The Russian language is amazing, and it is no coincidence that it is very difficult to teach foreigners. In a word, completely different objects and phenomena can be called in it.
For example, a bruise. Everyone knows that this is a consequence of a fight or an unsuccessful fall. But there is a completely different bruise: honey plant. Such a strange name is the plant, which is considered the king of honey plants. It releases nectar around the clock, regardless of the weather. Even in severe drought, the plant gives the bees sugar juice. Experienced beekeepers say that its honey productivity is 500-800 kilograms per hectare. This means that in one day only one bee family can extract up to 8 kilograms of honey from this plant. There are no other plants as productive as the honey bruise. It is not for nothing that beekeepers try to plant beehives where these plants from the borage family are planted. Not only the attention of bees attracts this honey plant. The bruise ordinary, despite its strange name, is very beautiful. Its stems, often growing up to a meter, are densely covered with very large (for
honey plants) flowers. Opening, the flowers have a soft pink color, and then, in the process of flowering, become bright blue.
For this
azure color, the plant got its name: bruise. Honey plant is not only productive, but also very beautiful. It is pleasant for two months (starting from mid-June) to admire the sea of azure flowers and inhale their unique, very delicate aroma. However, beekeepers and beekeepers do not appreciate the honey
bruise for this
. The honey that the bees collect from this amazing flower turns out to be thick, viscous, dark amber. It has a strong aroma, delicate taste, a long finish. And he never sugars (does not crystallize), so he can not only eat, but also leave the bees for the winter. The honey bruise is all the more surprising because this plant, whose rod-shaped roots go two meters into the ground, is poisonous, and its honey is useful.
We sow ourselves
Honey bruise (photo), many beekeepers specifically plant around the apiary. Do it like that. In order to sow 1 ha, take about 5 kg of seeds. The bruise is so small that about 3 g per 3 g. Seeds are scattered in the excavated earth, and then it is leveled with a rake. Honey bruise is considered a weed: in two years, it will begin to spread independently, self-sowing. You can do it in another way. If it is not possible to buy bruise seeds, you can find a meadow where it grows, carefully dig out the roots and transplant to the right place. The plant is so unpretentious that it can be transplanted almost all year round, and it will grow even in the most unsuccessful places and soils. The bruise is especially well established on very wet soil, so transplanted plants can be watered. Root propagation has the only drawback: rarely, anyone succeeds in transplanting more than 300 roots per day. On an industrial scale, seeders can be used. Usually this is done through the coulter, and then they are passed through the sowing with drags. They do this either immediately, as spring snow comes off, or just before the very first frosts.