CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How can you keep ants out of beehives?

1. How to prevent ants from entering the beehive?

The following are the methods for beekeeping and ant control: 1. Use 3 to 4 iron nails of 10 to 15 cm in length for each beehive (the diameter of the nails does not need to be too large, as long as they are long enough), and nail them in the four corners of the beehive, 4 to 5 cm deep. Try to make the height of the nails on the same horizontal line, or slightly lower the direction of the nest door to make the beehive lean forward. You can also use 3 nails in the shape of a regular triangle to nail them into the beehive...

To get rid of ants near a beehive:

1. Clean the beehive and replace the honeycomb.

2. Use metronidazole spray and sulfur fumigation.

3. Spray fungicides to kill cotton bugs. There are ant medicines on the market.

4. Kangkuan is a low-toxic pesticide. It is the most effective drug used by a beekeeper named Meng Rurensheng to kill nest worms. It works once and twice. With his consent, it can be promoted in the forum to benefit beekeepers. Many beekeepers have used it...

There are ants in the beehive, so you can cut off the ant trails and destroy the ant nests, scald them with boiling water, burn them with fire, etc.

Ants come closer, not fly closer. How to deal with them! Stay away from the beehive (not too close to it) and cut a whole fresh lemon in half. Squeeze the lemon juice where you can see the ants and their movement lines. Hold the side with the pulp and smear it along the way. The magical effect will allow you to verify the wonders of nature again!

How to prevent ants from entering the beehive? This method is the most practical.

2. What are the harms that ants cause to beehives and how to prevent and control them?

Ants belong to the order Hymenoptera and the family Formicidae. They are widely distributed in tropical and warmer regions, especially in forests and hot and humid areas. Ants invade beehives in large numbers, harming the wooden parts of the hives and causing damage to the hives; they steal honey and attack bees, which can destroy the bee colonies in serious cases. There are many types of ants, and the main ones that harm bees are large black ants, small black ants, large yellow ants, and small yellow ants. Other countries also have Argentine ants, red wood ants, carpenter ants, silk ants, and fire ants.

To prevent and control damage caused by ants, the bee farm should be kept clean at all times, and ant nests should be destroyed in time when found. In areas where there are many ants and the damage is serious, the beehives should be tightly sealed and the gaps in the hives should be blocked at all times. When ants harm the bee colony, the beehives can be raised and quicklime can be spread around the beehives. If ants have entered the beehive, salt can be spread in the four corners of the hive to drive away the ants.

3. How to avoid ants and cockroaches in beehives?

‍‍It is relatively simple to prevent ants from running into the beehive. First, we need a beehive stand with four legs (you can manually make one with square strips), then put a bowl of water (disposable bowls are fine) under each of the four legs, and then put the beehive on the stand to prevent ants from running into the beehive. How to prevent cockroaches: First of all, we must know that cockroaches run into the beehive to find food and a place to live. After I knew these two points, I first cut off the food for the cockroaches. We have to clean up the wax residue at the bottom of the beehive, which is not conducive to the reproduction of nest insects. Only by cleaning the bottom of the beehive frequently will it be difficult for cockroaches to come in to find food. After we have solved the problem of cleaning the bottom of the beehive, the next step is to ensure the integrity of the beehive. We must fill the broken and gapped places of the beehive (you can use yellow mud or cement slurry). If there are no gaps in the beehive, it will not be easy for cockroaches to run into the beehive. ‍‍

‍‍Raise the beehive a little higher, and spread a layer of plant ash or lime powder outside the bottom of the beehive to prevent ants and cockroaches from entering. You can also sprinkle a circle of insecticide powder, which many insects are afraid of. If you find traces of ants and the nests of ants and cockroaches, use insecticide to block the hole, or scald it with boiling water or pour diesel to destroy the insect hole, and it will no longer harm the bee colony. It is not easy for cockroaches to find their nests. Cockroaches that enter the beehive can be killed with medicine. I heard that there is a kind of medicine-cockroach glue bait, which is specially used to deal with cockroaches in the beehive. Sprinkle the pills to kill only cockroaches without hurting the bees. One use of the medicine can last for one or two months. But I have never used this medicine, and I don’t know where to buy it. There are many insects in the beehive, which is caused by the weak bee colony. Pay attention to the proportion of the bees and spleens, and raise a strong bee colony, so there will be no trouble with insect pests. ‍‍

‍‍To prevent ants from beehives, beekeepers usually put up beehives on a stand, which can prevent 90% of ants. But never use Baichongling, which will poison the bees. Also, don't use it on empty beehives. The effect is long-lasting. Once I used it to prevent termites on an empty beehive. Half a year later, I used it to raise bees. All the bees died overnight, not a single one was left. The best solution is to find the ant nest and then use the medicine. Cockroaches are annoying. Honeybees can't do anything about them. They live in their homes like their own. They like to steal honey and pollen the most. I have also seen them steal bee eggs and poop everywhere in the beehive. At this time, manual treatment is required. I usually change the box, otherwise it will be difficult for you to catch it. This way it can be dealt with quickly. The best way to prevent cockroaches is to set up defenses at the nest door. Close the nest door a little, or block it with a fence, or use a steel needle to block the nest door. ‍‍

Since bees and cockroaches are both insects, if we use medicine, the medicine that can kill cockroaches can also kill bees, so we cannot use medicine to remove them. Generally, we can put garlic paste at the bottom of the beehive to drive away a small number of cockroaches. If the cockroaches in the beehive have reproduced in large numbers, then we need to remove them by changing the beehive. When changing the beehive, the previous beehive is subjected to high temperature to kill cockroach eggs, and then washed and kept for later use.

How to avoid ants and cockroaches in beehives? There are two measures that beekeepers usually take. One is to raise the bottom of the box, and the other is to use motor oil or butter around the box. Generally, the second method is used by more people. The first method is to use garlic paste, which can be placed on the bottom of the box to avoid cockroaches. The beehive can be placed closer to the road, where there are many pedestrians and vehicles passing by, but it cannot be too close to the road. The first method can prevent cockroaches from appearing by pedestrians and vehicles, and the second method makes it much easier to sell honey.

4. How to prevent and control insects when raising bees

1) For each beehive, use 3 to 4 iron nails of 10 to 15 cm in length (the diameter of the nails does not need to be too large, as long as they are long enough), nail them at the four corners of the beehive, and nail them 4 to 5 cm deep. Try to keep the height of the nails on the same horizontal line. You can also use 3 nails in a regular triangle shape to nail them into the bottom of the beehive. Then put bricks in the corresponding nail positions, one nail for one brick, and put a plastic bottle or glass bottle with a height of less than 10 cm on the bricks, preferably with a diameter of less than 5 cm, so as to prevent bees from drowning by mistake. Inject engine oil or waste engine oil into the bottle, or 1/2 water and 1/2 engine oil. The advantage of doing this is that the engine oil floats on the surface and the water is not easy to evaporate. If it is replaced with clean water, the water will evaporate easily, and the bees will easily fall into the bottle and drown when they are feeding on water. Then insert the beehive with nails into the bottle (note: the long part of the nail should be exposed at least 1 cm from the bottle mouth), and then adjust the position of the beehive. At the same time, weeds around the beehive should be removed to prevent the weeds from touching the beehive to prevent ants from crawling into the beehive along the weeds.

(2) Dig a small trench about 10 cm deep and 5 cm wide around the beehive, smooth it with cement or pad it with plastic sheeting, then pour in clean water, and finally hoe off the weeds around the beehive to prevent ants from crossing the trench and invading the beehive. Although this method is simple and easy to implement, it can easily cause individual bees to fall into the trench and drown.

To prevent ant damage, of course, the most fundamental thing is to choose a colony that is weak in swarming and can maintain a strong colony to breed queen bees. Raising a strong colony is the best way to prevent ant damage.