Innovative Techniques in the Mechanization of Beekeeping

The innovative development of the agro-industrial complex determines the need for mechanization of all sectors, including beekeeping, through the creation and implementation of technologically interconnected machines and beekeeping equipment. Together, they must ensure the crowding out of manual labor at all stages of production and processing of bee products, create comfortable working conditions, and relieve beekeepers of manual loading of beehives during the nomadic period. Ultimately, the stress load on the bees will decrease and honey collection will increase. The aim of the research was to study the level of mechanization in Russian beekeeping and develop proposals for the technological transformation of the industry. In the course of the research, a scientific substantiation of the principles of industrial beekeeping was formulated, based on the use of the most rational methods of beekeeping. Due to the mechanization of labor-intensive processes (selection and distribution of honeycombs, pumping and processing honey, the use of mobile honey-pollinating complexes), it is possible to simplify the maintenance of bees and achieve high labor productivity.