Perga, which is nothing like processed pollen, with regular application helps the body to recover in almost any situation.
But this product is sufficiently fond of storage conditions, therefore, in order not to lose its biological activity, it is necessary to observe all rules and know how to store pergue in honeycombs, granules or as a honey mixture.
Storage conditions
How to store pergu depends on its kind. For example, honeycombs containing this product are recommended to be kept in a dry room, in which:
- there are no extraneous smells;
- maintains a low level of humidity;
- air temperature does not exceed 5 ° C.
Important: in the absence of a suitably moist room, the honeycomb can be hung to shelves or other devices and covered with powdered sugar. This simple product perfectly solves the problem of controlling the humidity level.
Among all the storage conditions of Perga, perhaps, maximum attention is paid to temperature, since a decrease of at least 1 ° C leads to the destruction of vitamins and the loss of a variety of useful properties, especially dangerous for so-called bread freezing, although some beekeepers can argue with this. On the contrary, a high temperature( more than 8 ° C) can cause activation of moth larvae, who are very fond of eating wax and bee products. The optimal temperature for keeping bee bread is 2-10 ° C.
Advice: it is usually not necessary to store pergou in the refrigerator or basement, as a consequence of this may be the appearance of mold. But if the refrigerator is able to constantly maintain the temperature at the proper level, then all the same content of bees in it is allowed.
Perga is often stored as a mixture with honey, the amount of which is usually about 30%.In this form, perga retains its useful properties much longer, since honey is an excellent preservative. Mixing these two bee products is considered extremely healing. About its benefits, preparation and application, we told in the article: People are delighted with honey and perga! He displays toxins like a hand.
Storage of the house of ground perga in its pure form is carried out by plugging it into a clean container made of dark glass. It is placed in a dry, cool( 2-4 ° C) place, inaccessible to direct sunlight.
Perga is stored in the form of pellets, which are the most purified of wax, remains of larvae and other admixtures of the product, in dark, glass ware with ajar covers or in canvas pouches. Moreover, such high-quality bee bread does not require the creation of a certain temperature regime, so it can be kept in ordinary room conditions.
Warning! When storing perga at home, you need to carefully monitor the use of the container used to be dry from the inside.
How to extract Pergu from honeycombs
Beekeepers use a special equipment to extract beeswax. The process of obtaining perga is a whole technological scheme, including the stages of honeycomb drying and freezing. But since the freezing of the product is extremely undesirable, it can be obtained without it, but this process requires a lot of time and labor.
To get the perga without freezing, frame after pumping honey put back in the hive. Here it is dried by bees for a couple of days, after which the bread is ready for extraction. It is manually pushed out of each cell by a special hairpin. Of course, the process of how to get the pengu from the honeycomb by hand is more laborious, but so the product retains the maximum value.Shelf life
can spoil the pear. How much perg is stored depends on the conditions in which it is contained and its condition. The maximum danger for this beekeeping product is humidity, therefore, at high rates, bee bread comes to total disrepair in just a few days.
The minimum storage time is pergah in honeycombs. It is she who, more often than other species, suffers from mold and wax moths. In order to protect the product from pests, it is recommended to place open containers with concentrated acetic acid( about 75%) in the room.
You can increase the shelf life of bee penga by diluting it with honey. In this case, it will retain its properties for a year. More than a year to store bee bread in any form does not make sense, as it loses its biological activity and becomes useless.