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How to disinfect beekeeping tools? Introduction to disinfection methods for beekeeping tools
Bee pests and diseases cause great harm to beekeeping production. While controlling them, beehives, combs and the beekeeping tools used must be thoroughly disinfected. Commonly used disinfectants include: 1. Formalin: 1 part formalin, add 9 parts water to make a 4% aqueous solution, soak empty combs and small beekeeping tools in it for 24 hours, shake off the liquid, rinse with clean water and dry. . Put the combs into supers, 8 combs per box. Remove the wire mesh from 1 empty hive body with a screen window, stack 5 supers of combs on top, cover with a wooden inner cover, and seal all gaps tightly. Use a carbon or glass container to place
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Garlic Storage and Fresh-Keeping Methods and Key Technical Points
Storage of garlic sprouts, garlic scapes and fresh garlic bulbs ① Ice cellar storage: Choose a shaded, sealed room or basement as the cellar. The cellar floor should have a drainage ditch leading outside, spread a 0.8 m thick layer of ice on the floor, and build ice 0.5 m thick against the walls, up to near the roof. Tie garlic sprouts or garlic scapes into bundles of 1 kg, put them into plastic film bags with 15 kg per bag, tie the outside with rope and stack them in the cellar, filling each layer with ice fragments, stacking until about 2 m from the roof, then seal with a layer of ice on top, and spread a 1 m layer of rice husks over it to seal tightly and prevent the ice from melting. This allows garlic to be stored for more than half a year.
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Harvesting and Fresh-keeping Methods for Cut Leaves of Japanese Spindle
[Other Chinese Names] Yagi, Dongqing Weimao, Fufangshu, Haiweimao, Huangzhualongshu, Jiaweimao, Maixiang, Japanese Euonymus, Sijiqing, Zhengmu [Family and Genus] Celastraceae, Euonymus [Place of Origin] Japan, China [Plant Characteristics] Japanese spindle is an evergreen shrub or small tree. The plant height can reach 8 m. The branchlets are green. The simple leaves are opposite, obovate or narrowly oblong, 3-6 cm long, with an acute or obtuse apex, a broad wedge-shaped base, and finely blunt-toothed margins, smooth, leathery. [Cut Leaf Harvesting] Harvested part
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Harvesting and Fresh-keeping Methods for Cuttings of Amorpha fruticosa, an Open-field Flower
[Other Chinese names] Mianhuai [Family and genus] Fabaceae, Amorpha [Place of origin] North America [Plant characteristics] Amorpha fruticosa is a clumping shrub. Plant height 1-4 m. Branches grayish blue. Odd-pinnate compound leaves alternate; leaflets 11-25, oblong. [Cutting harvest] The harvested part is the first-year woody branch of Amorpha fruticosa, preferably 1-1.5 cm in diameter. To obtain the ideal propagation results, top branches with shorter internodes and full growth should be selected. Pay attention to reasonable cutting collection so as not to affect
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Pear Fruit Storage and Fresh-Keeping Methods and Technical Key Points
Different pear varieties and types require different optimal temperature, humidity and optimal gas composition standards. For newly bred varieties, experiments must be conducted to determine the suitable temperature, humidity and optimal gas composition required for their storage, so that temperature and humidity control and gas composition regulation can be effectively carried out during storage to achieve the best storage results. Pear fruits are broadly divided into two major types. 1. Crisp-fleshed type varieties: The white pear system and the sand pear system mostly belong to the crisp-fleshed type. Generally, crisp-fleshed varieties, after harvest
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Detailed Guide to Apricot Storage and Fresh-Keeping Methods and Techniques
Storage and Fresh-Keeping of Apricots 1. Determining the Suitable Harvest Maturity of Apricots Determining the suitable harvest maturity is key to storing apricots. The judgment of maturity can be determined based on factors such as the number of days of fruit development, changes in fruit color, the texture of the peel and flesh, the aromatic flavor of the fruit, and the firmness of the fruit's attachment. Apricots intended for storage should be harvested when the fruit has reached the inherent size of the variety, the fruit surface has turned from green to yellow, the sun-facing side shows the variety's inherent color, the flesh is still firm, nutrients have been fully accumulated
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Detailed Explanation of Short-Term Storage and Fresh-Keeping Methods for Ginger
If the ginger is to be processed and used, short-term storage and fresh-keeping are needed. Choose a sheltered spot indoors, first spread a layer of moist sand on the ground, then arrange the stored ginger upright and closely packed on top, covering each layer with 5-6 cm of moist sand; in this way it can be stacked 0.8-1 m high, with the topmost layer covered with 10 cm of moist sand, then cover with plastic film to retain moisture. Note that water must not enter the ground, and the film may be left off for the first half month.
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Artificial Keeping Methods and Technical Key Points for the Chinese Cobra
The white-banded snake, also known as the many-banded krait or the small-banded krait, has high medicinal and economic value. Its keeping methods are as follows: 1. Build reasonable pools. The snake pool is built of brick and stone, 2 m square and 1.5 m high, and can hold 15-20 snakes; putting in too many snakes makes management difficult. The pool walls are smoothed with cement, and a movable glass cap is added on top of the wall in a T shape to prevent escape. The bottom of the pool is the snakes' activity area, where weeds should be planted, and then snake nests should be built with sand, wooden boards, bricks and tiles, etc. Build a flowing water ditch and a bait basin in the pool, and cover the pool with
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Harvesting and Fresh-Keeping Methods for Outdoor Oleander Cuttings
[Other Chinese Names]Dajiezhong, Jiaochudong, Jiujiezhong, Juna, Liuyetao, Shuigancao[Family and Genus]Apocynaceae, Nerium[Place of Origin]Nepal, India, Iran and other places[Plant Characteristics]Oleander is an evergreen shrub or small tree. Plant height 5-6 m. It has milky sap. Simple leaves are whorled or opposite, linear-lanceolate, 10-25 cm long, entire, leathery.[Cutting Harvest]The harvested part is the current-year branches of oleander. Harvesting should be carried out from May to July each year. In order to obtain ideal
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How to Raise a Chinese Box Turtle? A Detailed Guide to Keeping Methods
For raising Chinese box turtles, it is best to buy turtles between April and August each year. During this period there are more turtles, prices are lower, and they are easier to tame and keep. From January to March, turtles are hibernating or about to hibernate, so it is difficult to observe their activity, feeding, droppings, and other conditions. It is hard to judge the survival rate of the turtles. Adult Chinese box turtles are mainly obtained by purchasing wild-caught turtles. Wild-caught turtles are thin and weak, timid, with many wrinkles on the skin of the limbs, and when handled the turtle feels light. Selecting turtles can begin with two aspects: the turtle's appearance and its droppings. A healthy turtle has bright eyes, with no white spots on the cornea, no blood at the mouth or nose, and no mucus secretion. The skin, carapace, and plastron have no damage or ulceration. When crawling, the limbs can lift the body up. After being startled, it can immediately flee. The droppings of a healthy turtle are lump-shaped and wrapped in a white membrane. Droppings that are pale blue, blood-red, light green, etc. are all abnormal.
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