The influence of different types of beehives on the main economically useful signs of honey bees

Theoretical studies were carried out using the monographic method, as well as methods of analysis, systematization, comparison, generalization, decomposition and stratification. The Вестник аграрной науки, 3(102) 2023 DOI: 10.17238/issn2587-666X.2023.3.107 108 Microsoft office application software package was used to analyze digital data. Experimental studies were carried out using standard and private methods of experiment planning. To determine the dependence of the main economic and useful characteristics (accounting for printed brood, honey, perga and wax productivity), the strength of the bee family and the incidence of diseases on the conditions of keeping in different types of bee hives, the methods of assessing the main breeding characteristics of bees set out in the book of scientists of the Research Institute of Beekeeping "Methods of conducting research in beekeeping" were used. The object of research was 12-frame beehives made of polyurethane foam (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) and expanded polystyrene (Lyson, Poland). Scientific novelty. For the first time in the conditions of the Ryazan region, on the Prioksky type of the Central Russian breed of honey bees, the study of the biological characteristics of bee families was carried out when they were kept in hives made of synthetic materials - polyurethane foam and expanded polystyrene. The purpose of the work is to study the biological features of honey bees when they are kept in hives made of PU and PPP. As a result of the conducted research, it was found that bee colonies located in hives made of PU and PPP showed the best results in all measured indicators. The strength of families from the experimental groups at the entire stage of the experiment was higher than in the control group, which affected the increased results of other indicators. The results obtained are of practical interest for beekeeping. Knowledge of the peculiarities of the biological development of bee colonies in hives made of various materials allows to choose the best option for keeping bee colonies.