CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What are the methods for beehive breeding?

How to cultivate beehives?

Beehive breeding is a common breeding method. First, you need to attract bees and apply honey in the beehive to attract them. After the bees fly in, you can directly move the beehive away to avoid returning bees, or you can find the queen bee and control it. After attracting the bees, you need to prevent them from escaping, keep the beehive clean, eliminate nest worms and wax moths, and replace new honeycombs regularly.

Leeward and sunny

This is a common placement method, and one we often hear about. Such places are generally warm in winter and cool in summer, which is good for bees to overwinter or multiply in spring. In winter, it is better to be leeward to keep warm, and in spring, it is easier to receive sunlight, which is good for bee reproduction. However, in summer, attention should be paid to shading. Generally speaking, the placement method of leeward and facing the sun has many benefits for bee breeding throughout the year.

Facing south

The beehive faces south mainly due to the influence of my country's monsoon climate. Generally, in winter, my country's wind is northwest wind. At this time, if the hive door faces north, the northwest wind will inevitably flow into the beehive, which is obviously not conducive to the bees' wintering. In spring and summer, my country's wind is generally southeast wind. The wind will not directly enter the beehive, but a small amount of wind entering the beehive is conducive to cooling the bee colony and is also good for bee reproduction.

How should a novice beekeeper place the beehive? The location of the beehive is very particular. If it is placed well, the more bees will be raised. The advantage of the beehive facing north and south is to avoid direct sunlight on the hive door, because bees like dark environments. If the hive door is directly exposed to sunlight, it will inevitably cause the inside of the hive to be bright, which is not conducive to the reproduction of bees. Therefore, the method of facing north and south is adopted. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, avoiding direct sunlight on the hive door, which is also good for the reproduction of bees.

Tiered arrangement

The layout of the Chinese apiary is to arrange the bees in stages, allowing the bees to fly at different altitudes. If it is not possible to arrange them in stages, they are generally arranged at long distances with the nest gates facing different directions. This situation prevents the bees from getting lost in the nest and colliding with the honey-collecting routes, which is beneficial to the production of bees.