UČIMO STRANE JEZIKE

ONCE UPON A TIME…

Once upon a time, in a serene countryside nestled between rolling hills and vibrant wildflowers, there lived a humble and kind-hearted man named Oliver. Oliver was a passionate beekeeper who had inherited his love for bees from his ancestors. He cherished the gentle buzz of the bees, the golden honey they produced, and the vital role they played in the ecosystem.

Oliver’s days began at dawn, clad in his protective suit, tending to his buzzing companions. With patience and care, he nurtured the beehives, ensuring their health and happiness. He spoke to the bees in a soft, soothing tone, believing they could sense his affection.

Under Oliver’s gentle stewardship, the bees thrived, creating exquisite honey that was sought after throughout the region. But Oliver’s love for bees extended beyond the sweet nectar they produced; he understood the essential role they played in pollinating flowers, fruits, and crops, contributing to the balance of nature.

One day, an unexpected challenge arose. A nearby farmer faced a decline in crop yield due to the absence of bees for pollination. Hearing of this plight, Oliver felt compelled to help. He collaborated with the farmer, bringing his beehives to the fields, allowing the industrious bees to work their magic.

With the bees’ diligent efforts, the crops flourished once again, yielding an abundant harvest. Grateful for Oliver’s assistance, the farmer expressed his admiration for the harmonious relationship between the beekeeper and his bees.

Word spread about Oliver’s dedication and the miraculous impact of his bees. People from neighboring towns sought his guidance, and he willingly shared his knowledge, teaching them the art of beekeeping and the importance of preserving bee populations.

As time passed, Oliver’s reputation as a beekeeper who fostered harmony between humans and nature grew. He became a beacon of inspiration, advocating for sustainable beekeeping practices and raising awareness about the crucial role of bees in maintaining the environment’s delicate balance.

Through his passion, empathy, and commitment to the well-being of bees, Oliver not only transformed the lives of those around him but also became a guardian of the buzzing creatures he so deeply cherished. His story echoed throughout the countryside, inspiring a new generation of beekeepers dedicated to preserving and protecting these vital pollinators.

And so, Oliver’s legacy lived on, a testament to the profound impact one person’s love and care for bees could have on the world.

As the sun set over the hills, the tranquil hum of the bees echoed Oliver’s enduring message: that by nurturing nature, we nurture ourselves, fostering a harmonious relationship that sustains life itself.

SOURCE: FB-group „I love Bees“

THE EU PARLIAMENT LET YOU DOWN – NO PESTICIDE REDUCTION LAW!

No new law to reduce pesticide use. That is what the majority of the European Parliament voted for on November 22. No protection or restoration of nature, no extra protection of farmers and citizens against dangerous pesticides. Most conservatives, liberals and far right and some social democrats listened to the lobby of the chemical industry. They seriously weakened the proposal by making pesticide reduction non-binding, by lowering targets, by deleting the obligation to use alternatives to avoid pesticide use and by weakening rules for sensitive areas and not including serious buffer zones. The final proposal was so weak it didn’t make it.

They neglected the advice of thousands of scientists. They didn’t listen to millions of citizens.They didn’t listen to you. Now the pesticide reduction proposal from the EU Commission fell off the table. It was not perfect, even weak in some aspects, but it will take years before there is a new one. In the meantime farmers and citizens are exposed, Parkinson’s disease is on the rise, water is polluted and biodiversity collapse continues.

 To stop this we have to expose the harm and resort to court cases like the one below. Please support us. If you’re interested in regular updates on pesticides you can subscribe to this free newsletter.

 We will update you on the details of the vote in the next newsletter.

We’re very sorry we had to bring you this bad news. Stop Glyphosate – We go to court and we need your help

 The European Commission has given the green light to 10 more years of glyphosate. A disaster for health, biodiversity, soil and water. Many independent scientific studies show these dangers. To re-approve glyphosate is a violation of the EU Pesticide Law that says that health and environment should go first. In case of substantial doubt, the precautionary principle has to be applied.

 So Pesticide Action Network Europe, together with our members Générations Futures, Global2000, PAN Germany and PAN Netherlands will fight this decision in court.

• We are specialists in hazards and risks of pesticides, the regulations and EU pesticide law
• We work with a network of renowned scientific experts
• We work with a dedicated and specialised legal team
• We have exposed gaps between the pesticide law and its implementation by authorities like EFSA and ECHA and the national institutions
• We fought and won important cases in the EU Court of Justice

ECI Save Bees and Farmers info@savebeesandfarmers.eu

STUFFED DATES WITH HONEY

INGREDIENTS: 25 dates, 30 gr. walnuts, 20 gr. Sesame, 30 gr. white almonds, 1/2 tbsp. Cinnamon, 2 tbsp. forest honey, Grate an organic orange, 1 tbsp. butter at room temperature, Betel, 30 gr. peanuts from Aegina

DIRECTIONS: Roast the almonds, walnuts and sesame seeds in a pan without oil. Leave them to cool and mix with the cinnamon, honey and orange zest. Finely chop them with a blender and mix them with the butter. Open the dates with a knife lengthwise in two and remove the stone. Fill each date with the mixture and close it. Finely chop the pistachios, mix them with the coconut and put them on  the dates.

PILAF WITH NUTS, HONEY AND RAISINS

INGREDIENTS: 330 gr. rice, 1 tbsp. Salt, 900 ml vegetable broth, 3 tbsp. olive oil, 100 gr. whitened almonds, 100 gr. raisins, 100 gr. dried apricots, coarsely chopped, 100 gr. dates, coarsely chopped, 100 gr. walnuts, 30 gr. Gojiberry, 5 tbsp. flower honey

DIRECTIONS: Boil the vegetable broth with salt. Add the rice and simmer on low heat for 20 minutes. At the same time, heat the olive oil in a pan and roast the almonds, walnuts, raisins, apricots, and dates for 5-10 minutes over medium heat. Add the honey, mix well and add the mixture to the rice for the last five minutes.

KNAFEH WITH HONEY

INGREDIENTS: 500 gr. Kadaifi, 200 gr. butter, 250 gr. Mozzarella, 200 gr. anthotyro cheese, 4 tbsp. Pine honey, 200 gr. water, 1 tbsp. lemon juice, 1 tbsp. rosewater, 200 gr. drain yoghurt, 200 gr. grated Aigina pistachios

DIRECTIONS: Cut the Kadaifi with scissors in the folds, put it in a pan and separate it. Divide it into two parts. Melt the butter being careful not to burn it and pour over the Kadaifi. Stir well to go the butter everywhere. Butter a baking tray or a 30 cm pyrex and spread half the Kadaifi. Cut the mozzarella into pieces and mix it with the drain yogurt and cream cheese. Spread the layer of cheese everywhere and cover with the rest of the Kadaifi. Squeeze well to make it as compact as possible. Bake in a preheated oven, at 160 degrees for 50 minutes until golden brown. Then boil the water with honey and lemon, for 5 minutes and leave it to cool. Once you take the kataifi out of the oven, pour the syrup over it and sprinkle it with Aegina peanuts.

RICE WITH SAFFRON AND HONEY

INGREDIENTS: 200 gr. basmati rice, 1 1/2 liters of water, 3 grains of cardamom, 1 tbsp. Safran, 4 tbsp. rose water, Salt, 3 tbsp. flower honey, 2 tbsp. Ghee butter

DIRECTIONS: Soak the cardamom and saffron in rose water. Put 1 1/2 liters of water to boil together with a teaspoon of salt and as soon as it boils, add the rice and let it boil on a medium heat for 10 minutes. Drain the rice and mix it well with the honey. Heat the Ghee butter in the same pot, add the rice and the flavored rosewater and mix. Then cover the pot with a clean towel and the  lid and leave the rice for another 15 minutes on low heat.

NOODLES WITH MISO-GINGER-DRESSING

INGREDIENTS: Miso-Dressing, Juice of 2 oranges, 1 piece of Ginger 2 cm, grated, 2 tbsp. Miso, 3 tbsp. rice vinegar, 2 tbsp. forest honey, 1 tbsp. soy, Salt Pepper, Sesame, 2 tbsp. rapeseed oil

DIRECTIONS: Mix all the ingredients together and beat them with a wire and make the dressing.

NOODLES INGREDIENTS:  500 gr. Noodles, 4 carrots, 300 gr. Edamame, 2 tbsp. Sesame

DIRECTIONS: Boil the Noodles al dente and drain. Boil Edamame in boiling water for about 5 minutes. Peel, grate it and slice the carrots in strips. Heat a little oil in a wide pan, add the carrots and Edamame, fry for 2 minutes and add the Noodles with the Miso dressing. Continue for another 2 to 3 minutes, sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve.

SWEETPOTATO WITH HONEY AND SESAME “DAIGAKUIMO”

INGREDIENTS: 2 large sweet potatoes, 2 tbsp. Pine honey, 1 tbsp. Sesame, Salt, Sunflower oil for the pan

DIRECTIONS:  Wash the sweet potatoes and cut them into 2 cm cubes. Fry them in plenty of hot sunflower oil until softened for about 5 minutes. Drain the potatoes using kitchen paper. Heat the honey with a tablespoon of water, put the potatoes in a bowl, add a little salt and pour the honey syrup over them.

SOURCE: https://eubeehoney.eu/

THE BEE’S KNEES COCKTAIL

(recipe from Holeman & Finch in Atlanta, Georgia)

INGREDIENTS: 1 3/4 oz. gin (preferably „St. George Spirits“), 3/4 oz. lemon juice, ½ oz. honey syrup (recipe below), 2 dashes celery bitters (preferably „Bitter Truth“

PREPARATION: Combine ingredients in a mixing glass and add ice. Shake thoroughly and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

PREPARATION FOR THE HONEY SYRUP: Combine 1 part water with 1 part honey in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the honey dissolves.

RESOURCES: https://gardenandgun.com/

DID YOU KNOW? Bees’ lives are measured in days, not years. During the first three days of a bee’s life, a worker bee is a chamber maid cleaning brood cells, but she will spend 20 percent of her day resting and 20 percent walking around. After age four, as her hypopharyngeal glands start secreting brood food, she becomes a nurse. By age 12, she knows how to sting and she goes to work in food storage, evaporating nectar to make it honey, packing pollen, building comb, and helping guard the hive entrance. At age 20, she’s ready for danger – ous work outside the hive, gathering pollen, nectar, water, and resin. By the time she’s 28, she has worn her wings ragged and worked herself to death. (from “Dr. Jamoke’s Little Book of Hitherto Uncompiled Facts and Curiosities Regarding Bees”)

ECI: „We want an End to the War against Nature!“  

We formally brought your demands and that of 1.1 million EU citizens to the European Commission on November 25. What a great moment and a historical landmark! We were very proud to deliver a clear message: no longer will we allow the chemical and industrial farming lobby to douse our landscapes with poison and kill biodiversity and the soils, pollute the water and damage our health. We claim the right to live in a biodiverse world and want our farmers to be freed from chemical bonds. We want them to be rewarded to work with nature and we demand that our governments ban any substance that is a danger to us all. We’ll further elaborate our demands in an official hearing in the European Parliament on January 24th.

 But in the meantime, the lobby of the chemical industry and intensive farming found a willing ear among ministries and ministers of agriculture. With an extra ‘Impact Assessment’ – because of the Russian aggression against Ukraine – they try to delay or even completely derail the EU proposal for pesticide reduction. Find more explanation below.

On November 25, representatives of our citizens’ initiative delivered a clear message to Vice-President Jourová and Commissioner Kyriakides: we want an end to the war against nature. To restore biodiversity and protect citizens’ health, the use of synthetic pesticides has to be strongly reduced by 2030 and completely phased out by 2035.

Important announcement! We now know that the key hearing in the European Parliament will take place on January 24 (14.30 – 18.30). We’ll give an update on the programme and the possibility to join us directly at the Parliament or online in the next newsletter.

The lobbyists for the chemical industry and intensive farming don’t like the EU proposal to slash pesticide use by 50%… Let alone our Save Bees and Farmers demands to reduce synthetic pesticides by 80% by 2030 and fully phase them out by 2035. Consequently, they’ve been looking for ways to delay and derail the legal proposal. They found a great pretext in the Russian invasion in Ukraine. With food security as an excuse, they managed to convince agriculture ministers in many countries that another impact study must be done to see if pesticide reduction is currently possible. However, the real threats to farming are the loss of biodiversity, the deterioration of soil health and the loss of water-retaining potential: they call for drastic cuts in pesticide use now.

An extra study would delay the discussions for months. It might even not be possible to finish the legislative process in this period. They would be delayed until after the 2024 elections or even later.

‘The heavy use of pesticides in agriculture is strongly linked to declines in insects, birds, biodiversity in terrestrial and aquatic systems and detrimental impacts on global public health. Given the urgent need for reduction of pesticide impacts, it is worrying to observe that a number of Member State governments and Members of the European Parliament have recently called for the delay and/or watering down of the new pesticides regulation. As members of the scientific community, we express our deep concern.’

We won’t win this struggle with one battle, with one statement. It will be a fight with ups and downs. Two steps forward, one back: it’s been this way for a long time. We’ll only win with perseverance. We have to. There can’t be food and farming without biodiversity, healthy soil and clean water. We can no longer allow pesticides to slowly gnaw away our health, so we struggle for our future and that of our children, grandchildren and the generations to come. We must insure they inherit a healthy and beautifully biodiverse planet.

To make a donation, click on: www.savebeesandfarmers.eu

ABEJAS NODRIZAS: Son las abejas obreras jóvenes, desde que nacen y durante sus primeros 15 dias de vida adulta y son las encargadas de alimentar a la reina, las larvas de obrera, zánganos y de futuras reinas.

ABEJAS CONSTRUCTORAS: Las constructoras forman las estructuras de cera donde van almacenando la miel. Además transforman el néctar en miel y protegen a la colmena de los agresores.

ABEJAS GUARDIANAS: La colmenas también tiene sus defensoras: las abejas guardianas. Actúan si entra algún intruso consigue llegar y entrar, lo rodean impidiéndole todo movimiento y después de darle muerte, lo arrastran al exterior.

ABEJAS EXPLORADORAS: Estás abejas, recogen el néctar de las flores y lo almacenan en un pequeño saquito en su interior llamado buche melario. Cuando llegan a la colmena, lo regurgitan, es decir, lo expulsan y otras abejas mastican durante 30 minutos para transformarlo con la mezcla de miel y agua.

ABEJA REINA: Es la única hembra fértil que pone huevos fecundados que dan origen a abejas obreras infértiles y pone huevos no fecundados que dan origen a zánganos fértiles, por un mecanismo denominado partenogénesis.

ABEJAS ZÁNGANO: Los machos de las abejas como de los abejorros reciben el nombre de zánganos. Nacen de huevos sin fecundar. No possen aguijón porque nunca tendrán que defenderse de las amenazas presentes en el exterior de la colmena. Su misión es exclusivamente inseminar a la reina.

ABEJAS PRINCESAS: Por lo general, si nacen muchas de estás, la abeja princesa primogénita, suele encargarse de eliminar a las demás, no siempre se da este patrón, pero suele darse. Las princesas son abejas que tienen el potencial de convertirse en abejas reinas.

IZVOR: Comunidad  de Apicultores Nicaraguenses  

THE BAD GUYS

Varroa, wasps, SHB, wax moths…We love to hate them, don’t we. Well it was World Animal Day on the 4th, so here’s to them. We care for those bees so of course when trouble shows up with mandibules snapping or parasitic behaviour, frown is down and gloves are on. The intruder will pay ! How dare they? We gave them a bad name: pests. So we know we’re standing on the good side, right?

The bad guys. The profit spoilers. Sometimes it feels things get personal with them. This animosity is more puzzling to me when it comes from adepts of a more beecentric, “natural” beekeeping community. Are not (European)wasps the natural predators of European honey bees? Are not small hive beetles called hive beetle for a reason? Quite remarkable how Varroa mites entire life cycle adapted to the one of the honey bee. A natural relationship (although sometimes where humans are playing match-makers).To me, it’s incompressible to demonize any of them nor sadistic exposure of their destruction.

We don’t have to like them or enjoy the impacts they can have on a hive we try to keep going for benefits of sorts. But we have to ACCEPT that their relationship has more right to be than us pocking bees about in a man-made structure. It is part of their life cycle. We are “Natural” beekeepers take note.

Rescently a video went around showing the many ways a beekeeper was chopping , smashing, wacking wasps hovering in front of his hives.

Applause.

Great. I bet showing videos of cats beeing wacked with baseball bats for praying on native birds will be less popular. Varroa is not the scourge of God, some Attila the Hun, nor some red plague. It’s not a necessary evil nor some demon summoned to force beekeepers to spend more on useless products. Most spreading of the mite was due to humans. From ignorance or greed. I find no pleasure in Smashing a hive beetle.

“So satisfying!” I hear.

No. Why?

If there’s hive beetles, it might be a sign a colony is too weak. Why is that colony weak? Somehow it always will be linked to some beekeeper’s management issue.

Doesn’t sound satisfying to me.

(These days I just toss the odd one out of the hive).

“I’m not bad, I’m just drawn this way”

IZVOR: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EcoBasedSustainableBeekeeping/

AUTOR: Olivier Malric, moderator FB-grupe „Sustainable Beekeeping“

“Giornata del miele a scuola”: il 7 dicembre, il giorno di Sant’Ambrogio, patrono delle api  e degli apicoltori,  gli alunni della prima elementare  hanno parlato del miele, dei suoi benefici e degli apicoltori, assieme alla vicesindaca Sanja Oplanić e all’apicoltore Ivan Kovač che gentilmente è venuto a scuola. La città di Parenzo ha aderito al progetto in seguito al bando di conscorso indetto dall’Agenzia per i pagamenti nell’agricoltura, pesca e sviluppo rurale intitolato “Giornata del miele a scuola”. Agli alunni della prima  è stato distribuito un sacchetto contenente un vasetto di miele di un produttore   locale, un albo illustrato che parla delle api, e un opuscolo riguardante il beneficio derivato dal consumo del miele. Tutto ciò  dopo che l’insegnante Miranda ha fatto vedere ai sui nove alunni una presentazione sulla vita delle api e su come viene prodotto il miele.

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ECI TEAM: „SAVE BEES AND FARMERS“

Validation of the Save Bees and Farmers signatures is finally on track. We now have the official results from 23 out of 27 EU countries. With an average validity rate of 89%, we are heading for the necessary 1 million. Enough countries reached their threshold, but we’re not there yet. Germany (587,399 signatures) still needs to be validated.

On June 22nd the EU Commission should present their proposal for a new Pesticide Reduction Regulation and the new Nature Restoration Law. These proposals are part of the EU Green Deal and the Farm-to-Fork strategy. They should have been presented in March but were delayed after strong pressure from the chemical and agribusiness sector.

The expectation is that the Commission will propose to cut the use and risk of pesticides by 50% by 2030. It sounds good, but it’s not enough. Already in 2009, the EU agreed on pesticide reduction and a gradual ban on the most toxic pesticides. This didn’t happen, which has led to a collapse in biodiversity and serious damage to soil, water quality and our health.

We have to do much better if we want to save bees and biodiversity, to have clean water, healthy soil, good food and good health and to give our children and grandchildren a future. That is why we asked for an 80% reduction of synthetic pesticides by 2030 and a full phase-out by 2035 in our Citizens’ Initiative. As well as support for farmers to work with nature to secure food production and earn a fair income.

The proposal for the new regulation will be discussed by the EU Commission, the EU Council – the representatives of the countries – and the EU Parliament. Once our ECI is officially validated, the EU Commission will receive the Save Bees and Farmers representatives. The next step will be a hearing in the EU Parliament. We’ll try to influence the discussion on the pesticide regulation as much as we can.

In 10 EU countries, a coalition of organisations ask their national parliaments and their ministers of health, environment and agriculture for an ambitious pesticide reduction. This initiative is important because countries will have the final say in the EU procedure mentioned above. The letters were sent in copy to the EU Commissioners to show what is happening at national level. Click below to read the letters sent in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Spain.

In a brilliant report, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe has smashed the myth that Europe is reducing pesticide use. Using a large number of data from EU sources, they showed that the residues of the most toxic pesticides in food are rising, not decreasing. Authorities state that food is safe and most residues are below the limits they have set. However, for this category of poisons there should not be a safe limit: they are so toxic that the EU decided in 2009 to ban them. They are too dangerous for health and environment, so they should be substituted. But 13 years later, most of them are still in the fields and on our plates. This highlights the necessity to change the rules fast!

Read all about the report, the most Toxic12 and the 55 ‘Candidates for Substitution’ below and join the campaign to ban these substances as soon as possible. Please support our work with a donation. We’re now entering the official phase of the Save Bees and Farmers ECI. Please support our work to make this as effective as possible! The Aurelia Foundation in Germany will collect the donations and they will be only used for our Save Bees and Farmers work.

Have a nice day, the ECI team

MADELEINE AU MIEL DE LAVANDE

INGRÉDIENTS: 80 g beurre demi-sel, 2 oeufs, 60 g miel de lavande, 1 petit citron jaune bio, 2 cuil à soupe lait, 130 g farine, 1 petite cuil à moka de levure chimique

PRÉPARATION: Faites fondre le beurre demi-sel au micro-ondes. Prélevez le zeste de votre citron à l’aide d’une micro-râpe. Dans un saladier, mélangez au fouet ou au batteur les œufs avec le miel jusqu’à ce que la préparation blanchisse et devienne mousseuse. Incorporez le zeste de citron ainsi que 2 cuillères à soupe de lait. Ajoutez petit à petit la farine tamisée et la levure tout en mélangeant sans cesse. Versez le beurre fondu et mélangez jusqu’à l’obtention d’une pâte homogène. Filmez au contact puis entreposez 12 heures au réfrigérateur. Pour un résultat régulier, remplissez de pâte à l’aide d’une poche à douille les empreintes beurrées et farinées de moules à madeleines en métal. Réservez votre moule 1 heure au réfrigérateur. Préchauffez votre four à 200 °C. Déposez vos moules en haut du four sur une grille, baissez la température à 170 °C et faites cuire 13 minutes. Laissez légèrement refroidir avant de démouler.

SOURCE: www.cuisineactuelle.fr

MADELINI S MEDOM OD LAVANDE

SASTOJCI: 80 g poluslanog maslaca, 2 jaja, 60 g meda od lavande, 1 manji bio limun, 2 žlice mlijeka, 130 g brašna, 1 žličica praška za pecivo

PRIPREMA: U mikrovalnoj otopite poluslan maslac. Uzmite koricu limuna pomoću mikrorenda. U posudi umutite jaja s medom dok pripravak ne pobijeli i ne postane pjenast. Dodajte koricu limuna i 2 žlice mlijeka. Postupno dodajte prosijano brašno i prašak za pecivo uz stalno miješanje. Ulijte otopljeni maslac i miješajte dok ne dobijete glatku smjesu. Film u kontaktu i zatim čuvajte 12 sati u hladnjaku. Za ujednačen rezultat napunite maslacem i brašnom posute kalupe za madeleine uz pomoć slastičarske vrećice. Ostavite kalup na 1 sat u hladnjaku. Zagrijte svoju pećnicu na 200°C. Stavite kalupe na vrh pećnice na rešetku, smanjite temperaturu na 170°C i pecite 13 minuta. Ostavite da se malo ohladi prije nego što ga izvadite iz kalupa.

IZVOR: www.cuisineactuelle.fr

QUESTION: Do Bees Have Hair? Yes, they do. Bees have both straight hairs and plumose hairs. A plumose hair is branched and looks a bit like a feather. The plumose hair are important in allowing the bees to colect pollen (and pollinate flowers). Straight hairs are more important for sensory reasons. The fur on a bee is vital to its survival. Virtually all bees have branched hairs somewhere od their bodies. In fact, the presence of those branched hairs is one of the major ways bees can be distinguished from other insects.

SOURCE: www.beehivebuddies.com

PITALICA: Imaju li pčele kosu? Da, imaju. Pčele imaju i ravnu i kovrčavu kosu. Kovrčava dlaka je razgranata i pomalo podsjeća na pero. Kovrčave dlake su važne jer omogućuju pčelama da skupljaju pelud (i oprašuju cvijeće). Ravne dlačice važnije su iz osjetilnih razloga. Dlačice na pčeli su ključne za njen opstanak. Gotovo sve pčele imaju dlake razgranate negdje po tijelu. Zapravo, prisutnost tih razgranatih dlaka jedan je od glavnih načina na koji se pčele mogu razlikovati od drugih insekata.

IZVOR: www.beehivebuddies.com

LAVORI DEL MESE: MARZO

Come ben sappiamo questo è il mese più delicato e pericoloso per lo sviluppo dei nostri alveari infatti si sa che marzo è sempre un mese capriccioso, con l’alternarsi di belle giornate a giornate piovose e fredde e spesso anche qualche abbondante nevicata. L’apicoltore diligente ed accorto avrà senz’altro fatto la prima visita accertandosi della presenza della covata e della consistenza delle scorte, rimettendo poi tutto a posto come prima in quanto è meglio aspettare ancora per lo svernamento completo. Dentro i nidi troveremo qualche favo vuoto, è meglio toglierlo, specialmente se è annerito, spostando verso il centro i favi più chiari; se sono forniti di miele graffiarli su un lato, dopo qualche giorno graffiare l’altra facciata. Il miele è un ottimo stimolante per le api ed inoltre molto utile per la deposizione di covata fresca.

Sarà probabile trovare qualche alveare orfano, in questo caso è inutile tentare di far allevare regine dalla covata fresca, è ancora troppo presto, è meglio riunire ad altri, se sono sani.

Nel mese di marzo si provvede alla nutrizione stimolante, inducendo così la regina ad una abbondante deposizione, utile per avere al momento della grande fioritura alveari forti e ben forniti di bottinatrici. Per questo è importante conoscere il ciclo di sviluppo dell’ape, si può così calcolare il tempo necessario per avere le api bottinatrici e di conseguenza ottenere dentro l’alveare l’equilibrio necessario fra bottinatrici e nutrici. Qui entra in campo l’importanza della nutrizione a tempo giusto e nella giusta quantità. Marzo è anche il tempo di pensare ai travasi e alla pulizia delle arnie vecchie, questo è un grande aiuto per la lotta contro molte malattie specialmente la nosemiasi. È tempo anche di analisi ed eventuali cure là dove sono state riscontrate delle patologie.

Vorrei ora chiarire un pò l’importanza della nutrizione: quando e come deve essere fatta. Innanzitutto è bene chiarire che la nutrizione è detta di bisogno quando per varie ragione abbiamo alveari con scarse o scadenti provviste, stimolante quando si vuol ottenere una forte deposizione da parte delle regine e questo può avvenire sia in autunno che in primavera, a seconda dello scopo che si prefigge l’apicoltore. In autunno, prima dell’invernamento, subito dopo il raccolto, serve da stimolante per invernare api giovani e abbondanti che troveremo poi a primavera vigorose e pronte a dar vita a nuove famiglie. In primavera generalmente si inizia per bisogno e in seguito come stimolante.

Ci sono due tipi di alimentazione: la nutrizione liquida e la nutrizione solida.

La nutrizione liquida: ci sono svariati modi per praticarla, con vari tipi di nutritori, fra i quali l’apicoltore sceglie in base alla propria comodità. In questo tipo di nutrizione si devono rispettare certi parametri:

non si deve mai fare con temperature troppo fredde, le api hanno bisogno di poter volare tutto il giorno per ridurre l’eccessiva umidità;

 quando si pratica in autunno è bene levare prima qualche favo pieno di miele da conservare in magazzino per darlo poi graffiato in primavera, porre nell’alveare al loro posto qualche favo vuoto o semivuoto;

non riempire eccessivamente i nutritori, dare solo il nutrimento che viene consumato in una notte;

integrare lo sciroppo, dopo aver invertito lo zucchero, con vitamine come: aglio, limone, lievito di birra, vino bianco, Pollinvit; non fare confusione mettendo tutto ma mettere solo uno di questi integratori altrimenti si rischia che lo sciroppo venga rifiutato dalle api;

nel caso si dovessero aggiungere medicinali nello sciroppo, non aggiungere altri ingredienti per non alterare l’efficacia del medicamento usato;

l’autunno e la primavera presto è opportuno fornire uno sciroppo al 60%, pena l’eccessivo accumulo di umidità, e somministrarlo tiepido;

 durante questo tipo di nutrizione bisogna stare molto attenti; tutti sappiamo quale piaga sia il saccheggio, specialmente in autunno, cercare di non versare liquido in terra o sopra le arnie, restringere bene le porticine e fare attenzione che i coprifavi chiudano bene specialmente nei nuclei e negli alveari deboli;

se questa nutrizione è smodata in autunno c’è il rischio anche della cristallizzazione dello sciroppo dentro i favi soprattutto ai lati dove non è riscaldato dalle api con scarsa possibilità di utilizzo; se troppo smodato in primavera può provocare intasamento dei favi.

Concludendo la nutrizione liquida se fatta con oculatezza e sotto stretto controllo è molto utile altrimenti può essere dannosa. Si pratica la nutrizione a seconda del bisogno e dello scopo che si vuoi ottenere che può essere: la sciamatura anticipata, la formazione di sciami artificiali, la preparazione per il raccolto di polline o la formazione di famiglie per la produzione di pappa reale o per l’allevamento di api regine.

Veniamo ora al candito (o nutrizione solida). Questo tipo di nutrizione ha il difetto di richiedere una preparazione molto lunga e laboriosa, ma presenta moti vantaggi: assenza di saccheggio in tutte le stagioni durante il suo impiego; il candito si conserva bene per lungo tempo; il nutrimento viene posto direttamente sopra le api che non lo devono andare a cercare, il freddo non ostacola perciò la nutrizione, composizione a grana fine con una bassa percentuale di acqua, sufficiente a favorirne l’utilizzazione. Questi  vantaggi  sono apprezzabili soprattutto per salvare le famiglie deboli e gli

sciami tardivi. Il candito può essere preparato anche in casa e certamente sarà migliore di quello in commercio, se non altro per la materia prima impiegata.

Ecco una ricetta per la preparazione di un buon candito (6 kg.).

Attrezzatura necessaria: un fornello a fiamma (gas o legna); una pentola di almeno 35 cm. di diametro; una spatola piatta di legno; un termometro a mercurio con scala fino a 150 °C; un vassoio in lamiera, legno o altro di circa cm. 40 x 50 alto cm. 3-4; carta oleata da porre sopra il vassoio.

Procedimento: preparare 5 chilogrammi di zucchero ed un litro di acqua, portare sulla fiamma e mescolare senza fermarsi perché lo zucchero non caramellizzi fino a completo scioglimento. Fare attenzione, quando inizia l’ebollizione si formerà una schiuma che può fuoriuscire dal recipiente se non abbastanza grande. A questo punto la temperatura sarà di circa 100 °C e salirà molto rapidamente, si dovrà portare fino a 115 °C, massimo 118 °C. A questo punto ritirare dal fuoco. Ora c’è la parte più noiosa, si deve mescolare continuamente fino a che ha inizio la cristallizzazione. Aggiungere 500 g. di lievito di birra e, se si ha a disposizione, 500 g. di miele. Mescolare il tutto e versare nel vassoio sulla carta oleata. Quando il tutto è completamente raffreddato si taglia a fette e si somministra alle api.

Si può mettere anche nel nutritore togliendo l’umbone. Anche se la preparazione è un po’ brigosa provate, senz’altro rimarrete soddisfatti. Come sempre buon lavoro.

AUTORE: Francescatti Pietro, Apicoltoremoderno.it

EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL BEEKEEPING PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association invite you to participate in the eighth international beekeeping photography competition. Any natural person of any nationality may participate in the competition by submitting their own photographs. The competition includes five thematic sections:

Honeybee and the World of Plants: Photographs of bees on flowers, plants, in front of the apiary, in flight with pollen on legs and hairs, bees collecting nectar and manna, photos of honey plants – spruce, linden, chestnut, willow, wild cherry, Shasta daisy, meadow sage, white clover, etc.

The Life, Biology and Health of Bees: Photographs from the whole lifecycle of bees and honeybee colony, of each of the member of a colony (queens, workers, drones) and their behaviour and roles, as of the whole honeybee colony as a super organism, photographs of bees showing parts of the body, bees on the honeycomb, bee nests in the wild, bees in the seasons: in the winter cluster, swarming, robbery, mating, exchange of nectar, and disease states, symptoms, etc.

Honeybee Products and the Work of a Beekeeper: Photographs of all bee products in the hive or in the production phase and in the processing phase or in the final packaging or in serving, consumption, apitherapy (honey, propolis, royal jelly, wax, bee venom), bee products, mixtures of bee products, honey drinks, lect and gingerbread products, beeswax products, photos of the beekeeper at work throughout the beekeeping season, with various beekeeping tools and equipment and in interactions with bees, photographs of beekeepers with a swarm of bees on their chin or in their hands, transporting bees to pasture, urban beekeeping.

Dwellings of Bees, Traditional or Modern Bee House / Bee Yard: Photographs of stands or hives and beehives from outside and inside, in different seasons or parts of the day, bees in front of the hive and apiary, different types of beehives, landscape with beehive, beautiful, special, and old beehives or interesting beehives, beehives with painted hive fronts, interesting hive fronts, beekeeping and bee dwellings around the world.

Pollinators – World Bee Day: Photographs of various pollinators, bumblebees, solitary bees, and photographs of various subspecies of honeybees: Carniolan bee, Italian bee, Macedonian bee, Sicilian bee, Greek bee, dark bee, etc.

An author may participate in one or several categories. For each subject category, the author may submit no more than 3 photographs, colour or black and white photographs (300 dpi or more). Every photograph must include an ID number, title, subject category name, and the year in which it was taken. The photographs submitted for Dwellings of Bees, Traditional or Modern Bee House / Bee Yard subject category must include information on the owner of the bee house / bee yard.

The photographs should be sent by e-mail to the address: “marko . borko # czs . si” or by registered mail on the data storage devices to the following address: Čebelarska zveza Slovenije, Brdo pri Lukovici 8, 1225 Lukovica, Slovenia, with a post scriptum “Photography Competition 2022”. All data storage devices received will not be returned to senders. All photographs submitted must include information on the author (first and last name, address, country, telephone number, e-mail address).

The photographs shall be assessed by the panel according to the predefined criteria: Expressiveness, Originality, Technical design, Aesthetics. An additional criterion applies to the Dwellings of Bees, Traditional or Modern Bee House / Bee Yard subject category: Orderly appearance of the bee house / beehives and the surroundings. The photograph authors shall be anonymized prior to assessment. For each subject category, the panel will nominate three authors with the best photographs. The best photographs’ authors shall be awarded the gold, silver, and bronze certificate, respectively. The competition winners will receive an award and the applicable certificate. Every nominee will receive a certificate of nomination. Every participant will receive a certificate of participation or a certificate of honorary mention of participation if chosen by the panel.

Photograph submission deadline is 28th of February 2022. The award ceremony will be held at the ApiSlovenia 2022 Fair on Sunday, 13th of March 2022, in Celje, Slovenia. All photographs nominated will be displayed at the ApiSlovenia 2022 Fair in Celje, Slovenia, from 12 to 13 March 2022. For detailed information, please contact Mr. Marko Borko at marko . borko @ czs . si or per mobile phone: +386 51 637 204.

The rules of international beekeeping photography competition are included in the attachment: www.czs.si

Greek pine honey threatened as wildfires destroy hives and forests

Standing in the blackened remains of a burnt-down forest, beekeeper Antonis Vakas laments the loss of his trade – collecting Greece‘s famed pine honey.

A wildfire that raged for nearly a week on his island of Evia razed the land around his village, swallowing up the pine trees and consuming scores of beehives.

“The destruction is immeasurable,” Vakas said. “Beekeeping has been destroyed. We are destroyed. There is no green anywhere. Bees cannot exist without green.”

Greece is one of the European Union’s biggest honey producers thanks to its Mediterranean climate and a heavily forested landscape that help bees thrive.

About 40% of Greek pine honey is collected in the rolling mountains of Evia’s north, said Stathis Albanis, head of a local beekeepers’ cooperative, now ravaged by wildfires that erupted on the island last week.

As blazes swept over the northern half of the island, turbocharged by a record heat wave, villagers who defied evacuation orders were torn between saving their property or their livelihood.

“First we tried to save our houses. Unfortunately we could not save our hives,” Vakas said. Only 30 out of his roughly 130 beehives survived the fires.

More worryingly for the island’s beekeepers, as well as killing the bees, the fires wiped out the trees they depend on to survive.

“There are no flowers to give pollen, so the bee population cannot be reborn. There are no pine trees to make honey, so beekeepers cannot make an income,” said Albanis, who represents the Istiaia Beekeepers’ Cooperative, which has about 60 members.

“Beekeeping cannot be sustained on Evia.”

Greece produced 15,000 tonnes of honey in 2018, according to the latest Eurostat figures, making it the EU’s eighth biggest producer. But its high quality honey is particularly prized and it is the bloc’s fourth-biggest exporter.

As fires across the country began to recede, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced relief measures and compensation this week to help communities rebuild after the devastation. But for Vakas and many of those affected by the fire, the help does not go far enough.

“I am so angry, there is nothing I could say to him,” he said.

(Reuters)

Gebrüder Grimm: „Die Bienenkönigin“

Zwei Königssöhne gingen einmal auf Abenteuer und gerieten in ein wildes, wüstes Leben, so daß sie gar nicht wieder nach Haus kamen. Der jüngste, welcher der Dummling hieß, machte sich auf und suchte seine Brüder. Aber wie er sie endlich fand, verspotteten sie ihn, daß er mit seiner Einfalt sich durch die Welt schlagen wollte, und sie zwei könnten nicht durchkommen und wären doch viel klüger.

Sie zogen alle drei miteinander fort und kamen an einen Ameisenhaufen. Die zwei ältesten wollten ihn aufwühlen und sehen, wie die kleinen Ameisen in der Angst herumkröchen und ihre Eier forttrügen, aber der Dummling sagte: “Laßt die Tiere in Frieden, ich leid’s nicht, daß ihr sie stört!”

Da gingen sie weiter und kamen an einen See, auf dem schwammen viele, viele Enten. Die zwei Brüder wollten ein paar fangen und braten, aber der Dummling ließ es nicht zu und sprach: “Laßt die Tiere in Frieden, ich leid’s nicht, daß ihr sie tötet!”

Endlich kamen sie an ein Bienennest, darin war so viel Honig, daß er am Stamm herunterlief. Die zwei wollten Feuer unter den Baum legen und die Bienen ersticken, damit sie den Honig wegnehmen könnten. Der Dummling hielt sie aber wieder ab und sprach: “Laßt die Tiere in Frieden, ich leid’s nicht, daß ihr sie verbrennt!”

Endlich kamen die drei Brüder in ein Schloß, wo in den Ställen lauter steinerne Pferde standen, auch war kein Mensch zu sehen, und sie gingen durch alle Ställe, bis sie vor eine Türe ganz am Ende kamen, davor hingen drei Schlösser; es war aber mitten in der Türe ein Lädlein, dadurch konnte man in die Stube sehen. Da sahen sie ein graues Männchen, das an einem Tisch saß. Sie riefen es an, einmal, zweimal, aber es hörte nicht. Endlich riefen sie zum drittenmal; da stand es auf, öffnete die Schlösser und kam heraus. Es sprach aber kein Wort, sondern führte sie zu einem reichbesetzten Tisch; und als sie gegessen und getrunken hatten, brachte es einen jeglichen in sein eigenes Schlafgemach.

Am andern Morgen kam das graue Männchen zu dem ältesten, winkte und leitete ihn zu einer steinernen Tafel, darauf standen drei Aufgaben geschrieben, wodurch das Schloß erlöst werden könnte. Die erste war: In dem Wald unter dem Moos lagen die Perlen der Königstochter, tausend an der Zahl; die mußten aufgesucht werden, und wenn vor Sonnenuntergang noch eine einzige fehlte, so ward der, welcher gesucht hatte, zu Stein. Der älteste ging hin und suchte den ganzen Tag, als aber der Tag zu Ende war, hatte er erst hundert gefunden; es geschah, wie auf der Tafel stand: Er ward in Stein verwandelt. Am folgenden Tage unternahm der zweite Bruder das Abenteuer; es ging ihm aber nicht viel besser als dem ältesten, er fand nicht mehr als zweihundert Perlen und ward zu Stein. Endlich kam auch an den Dummling die Reihe, der suchte im Moos; es war aber so schwer, die Perlen zu finden, und ging so langsam. Da setzte er sich auf einen Stein und weinte. Und wie er so saß, kam der Ameisenkönig, dem er einmal das Leben erhalten hatte, mit fünftausend Ameisen, und es währte gar nicht lange, so hatten die kleinen Tiere die Perlen miteinander gefunden und auf einen Haufen getragen.

Die zweite Aufgabe aber war, den Schlüssel zu der Schlafkammer der Königstochter aus dem See zu holen. Wie der Dummling zum See kam, schwammen die Enten, die er einmal gerettet hatte, heran, tauchten unter und holten den Schlüssel aus der Tiefe.

Die dritte Aufgabe aber war die schwerste: Von den drei schlafenden Töchtern des Königs sollte die jüngste und die liebste herausgesucht werden. Sie glichen sich aber vollkommen und waren durch nichts verschieden, als daß sie, bevor sie eingeschlafen waren, verschiedene Süßigkeiten gegessen hatten, die älteste ein Stück Zucker, die zweite ein wenig Sirup, die jüngste einen Löffel Honig. Da kam die Bienenkonigin von den Bienen, die der Dummling vor dem Feuer geschützt hatte, und versuchte den Mund von allen dreien, zuletzt blieb sie auf dem Mund sitzen, der Honig gegessen hatte, und so erkannte der Königssohn die Rechte.

Da war der Zauber vorbei, alles war aus dem Schlaf erlöst, und wer von Stein war, erhielt seine menschliche Gestalt wieder. Und der Dummling vermählte sich mit der jüngsten und liebsten und ward König nach ihres Vaters Tod, seine zwei Bruder aber erhielten die beiden andern Schwestern.

80+ Bee Puns That Are Un-BEE-lievably Funny

1. Why do bees get married? Because they found their honey!
2. The worst part about getting stung by bees is that the following day you are going to have to take care of those hives.
3. What did one bee say to the other when they landed on the same flower? Buzz off.
4. I know that I have never seen a humming bird but I certainly did see a spelling bee.
5. We always buy our natural honey from the same bees because they always give us their swarm wishes.
6. Bees can fly in the rain if they are wearing their little yellow jackets.
7. When a bee is in your hand, what’s in your eye? Beauty. Because beauty is in the eye of the bee-holder.
8. The younger generation of bees love the musician Sting
9. Speaking of music, all bees can relate to the pop band the Bee Gees.
10. All bees love the honey-moon part of their relationships more than anything else.
11. The only one who can protect the Queen Bee is her hub-bee.
12. What’s a bee’s favorite Spice Girls song? Wanna-bee!
13. The bee was fired from the barber shop because the only thing he could do was give a buzz-cut.
14. A bee who is good in math knows exactly what a rhom-buzz is.
15. A bee that will not stop eating will eventually become a little chub-bee.
16. A bee styles their hair with a honeycomb.
17. What do bees like with their sushi? Wasa-bee!
18. Bee puns really sting.
19. They asked the beekeeper to move his business out of town because he was creating quite a buzz around town.
20. The swarm of teenage bees all loved The Beatles and their “Let it Bee” album.
21. What’s a happy bumblebee’s blood type? Bee positive!
22. Only bees who are on their best bee-havior get to go to the hive and make honey.
23. Who’s a bee’s favorite singer? Bee-yoncé.
24. As soon as the bees were finished making their hive they threw a big house swarming party for the rest of the group.
25. That bee certainly deserved the promotion at work, he was always so buzzy on the job.
26. That bee is talking too quietly, it must be a mumble-bee!
27. The bee who loved to fly backwards would often be heard going zzub zzub zzub.
28. That pretentious wasp is just plain snob-bee!
29. When you cross a doorbell and a bee you wind up with a hum-dinger.
30. That single bee finally got married because he found his honey.
31. The worker bee decided to take a vacation to Stingapore last year.
32. The bee that resides in America is also known as a USB.
33. Remember, bee puns are good for your health, they give you a dose of Vitamin Bee!
34. Quit pollen my leg.
35. Bee children take the school buzz to get to school.
36. What kind of bees drop things? Fumble bees!
37. To bee or not to bee, that is the question!
38. Just bee yourself. You’ll think of something to come up with.
39. A bee’s favorite sport is rug-bee.
40. What is the last thing to go through a bee’s mind when it hits a windshield? Its stinger.
41. Who’s a bee’s favorite painter? Pablo Bee-casso!
42. What happens when a bee burps near the queen? It gets a royal pardon.
43. The bees favorite guns?  BeeBee guns, I suppose.
44. On the first day of class, bee students are given a sylla-buzz.
45. What is a swarm of really small queen bees called? The royal wee.
46. These bee puns are just winging it.
47. What’s black and yellow and flies at 30,000 feet? A bee on an airplane.
48. The one item the bees never forget to bring to the beach are their frisbees.
49. Bee puns aren’t that great. I don’t get what all the buzz is about.
50. The bee bank robber would always tell the bank tellers “Your honey or your life.”
51. A combination of a bumble bee and a race dog will give you a Greyhound Buzz.
52. Why did the bee want to use the phone? To say hi to their honey.
53. Bees love the summer because it is very swarm outside.
54. The only thing more dangerous that being with a fool is fooling with a bee.
55. Wasp are you talking about?
56. A Queen Bee will only eat hum-burgers at Burger King.
57. The baby bee was affectionately known as a little hum-bug.
58. The talkative bee earned a reputation as being blab-bee.
59. The little bees are always humming because they forgot the words to the song.
60. When a bee writes a sonnet, they’re waxing poetic.
61. The little bees favorite type of candy is of course bumble gum.
62. Female bees have a particular affection for ru-bee rings.
63. A bee’s favorite haircut is a buzz cut!
64. The killer bee was so effective because he used a large buzz-ooka.
65. The teacher kept telling the naughty bee to bee-hive himself or she would call in his parents.
66. A bee’s favorite novel is the Great Gats-bee.
67. Bees that are born in the month of May are considered to be May-Bees.
68. A wasp is nothing more than a wanna-bee.
69. What do you call a bee that’s a sore loser? A cry bay-bee!
70. Did you know that bears without ears are commonly referred to as B’s.
71. The father bee was in such great shape for his age because he always took his vitamin-bee.
72. Hey! Hey! You! You! I don’t like your bee-friend.
73. When the bee went to the blood bank, he asked if they were in need of any bee positive blood.
74. The male bee was such a romantic, he kept pollen in love with all the female bees
75. A bee that’s been put under a spell has been bee-witched!
76. After the bee scored the winning basketball shot, the entire team wanted to give him a hive-five.
77. Never play hide and seek with the swarm because they will always wind up bee-hind you.
78. Roses are red, violets are blue, killer bees are all over you.
79. Mind your own beeswax.
80. Naughty bee children really need to beehive.
81. I can’t help pollen in love with you.
82. Hive never felt this way bee-fore.
83. The bees went on strike because they wanted more honey and less working flowers.
84. What’s a bee’s favorite flower? Bee-gonias!
85. Say, these bee puns aren’t too shab-bee.

IZVOR: https.www.thoughtcatalog.com https.www.badbeekeepingblog.com

Paleo (Primal, LCHF – Low Carb High Fat) je pokret za povratak izvornoj hrani utemeljen na teoriji evolucije, ali i na znanstvenim dokazima o štetnosti industrijski prerađene hrane. Paleo i LCHF imaju slične režime prehrane: izbacuju žitarice, mahunarke, šećer i procesiranu hranu. U LCHF prehrani se ograničava unos voća i korijenastog povrća. Paleo/LCHF prehrana podrazumijeva okvir u kojem svatko može naći svoj optimalni model prehrane usklađen prema vlastitom zdravlju, kondiciji i ciljevima. Upravo je završio ciklus od 6 predavanja na temu paleo ishrane koje su držali Denis Delogu, jedan od pionra Paleo prehrane u Hrvatskoj i pčelar Ivan Kovač na izletištu „Remedy – tisuću cvjetova“ u Radošima kod Poreča. U pauzama između dva bloka predavanja gosti su imali prigodu principe paleo ishrane i osjetiti svojim nepcem kroz specijalitete pripremljene na bazi sirovina iz obližnjeg eko povrtnjaka. Jedan od razloga što ponovo govorimo o ovoj temi je tekst koji potpisuje Michela De Cintio iz Padove (Italija), a koji je nedavno stigao na našu adresu na talijanskom jeziku.

LCHF (Basso tenore di carboidrati, alto tenore di grassi) per Principianti

Vuoi mangiare cibo vero (e quanto ne vuoi) e migliorare la tua salute e il tuo peso? Potrebbe sembrare troppo bello per essere vero, ma LCHF (Bassi Carbo, Alti Grassi) è un metodo che è stato utilizzato per 150 anni. Ora, la scienza moderna lo supporta con la prova che funziona. Non è necessario pesare il tuo cibo, fare conteggi, nessun bizzarro sostituto del pasto, nessuna pillola. C’è solo cibo vero e buon senso. E tutti i consigli sono gratis al 100%.

Indice

1. Introduzione
2. Consigli dietetici
3. Teoria
4. Consigli e Ricette
5. Ricettari e oltre
6. F.A.Q.

Introduzione

Una dieta LCHF significa mangiare meno carboidrati e una proporzione maggiore di grassi. Molto più importante, si minimizza l’ingestione di zuccheri e amidi. Puoi mangiare altri cibi deliziosi fino a sazietà – e perdere peso. Un numero di recenti studi scientifici dimostra che LCHF rende più facile sia perdere peso che controllare il livello di zuccheri nel sangue. Ed è solo l’inizio.

Le basi

• Mangia: Carne, pesce, uova, verdure che non crescono sotto terra e grassi naturali (come il burro)
• Evita: Zucchero e cibi amidacei (come pane, pasta, riso e patate).

Mangia quando hai fame e fino a sazietà. E’ così semplice. Non c’è bisogno di contare le calorie o pesare il tuo cibo. E dimenticati dei prodotti light fabbricati industrialmente.

Ci sono solide ragioni scientifiche perché LCHF funziona. Quando eviti gli zuccheri e gli amidi il livello di zuccheri nel tuo sangue si stabilizza e i livelli di insulina, l’ormone che causa l’accumulo di grassi, si abbassa. Questo aumenta il tasso di grasso che bruci e ti fa sentire più sazio.

Nota per i diabetici

• Evitando i carboidrati che aumentano i tuoi zuccheri nel sangue il tuo bisogno di medicine per diminuirlo diminuisce a sua volta. Prendendo la stessa dose di insulina che si assumeva prima della dieta a bassi carboidrati può causare ipoglicemia (un valore di zuccheri nel sangue troppo basso). Sarà necessario testare la propria glicemia di frequente durante questa dieta e adattare le proprie medicine di conseguenza. Ciò deve essere fatto con l’assistenza di un medico preparato. Se sei in salute o hai il diabete ma sei curato solo tramite la dieta o con Metformin non c’è rischio di ipoglicemia.

Consigli Nutrizionali

Mangia quanto ne vuoi di…

• Carne: Qualsiasi tipo, incluso manzo, maiale, cacciagione, ecc. Sentiti libero di mangiare il grasso che trovi sulla carne e anche la pelle del pollo. Se possibile cerca di scegliere carne biologica o allevata al pascolo.
• Pesce e crostacei: Tutti i tipi: pesci grassi come salmone, sgombro o aringa sono favolosi. Evitare le impanature.
• Uova: Tutti i tipi: Bollite, fritte, in frittata, ecc… di preferenza scegli uova biologiche.
• Grassi naturali, Salse contenenti grassi: Usare burro e panna quando si cucina può rendere il cibo più appetitoso e farti sentire più sazio. Prova una Salsa Bernese o Hollandaise, controlla gli ingredienti o preparala in casa. L’olio di cocco e l’olio d’oliva sono altre buone opzioni.
• Verdure che non crescono sotto terra: Tutti i tipi di cavoli, come cavolfiore, broccoli, cavolo e cavoletti di Bruxelles. Asparagi, zucchine, melanzane, olive, spinaci, funghi, cetrioli, insalate, avocado, cipolle, peperoni, pomodori, ecc…

Prodotti caseari: Scegli sempre cibi prodotti da latte intero come burro, panna (40% di materia grassa), panna acida, yogurt greco e formaggi grassi. Presta attenzione al latte e al latte scremato poiché contengono molti zuccheri. Evita prodotti light, zuccherati o aromatizzati.

• Semi oleosi: Ottimi da mangiare invece delle caramelle davanti alla televisione (in moderazione).
• Piccoli frutti: OK in moderazione, se non segui una dieta molto stretta o sei intollerante. Ottimi con la panna montata.

Evita se puoi…

• Zucchero: Il peggio. Bibite zuccherine, caramelle, succhi, bevande isotoniche, cioccolata, torte, pasticcini, paste, gelati, cereali da colazione. E’ preferibile evitare anche i dolcificanti artificiali.
• Amidacei: Pane, pasta, riso, patate, patatine fritte, chips, polenta, muesli e altro. I prodotti integrali non sono meno dannosi. Quantità moderate di verdure sotterranee possono essere accettabili (a meno che non si segua una dieta stretta).
• Margarina: burro imitato industrialmente con un livello innaturalmente alto di grassi omega-6. Non ha benefici per la salute, ha un cattivo sapore. Statisticamente è connesso con asma, allergie e altre patologie infiammatorie.
• Birra: Pane liquido. E’ piena di carboidrati a rapido assorbimento, sfortunatamente.
• Frutta: Molto dolce, alto tenore di zuccheri. Mangiarla una volta ogni tanto. Considerare la frutta come una sorta di caramella.

Una volta ogni tanto

Decidi da solo quando il momento è quello giusto. La tua perdita di peso potrebbe rallentare per un po’.

Alcol: Vino secco (rosso o bianco secco), whisky, brandy, vodka e cocktail senza zucchero.

• Cioccolato fondente: Oltre il 70 % di cacao, in quantità moderata.

 Bevi tutti i giorni

• Acqua
• Caffè: prova con l’aggiunta di panna
• Tè

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Sandra i Jarod Valvo: „MONTY I MONROE SNIMAJU DOKUMENTARAC O PČELAMA“

Knjigu „Monty and Monroe Make s Documentary about: Bees“ napisali su Sandra i Jarod Valvo, majka i njen 12-godišnji sin, koji su odnedavno postali tim i većinom pišu scenarije za kratkometražne filmove. Glavni junaci u ovoj priči su dva hrabra mrava Monty i Monroe, prijatelji spremni da se suoče sa svakojakim opasnostima u košnici i oko nje, a sve da bi snimili film o životu i radu pčela. U ovoj napetoj priči na 42 stranice o pčelama će naučiti mnogo i mali čitatelji kojima je prvenstveno namijenjena ova knjiga, ali i odrasli. Knjiga je izdana u ožujku 2016. na engleskom jeziku i prva je u serijalu koji je zamislio autorski par. Prema komentarima dosadašnjih čitetelja u SAD mogla bi doživjeti veliki svjetski uspjeh. Evo nekih utisaka: „Dijalozi između glavnih likova su simpatični, prožeti dobrim humorom i lako ih je slijediti! Izvrsne ilustracije posve nadopunjuju priču! Totalno slatko! Knjiga na originalan način povezuje zabavu i edukaciju!“ Knjigu „Monty and Monroe Make s Documentary about: Bees“ možete nabaviti on line na: Apple iTunes Store, Amazon, Google Play ili Barnes & Noble. Ne propustite priliku: 2 u 1 – učite o pčelama i učite engleski!!!

NAUČITE ENGLESKE, NJEMAČKE I TALIJANSKE TERMINE ZA NAJBITNIJE POJMOVE IZ PČELARSKE PRAKSE. SLIKE ĆE VAM OLAKŠATI SNALAŽENJE I POMOĆI DA RIJEČI LAKŠE UPAMTITE, PA JE BAŠ ZATO OVAJ MALI TEČAJ STRANIH JEZIKA IDEALAN ZA DJECU! ULOŽITE MALO TRUDA – ISPLATIT ĆE VAM SE VRLO SKORO I TO STOSTRUKO!

NIJE VAM BILO TEŠKO PREVESTI S ENGLESKOG, NJEMAČKOG I TALIJANSKOG JEZIKA OVIH PAR ZANIMLJIVOSTI IZ ŽIVOTA PČELA, ZAR NE?!  GOOD BYE,  AUF WIEDERSEHEN, ARRIVEDERCI...DO SLIJEDEĆEG PRILOGA!

A EVO I JEDNE ŠALE NA RAČUN POZNATOG ENGLESKOG PISCA I PJESNIKA:

MALO POZNATA ČINJENICA: PRIJE NEGO LI POSTAO PJESNIK, SHAKESPEARE SE OKUŠAO U PČELARSTVU, ALI KAKO NIJE USPIO SKUPITI DOVOLJNO NOVCA ZA VIŠE OD PAR PČELA, USKORO JE DIGAO RUKE OD TOG POSLA.

SADA KADA STE SAVLADALI OSNOVNE POJMOVE, NEĆE VAM BITI NIKAKAV PROBLEM RIJEŠITI OVAJ MALI TEST ZNANJA IZ ENGLESKOG JEZIKA…

NASTAVLJAMO S KRATKIM LEKCIJAMA IZ ENGLESKOG JEZIKA:

Ovo stvarno nije bilo teško za prevesti, jer i vrapci na krovu već znaju da su “košnice simbol harmonije, zajedništva i rada”…

“WHOLE FOODS” je internacionalni lanac trgovina prirodnim i organskim prehrambenim proizvodima. Kao svjetski lider u promicanju zdrave hrane, ova tvrtka objašnjava: “ZAŠTO SU PČELE VAŽNE?” i odgovara na to pitanje ovako: “85 % biljaka postoji zbog pčela. Pčele su zaslužne za kvalitetu i sigurnost hrane. Oprašivačima možemo zahvaliti za 1/3 ukupne hrane koju jedemo. Pčelama možete zahvaliti na travi kojom se hrane naše krave. Bez njih ne bi bilo ni mlijeka, ni sira ni mesa.”

I dok je prva poruka bila prvenstveno namijenjena stočarima i prerađivačima proizvoda životinjskog porijekla, ova se tiče ratara : “PČELE SU TU DA VAM OPRAŠE VAŠE USJEVE I NA TAJ NAČIN POVEĆAJU PRINOSE! ZATO DIGNITE KOŠNICE, NAĐITE MATICU I PODIGNITE SVOJ ROJ!” (u slobodnom prijevodu, jer riječ “bushels” u doslovnom značenju nema adekvatan termin na hrvatskom jeziku).

Siguran sam da ste znali da pčele ne proizvode ni sladoled ni marmeladu, već med, kao i na su prijateljske naravi, a ne nabusite i buntovne. Znali ste i da su skromne, a ne egocentrične i sujetne, da rade teško po čitav dan, a ne samo 8 sati ( i to bez nedjelje i praznika!), a (usprkos svemu) ljudima priznaju dominaciju i ne mrze ih, kao što i sve što rade , ne rade zbog novca (poput nekih ljudi!). Congratulations to everyone who knew the correct answers, and others better luck (and knowledge) next time!

Još od prije znamo da: ZA IZRADU 1 KG MEDA PČELE MORAJU POSJETITI 20.000.000  CVJETOVA, PA AKO IM ZA SVAKI LET (NA RUTI KOŠNICA – CVIJET – KOŠNICA) TREBA 30 – 40 MINUTA, A U JEDNOM DANU LETE DO 20 PUTA, ZNAČI DA OD PČELINJAKA U POTRAZI  ZA CVIJEĆEM LETE DO 8 KM I TO BRZINOM 15 – 20 KM/SAT.

A ako do sada niste znali zašto je pčelarska odjeća žuta ili bijela, evo odgovora: PČELE VOLE SVIJETLE BOJE, POSEBICE ŽUTU, ALI NE NAPADAJU NI BIJELU!

Vjerujemo da ste i ovu činjenicu iz života pčela znali od prije: KAD NAPADAJU, PČELE SU OSUĐENE NA SMRT, JER ZA RAZLIKU OD OSA, IMAJU UNUTARNJI ŽALČANI APARAT, PA ČIM UBODU, OSTAJU BEZ ŽALCA I UMIRU!

Ma, nemojte mi reći da niste znali da: TRUT JE MUŠKI ČLAN PČELINJE ZAJEDNICE, NEMA ŽALČANI APARAT NITI LETI NA CVIJEĆE. SLOBODNO ULAZI NA JELO U SVE KOŠNICE NA PČELINJAKU, ZA RAZLIKU OD PČELA KOJE POZNAJU SVOJE KOŠNICE. 

I za kraj lekcije: PČELINJA KRALJICA JE MAJKA SVIH PČELA, TRUTOVA I MATICA. PČELINJA KRALJICA DNEVNO POLOŽI PREKO 2.000 JAJA.  

TOČNI ODGOVORI NA “MALI TEST ZA MALE PČELARE” SU: 1) DA, pčelinji proizvodi su: med, matična mliječ, propolis, pelud, vosak i pčelinji otrov. 2) NE, boja meda ovisi o nektaru i kreće se u rasponu od svijetlo žute do tamno smeđe 3) NE, ako pčele posjete više vrsta cvijeća, a ne prevladava ni jedan od njih, taj med zovemo ” Med 1.000 cvjetova” 4) DA, kristalizacija je posve prirodan proces ovisan o tipu meda i 5) DA, matična mliječ je želatinozna tvar bijele boje kojom se hrani matica.

“Šećer dolazi na kraju!” ili kako bi to rekli Nijemci: “Zucker kommt am Ende!” Nakon zanimljivosti iz života i rada pčela kao i njihovih proivoda na engleskom i talijanskom jeziku, kao desert nam stiže nitko drugi nego – pčelica Maja! Pjesmu “Die Biene Maja” napisala je Karel Gott, a prepjev na hrvatskom jeziku ćete naći na stranici “PJESME” na stranici “PRIČAONICA”.

 

A NAKON MALOG ODMORA ISPUNJENOG VEDRIM STIHOVIMA I SLATKIM PUSAMA VRAĆAMO SE U UČIONICU, GDJE NAŠI PRIJATELJI MAJA I PAVO UČE KAKO JE 10 PČELA UKUPNE TEŽINE SVEGA 1 GRAM, DA U 2 MINUTE MOGU LETJETI 1 KM DALJINE, A U SVOM ŽIVOTU 8.000 KM, DA 1 KG MEDA PREDSTAVLJA RADNI VIJEK 350 DO 400 PČELA, A ZA TAJ ISTI KILOGRAM MEDA MORAJU POSJETITI 20 MILIJUNA CVJETOVA, ODNOSNO ZA 1 FUNTU MEDA MORAJU PRELETJETI DULJINU KOJA ČINI 3,5 ZEMLJINA PROMJERA,  A ZA PROIZVODNJU 1 KG VOSKA JE POTREBNO 150.000 PČELA I NA KRAJU DA MATICA MOŽE ŽIVJETI 4 GODINE... 

ALI I TO NIJE SVE: 80 % VOĆKI BEZ PČELA BI OSTALO NEOPRAŠENO, ŠTO ZNAČI – BEZ PLODA, ZIMSKE PČELE ŽIVE DO 9 MJESECI, DA 5.000 JAJA TEŽI SAMO 1 GRAM ITD. ITD. (SVE OVE PODATKE MOŽETE NAĆI I NA STRANICI “JESTE LI ZNALI?”)

I OPET SE VRAĆAMO NA ENGLESKI: ŠTO JE TO SVOJEVREMENO REKAO ČUVENI ALBERT EINSTEIN?

NAPOMENA: ponekad je zbog igre riječi u engleskom jeziku teško doslovce prevesti pojedini termin: “humble” znači “čedan, ponizan, krotak”, ali i “neznatan”. U svakom slučaju nesporno je da je veliki prirodoslovac i autor teorije o evoluciji Charles Darwin (1809. – 1882.) osim za zoologiju imao i pjesničkog dara, jer je tako dobro znao opisati pojedine životinjske vrste.