09:16We shouldn't think that the bees will get entangled in the net.
09:21It can be harmful.
09:23If the beekeeper hasn't thought about this before,
09:27if a bee attack happens in one or two hives,
09:32some of the bees are sitting on top of the bees.
09:36If the bees get entangled in the net, it will be a problem.
09:41We have to be very careful.
09:43We have to keep the bees 3 feet away from the hive.
09:49It is often seen that honey is frozen in winters.
09:52People say that this is a sign of fake honey.
09:55Do you think that the real honey freezes?
09:58Yes, this is a misconception among people.
10:04They think that frozen honey is fake.
10:07I would like to say that 100% pure honey can also freeze.
10:13There are some reasons why it freezes.
10:16First of all, the temperature drops.
10:18When the temperature drops from 14 degrees,
10:20the honey freezes.
10:22Also, when the honey comes from the bees,
10:25the amount of glucose in it increases.
10:28The natural nature of glucose is that it tries to freeze.
10:32When the temperature drops in the winter,
10:35glucose is also a food product.
10:38So, it is not a big deal that the honey from the bees freezes.
10:42100% pure honey can also freeze.
10:45There is no need to doubt that it is fake.
10:49We send it to foreign countries.
10:52Many countries eat frozen honey.
10:56We think that it is a food product.
11:01But if someone thinks that it is not a food product,
11:04then we put it in hot water.
11:07Then it becomes liquid.
11:09We would like to say that
11:14eat frozen honey.
11:17It has a very good taste and flavor.
11:21The more we heat the honey,
11:24the better it tastes.
11:27So, eat frozen honey.