Los tenímos identificados

El AirForceOne reporta buenas fotografías del entorno del huerto de arándanos sembrado con raps/canola  y con ayuda del SIG Regional podemos identificar las propiedades. En total como 450 hectáreas, no menor para 950 colmenas.

Se señala "isla" de invernada bajo campo familia Luchsinger (ptos negros)

je je, sobreposicón de imágenes hace aparecer "tierras usurpadas" (el rojo son títulos de merced).

La temperatura ha estado muy baja pero no ha sido aún necesario usar el control de heladas.

Todas las colmenas fueron alzadas y comenzamos un plan de movimientos de colmenas para desorientarlas y ver si logramos mayor fidelidad con los arándanos. En todo caso la cuaja se ve bonita y hay muchas corolas lista a caer que engañan la observación de demanda. Las abejas no son weonas y no van a ir a aquellas flores que no estén nectándo.

De una lista se discute (en ingles) como derretir la miel granulada de canola/raps.


Honey Granulated in the comb
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Honey from oilseed rape and other members of the Cruciferae family of plant will granulate very quickly and for that reason it should be extracted as soon as it is sealed. Sometimes a beekeeper may be unaware that such crops are in his vicinity and at the end of the summer will find combs solid with granulated honey and quite impossible to extract. Undoubtedly, this is a tedious problem which takes time and equipment to deal with. Perhaps the simplest approach is to cut out all of the granulated combs from their frames and to chop them up in a bowl into small fragments an inch or two square this is then transferred to a 28lb tin which is placed in a heating cabinet maintained at a temperature of about 125F. After 24 hrs the honey will be liquefied and can be poured out, filtered, and bottled in the usual way. Some advocate using a higher temperature of about 160F until the wax melts. The tin is then cooled quickly when the wax will solidify as a cake on the surface of the liquefied honey which can be poured off. The method is satisfactory providing that honey is exposed to these high temperatures for the minimum time necessary. However, the HMF content of the honey will undoubtedly be raised and it would be advisable to used the honey at an early date -

p.41, Honey Marketing, Harry Riches, 1989.

125 °F = 51.7 °C