Abstract

This work examines the effect of different feeding on honeybee activity during winter in a closed apiary designed to raise bees during cold conditions. The results shows that there were significant differences in the brood area among the treatments (untreated-reference, candy, and vitamin) of honey bee colonies inside the closed apiary, where both the candy and vitamin treatments excelled, and the average brood area reached (69.26, 62.90) inch², respectively. Which outperformed the reference colonies- which had an average brood area of (55.00 inches²). There were also significant differences in the average area of honey, as the reference honeybee colonies outperformed the colonies with treatments. The average area of honey was (236.00 inch²) for the reference colonies, while the average area of honey in the colonies with candy and vitamin treatments was (172.83, 197.20) inch², respectively. No significant differences in the average pollen area in the three treatments (untreated, candy, vitamin) where the pollen averages reached (15.53, 17.53, 16.30) inch², respectively, inside the closed apiary during Winter.