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The first book on beekeeping that I was able to read, I was lent by my teacher Bruno Italo Pasi, friends simply Bruno, Taylor, beekeeper Albaredo d'Adige (VR) was the famous "Treaty Complete Beekeeping" by Alphandery published in Italy in 1935 for the types of printing Scotoni of Trent, translated and annotated by Antonio Zappi Recordati. The charm of this work lies in its approach, the author never claims to be the depositary of truth to reveal, but for the OGN
argument, reports its opinions and methods and different beekeepers who then were the most popular, so we find ourselves with people who live for knowledge, technical skills, and abilities have become popular part of the history of beekeeping. Fifteen years later I had a gift, with a dedication, now rightly occupies a place of honor in my library. Pasi had been a gift that dall'apicoltore gave him the art of raising bees, the primary insegante Albaredo D'Adige, Caliari Dante, beloved by all and known as the "Maestro Dante", born in 1897. At his death in 1954, Bruno also inherited the equipment with the only requirement to provide annual, lifetime, nine kilograms of honey to the daughters of Dante, still (2002) and residents living in Albaredo, which he did punctually until his death. The teacher was Dante un'apicoltore experienced and industrious, he led a hundred hives scattered in various courts in the surrounding districts, which they drew in the good years, about six pounds of honey; bred queens of the nuclei by the method of fertilization and time so was supplied to Bologna to avoid inbreeding, jars of honey in jars, waxed cardboard and took him on a motorcycle in Merano distributed in hotels for the consumption of tourists. In fact, then, in the area of \u200b\u200bVerona, both consumption and prices were very low, people prefer the sugar, a good part was absorbed by the confectionery industry but at a price so low that it was not profitable. The Master Dante had, in addition to Brown, another student Micheletto Hamilcar, a carpenter living in pot holder, a fraction of Albaredo Adige, today the business is continued by his son Micheletto Alpheus, born in 1929, which is keen to point out that not engaged in the passion for beekeeping, but out of respect for his father from whom he inherited bees and equipment. How I became a beekeeper
time I was a bachelor, recently arrived in the Veneto and with so much free time with some friends by renting an old farmhouse at the end of Valley locations Fumane Sengia Red. A beautiful place in the chain of Mount Baldo, the edge of a forest, with magnificent views over the valley, and our commitment was to make it more livable, according to a national policy, and then equipped with a bathroom with shower, running water, heating with wood stove, stove, all purchased from dealers and work closely "self made", ci cimentammo anche nell'orto, nella ripulitura del prato ed in lavori boschivi.
Quando tutto fu sistemato, qualcuno pronunciò la frase fatidica "per completare l'opera qui ci starebbero delle api". L'idea mi colpì e mi affascinò talmente che mi misi subito alla ricerca di un apicoltore che potesse insegnarmi i primi rudimenti dell'apicoltura.
Fu così che fui presentato a Bruno.
Un meridionale, per giunta Siciliano, che spunta nel bel mezzo della bassa Veronese e che pretende perfino di fare l'apicoltore era un bell'enigma per Bruno, così cominciammo una chiaccherata molto amabile che in realtà fu un'intervista three hundred and sixty degrees, with the continuation of the conversation I felt a certain filing of us born and grew in me the hope of being accepted as a student.
At one point, came the final thrust as innocent question:
\u0026lt;\u0026lt;she knows what the "morecciola?>>
asked me, with air amused and incredulous
promptly and correctly answered
\u0026lt;\u0026lt;The field mouse!>>
then, if one knows what the morecciola Siciliano, judgments, can do the beekeepers.
Thus began a partnership that lasted for about a decade until I returned to Trapani.
Da Bruno I learned the basics of art and, most importantly, love and respect for these little creatures that have managed to fascinate generations of men.
Considerations
After so many years, in very different from each other, the Veneto and Sicily and many direct and indirect experiences, I do not think it can be denied if I say that beekeeping is a ' art and that the variations can be infinite, according to the nature of the beekeeper, the time available, his mastery of techniques, the objectives it seeks to achieve, knowledge of soil and climate of the botany and territory in which it operates, the kind of bee breeding, etc..
Obviously there are some knowledge including anatomy, physiology and ethology of bees that are part of the culture of bees basis, they remain valid in every latitude, while their application and the many variations in the time and manner, is typically influenced by the conditions mentioned above.
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