CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to tie honeycombs to native bees? How to tie honeycombs to native bees and transfer them to the hive?

1. How to tie the honeycombs of native bees? How to tie the honeycombs of native bees and transfer them to the hive?

How to tie honeycombs to native bees? Nowadays, many people like to keep bees in the wild, so tying honeycombs is a technique that beekeepers must learn. Whether you have a round barrel or a lattice box, no matter what type of box you use, you can use this method I introduced. Many beekeeping friends have received a bee colony before, but because they are busy, they have not moved it to a box. Now that the weather is hot, we need to cut off its honeycombs and move it back to the native lattice box. Professional beekeeping masters will tell you what to do.

1. How to tie honeycombs and transfer them to the hive: The first step

First, put on protective clothing. It is usually in the evening when the bees are less vigilant. Because they are collected from the wild, they are also fierce. Although we can deal with bee stings, it is still very painful. In summer, we wear this thin and breathable protective clothing. First, lift the beehive. Don't be in a hurry. Turn it upside down and observe the direction of the honeycomb. Everyone must pay attention to this step. When turning the bucket upside down, turn it in the direction to avoid damaging the brood comb inside.

2. How to tie honeycombs and transfer them to the hives in domestic beekeeping

1. Prepare a beehive cage and place it above the mouth of the barrel. Knock around the barrel to drive the bees to climb up. We don't need to look for the queen bee deliberately. As long as you operate it properly, the queen bee will not run away. Generally, the queen bee will climb up leisurely after the bees have climbed about 2/3. After the bees are up, they will start cutting the spleen. Cut the spleen to separate the honey. First cut out the paper spleen, and then cut the honey spleen. 2. After that, we will start to pass the box. In fact, it is very convenient to raise the box in the soil. We put the grid box flat, put the brooding against the box, slowly put the stick in, and then stand up the beehive after wearing it, and adjust the width of the spleen. 3. If you want to change the queen bee, you can put a queen excluder and a giant box. If you don't need to change the queen, you can just shake the bees like this. For bees like this kind of tied spleen passing the box, we have to carry out an auxiliary feeding in the first three days to let the bee colony quickly secrete the piece of brooding to consolidate our brooding. Now the weather is hot, and the nectar source outside is not abundant. The box is tied and the spleen is completed. Everyone should pay attention to the details!

Be sure to cut the honeycomb flat, then bury the wires, and use bamboo sticks to clamp the honeycomb. This operation is more reasonable and convenient.

Wear protective clothing, knock on the bucket above the mouth to make the bees climb up, and put a beehive on top. Put the brood comb on top of the box, and that's it.

You can use the insertion and binding method. It needs to be trimmed and leveled before use. Choose the appropriate method based on the actual situation.

2. How should we tie the combs of bees collected from the wild and transfer them to the hives?

How to tie the honeycombs of bees collected from the wild and transfer them to the hive? Today, I will tell you the details of the actual operation. It seems simple, but pay attention to the details. Some friends told me that the bees I collected also tied the honeycombs, but why did they still fly away? What is the reason? If you do not operate properly when tying the honeycombs to transfer them to the hive, the honeycombs will be seriously damaged, causing the bees to be emotionally unstable and unwilling to accept it. In serious cases, the bees will even fly away.

1. Methods for collecting bees in the wild, tying combs and transferring them to hives

This is the bee we use in the wild. When we collect bees, the honey and eggs have been separated. Try not to let the honey stick to the brood comb larvae. Find a mesh partition board to tie the skin of the nest frame. If it is soil-raised, just use a stick to insert it into the beehive. Give priority to the honeycomb with the brood comb capped. Pay attention to the steps. Novice friends must pay attention to tying the brood comb instead of the dense comb. Cut off the empty nests on the edge, put our nest frame on it, and align it neatly. Then use the tip of the knife to gently draw the edge of the wire. Don't draw too deep. Draw half of the brood comb and gently press the wire down. Turn the comb over, take out the mesh partition board, put it under the brood comb, and start tying the comb.

2. Several details of spleen binding

For tying the honeycomb, some people use rubber bands, but we prefer to use fishing lines. It is easy to tie with rubber bands, but it will scare the bees when cutting the rubber bands later, so we choose to use fishing lines. Now the honeycomb is tied, and we start to transfer to the box. If there are more bees, we will add a piece of pure beeswax that we made by ourselves. Pure beeswax nest storage comes from the beehive of the bees, with a strong smell of bees, bee acceptance blocks, stable blocks, and honeycomb blocks. Whether you are transferring to the box or tying the honeycomb, you should give priority to pure honeycomb storage, and the bees are not easy to get sick. Then there are several details to pay attention to when transferring to the box. Transferring to the box should be done in the evening. If the bees are in a bad mood, they should not be rushed to transfer to the box. Use a spray bottle to spray some water first. Cool down the bees and stabilize them before transferring to the box. Open the box and check five minutes after transferring. If the bees do not get on the honeycomb, they must be driven to the honeycomb immediately. After most of them get on the honeycomb, just cover the box lid. That's all for today. I will share more beekeeping experience every day.

After collecting wild bee colonies and bringing back the original honeycombs, be sure to fix the honeycombs in time. No matter what method is used, it must be fixed while ensuring the integrity of the honeycombs, and then placed in the beehives that need to be used for transfer. And before that, the odor in the beehive must be removed, otherwise it will have a great impact on the bees. If the honeycombs are damaged or not taken when collecting bee colonies, you can take some from other beehives and put them in.

Cut the obtained brood combs and part of the honey and pollen combs according to the nest, and then fix them with ropes. Only after the arrangement is completed can the bees be allowed to enter the box.

Choose a large beehive, trim the honeycombs very neatly, and keep the ovaries and pollen combs.

3. How to transfer Chinese bees to new hives?

The transfer of Chinese bees to the hive can be determined by the form and location of the honeycombs of the bee colony to be transferred, as well as the conditions available. Generally, there are three types of transfer: flipping the hive, not flipping the hive, transferring by groups, and transferring by borrowing honeycombs. Flipping the hive: It is suitable for transferring hives in portable, light old barrels. The operation method is:

First, open the lid of the beehive bucket and observe the position and direction of the honeycomb. Then, keep the honeycomb vertical to the ground and slowly turn the old nest over. Then, place the bee collecting cage close to the top of the bee cluster and drive the bees into the cage by tapping or using thick smoke. After all the bees have climbed onto the cage, move the old nest away and place the bee collecting cage at the original nest position to accommodate the returning bees. For the old nest that has been moved away, quickly use a honey cutting knife to press against the base of the honeycomb, cut off the honeycombs one by one, take out the available brood combs, place them on the honeycomb support plate, and tie the honeycombs immediately. Before tying the honeycombs, first cut off the large brood combs and large powder honey combs according to the size of the inner circumference of the nest frame and install them on the nest frame in time. Small brood combs that are less than half the area of ​​the frame can be combined to make sure that the honeycombs fill the frame. Depending on the specific situation, the honeycombs can be fixed flatly in the nest frame by inserting, hanging, hooking, clamping, etc. The tied honeycombs should be placed in the order of large brood in the middle and small brood on both sides. Depending on the strength of the colony, additional honeycombs and partitions should be added. After all this is done, put the beehive in the original position of the old nest, lean a sub-cover against the nest door, lift the beehive cage, shake the bee mass onto the inclined board, and the bees will flow into the new nest door along the inclined board. After about 15 minutes, open the box to check whether the bees have gone to the honeycombs. If necessary, slowly urge them to go to the honeycombs. Not turning over the box: suitable for fixed beehives that are large and difficult to move. When changing the box, choose the horizontal side of the honeycomb as the starting point. Use thick smoke to drive the bees, force them to gather at one end, then cut each honeycomb, and finally move the bee mass into the new beehive. In case some bees fall to the ground, look for a queen bee. If a queen bee is found, lift the wings and put it into the beehive. Swarming box: It is to take advantage of the natural swarming opportunity to collect the swarming colony while cutting a few brood combs from the original colony, tie the combs and put them into the new colony to form a colony of bees. Borrowing combs to change boxes: If there is a Chinese bee colony that is raised using a new method, you can take out a few frames of brood combs and honey and pollen combs, place them in the new box, and collect the bee colony in it. Cut off the honeycombs from the original colony and tie them up, and give them to the bee colony that has been raised in live frames.

This article is from: "History of the Development of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Science and Technology in Tibet" published by China Agricultural Press