Bees and hemp
According to the findings of Ukrainian hemp farm workers, cannabis pollen is a delicacy for bees, and the product has excellent therapeutic properties.
On the pages of the profile electronic edition of Ukrainian horse manufacturers, they were described by "lah Features of honey based on hemp pollenЄ. Given the regularly manifested interest in the therapeutic possibilities of hemp honey, this material describes a rather interesting experience, which was conducted by scientists at the State University of Colorado to study the biological interest of bees in the possibility of pollinating the cannabis plant, as well as studying the properties of hemp honey.
Hemp pollen - bee treat
Bees are very fond of pollen from hemp fields, which is considered an extremely useful factor in the introduction and expansion of sustainable methods of gardening and agriculture in economically developed countries. In one of the scientific journals of the United States published a study "The variety and abundance of bees on the flowers of technical hemp". The article describes how researchers from Colorado State University (Colorado State University) set up ten traps in industrial hemp crops located in the north of the state. For five days during the peak of the flowering season, bee specimens were analyzed that fell into the above traps. Considering the fact that a tiny amount of other crops were pollinated in the region during the experiment, scientists tried to determine if cannabis "potentially valuable source of pollen for feeding bees" - a product that plays a crucial role in maintaining "sustainable productivity in natural and agricultural ecosystems".
After analyzing the quantitative and qualitative (types of bees) research results, scientists found out that almost 2000 bees fell into traps in 23 different species. In addition, the researchers concluded that cannabis flowers are a “uniquely attractive product for bees,” since previous reports on populations, the number and diversity of bees found during similar experiments on other traditional crops did not demonstrate such a number of bees and their diversity . Scientists have concluded that "technical hemp plays an important role in ensuring the stability of food for bee colonies during the growing season".
Another advantage of pollinating cannabis fields is that cannabis is the ideal product for breeding bee colonies. Those. Various stress factors that adversely affect the general state of the bee's habitat are largely compensated if the apiary is located near industrial crops of technical hemp. American researchers in the course of the experiments concluded that hemp is extremely valuable from the point of view of ecology culture. Flowers of the plant are extremely attractive for individuals living in apiaries and for all species of wild bees.
Another conclusion that was made as a result of the experiment - Access to the main phytochemicals through pollen and nectar from various plant sources is extremely important to increase the chances of survival and resistance to pathogens biological origin in honey bees. American scientists are convinced that further research aimed at studying the nutritional value of hemp pollen will provide convincing evidence of the therapeutic benefits of hemp honey compared to any other types of bee delicacies obtained during the pollination of any other traditional crops.
Commentary of the Association "Ukrainian technical hemp"
In our country in 2018, several agricultural producers experimented at once with the possibility of obtaining hemp honey. The results of the studies confirm the results obtained by American scientists. According to the findings of workers in Ukraine’s cannabis farm, hemp pollen is a delicacy for bees, and the product itself has excellent therapeutic properties.
Ukrainian experience in obtaining hemp honey