Prague Airport won the 8th gold medal for its honey
Prague Airport already has the 8th gold medal for flower honey. As part of the annual Český med 2021 competition, it also received a certificate proving compliance with the strict conditions of the Český med standard. The airport has also been using modern online monitoring of hives for the second year in a row.
Prague Airport already has the 8th gold medal for flower honey. As part of the annual Český med 2021 competition, it also received a certificate proving compliance with the strict conditions of the Český med standard. The airport has also been using modern online monitoring of hives for the second year in a row.
Every year, Prague Airport participates in the Czech Honey competition and has won the Gold Medal for the 8th year in a row. This year, it achieved 100 percent of the evaluation in parameters such as water content, sucrose, electrical conductivity, accuracy of data on labels and aesthetic impression of the entire honey package.
“Beekeeping has been taking place at Prague Airport since November 2011 for the purpose of biomonitoring, ie to evaluate the effects of air transport on the quality of the environment. Pollen and honey analyzes are commissioned by accredited laboratories of the University of Chemical Technology. Monitoring with the help of bees is only a small part of the comprehensive environmental monitoring, within which the airport monitors approximately 40 parameters beyond the scope of legislative obligations, “said Soňa Hykyšová, Director of Environmental Protection at Prague Airport.
High-tech bee tracking
For the second year in a row, Prague Airport is monitoring bees using the electronic bee monitoring system – ProBee. The weight of the hives, the temperature in the bee tuft and the sound effects of the hive are monitored. Weight monitoring will tell beekeepers when it is necessary to add attachments, when to start honey extraction or whether the bees have sufficient supplies for the winter. In contrast, temperature monitoring helps determine the appropriate timing of autumn varroasis treatment. Bees make sounds of different frequencies, from which it is possible to know whether, for example, lack of supplies or, conversely, a significant clutch, overheating of the bee colony, illness or swarm mood, etc.
The ProBee system is connected to a powerful IBM computer center, where acoustic measurements are analyzed.
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