CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What is the prospect of bee breeding? (What is the prospect of bee breeding?)

1. What are the prospects and analysis of beekeeping?

In the beekeeping industry, my country has always been ranked first in the world in terms of the number of bees and the output of bee products. It is a well-known beekeeping country. At the same time, my country has been vigorously supporting the beekeeping industry and advocating scientific beekeeping. Because the beekeeping industry is relatively speaking, it is an industry that integrates social, economic and ecological aspects. It will not impact the planting industry, nor will it affect the traditional breeding industry, and it will not pollute the environment. It is an industry that deserves to be strongly supported. What's more, the beekeeping industry has a long history in my country.

In fact, beekeeping has a very long history in my country. The earliest record of the word "honey" in my country was in the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty, proving that my country had begun to consume honey 3,000 years ago. The earliest record of beekeeping in China appeared in books in the 3rd century. As for the scientific records of beekeeping, some records can be seen after the 3rd century AD. In the Qing Dynasty, Hao Yixing's "Bee Office Notes" (1819) mentioned the morphology, living habits, social organization, breeding techniques, swarming methods, honey collection and extraction, beehive cleaning and sanitation, and the expulsion of natural enemies of bees. It is an early book that records beekeeping more comprehensively. By the 1930s, Italian bees were introduced into my country from Japan, and live frame breeding began to appear. In 1926, the publication of "Apiculture" by E. F. Phillips of the United States and "Beehives and Bees" written by many experts in this century marked the formation of beekeeping.

1. Current status of beekeeping in my country

1. The prevalence of fake and inferior bee products has damaged the beekeeping industry

In recent years, a large number of fake and inferior bee products have appeared on the market, and consumers are terrified of "honey", which has caused a huge impact on my country's beekeeping industry. On the one hand, supermarket counters are full of fake and inferior bee products made by unscrupulous vendors, making it difficult for consumers to buy high-quality bee products; on the other hand, beekeepers who raise bees in the mountains all year round cannot sell the high-quality bee products they produce. It can be said that the emergence of fake and inferior bee products has not only deeply hurt consumers, but also disrupted the normal honey market, affected the interests of beekeepers, and destroyed the beekeeping industry.

2. The beekeeping industry is poorly organized

my country currently ranks first in the world in terms of the number of bees and the output of bee products! However, compared with European and American countries, my country's beekeeping industry is less organized, with more individual bees and in a weak position. Whether in terms of technology or in terms of production and marketing, it lags behind, and has not played its due group advantages to form an effective industrial chain. In addition, the inability to give full play to various functions is also a major reason restricting the organization of the beekeeping industry.

3. Low degree of mechanization and difficulty in promotion

At present, although the degree of mechanization of beekeeping in my country has improved, it is still basically the same as in the last century, with a low degree of mechanization. In recent years, many scientific and technological personnel have invested in the beekeeping industry to create mechanized equipment for the beekeeping industry. Although some results have been achieved, they are stuck in promotion. Although beekeepers lament the high efficiency of mechanized equipment, few people are willing to use it.

4. Honey quality is relatively low, affecting exports

There is a fundamental difference between mature honey and immature honey. Mature honey requires a longer brewing cycle, but has a high nutritional value; immature honey requires a shorter brewing cycle, and its nutritional value is far inferior to that of mature honey. In order to increase honey production and reduce costs, some beekeepers are unwilling to produce mature honey and tend to produce immature honey. This has caused "mature honey" that should have been sold to the international market to be transferred to the domestic market because its quality does not meet the standards. The domestic market is in oversupply and the price of honey is too low. In order to maximize profits, beekeepers can only obtain profits by reducing the quality of honey, which eventually forms a vicious cycle in the honey market.

2. Prospects of my country's beekeeping industry

Although my country ranks first in the world in terms of the number of bees and bee products, and is known as a major beekeeping country in the world, it has not become a strong beekeeping country. Why? The reason is that compared with the international level, our beekeeping technology is still in the development stage, and there is still a certain gap with the international bee breeding technology. The current characteristics of my country's beekeeping industry are small scale and high dispersion, but it is precisely because of these characteristics that my country's beekeeping industry will have huge room for improvement in technology and scale in the future.

With the development of society and the improvement of people's living standards, people's demand for healthy and wellness products such as high-quality bee products is also increasing. The beekeeping industry will definitely find its own position in the future and develop in the direction of modern and scientific beekeeping, replace manual work with mechanization, arm the beekeeping industry with science and technology, and manage the beekeeping industry with advanced management and operation methods, so as to fundamentally solve the defects in my country's current beekeeping technology and achieve high and stable production of honey.

3. The development direction of beekeeping in my country

1. Establish a pilot base for large-scale beekeeping production and try large-scale production appropriately

There are certain differences between professional beekeeping in my country and developed countries. In developed countries, beekeeping is highly mechanized, large-scale and relatively intensive, and the per capita breeding and output are at a high level. The high level of mechanization promotes the large-scale development of beekeeping, and the scale level drives the development of mechanization. The two are interdependent and inseparable, which has become the standard model of modern beekeeping. In my country, most of them are individual beekeeping. Relatively speaking, the degree of specialization and mechanization is low, and the distribution is relatively scattered. There are generally dozens of groups of bees raised, and a few have more than a hundred groups. This breeding method has also caused the gap between my country's beekeeping industry and the world's beekeeping industry. The quality of honey does not meet international standards and can only be forced to turn to the domestic market again. Therefore, the development direction of my country's beekeeping industry in the future can moderately establish a large-scale beekeeping pilot base, appropriately carry out mechanized and large-scale beekeeping, improve the competitiveness of honey, help the bee industry to go international, and maximize economic benefits.

2. Increase publicity efforts to improve the public's awareness of beekeeping

For large consumers, they think that the main purpose of beekeeping is to obtain benefits, to obtain products such as honey and royal jelly, and thus obtain economic benefits. In fact, many people are wrong. The main purpose of beekeeping is to pollinate crops. At least for now, beekeeping in developed countries puts pollination of crops first, followed by obtaining bee products. Therefore, it can be said that beekeeping is an indispensable part of agriculture, and beekeeping is also known as the "wing of agriculture". Therefore, it has to be admitted that the understanding of beekeeping in developed countries is much higher than that of most of us, and it is this cognitive gap that has led to the passive situation of the development of beekeeping in my country. In order to change from passive to active, the key is to increase publicity and promotion efforts and improve people's awareness of beekeeping, so that the beekeeping industry can develop better in my country.

3. Develop the domestic potential bee product market

Judging from the current situation in my country, the consumption of bee products is still more inclined to foreign countries. The consumption level of domestic consumers will be restricted by foreign manufacturers. Similarly, since domestic bee products cannot go international, they will frantically "erode" the existing market. The honey market is in oversupply, and the price and quality of honey will show a downward trend. It can be seen that if we want to make a breakthrough in my country's beekeeping industry, we must expand the consumer market and explore potential markets. We can start from two aspects: first, strengthen the publicity of honey knowledge and change the concept of some consumers who regard bee products as medicine or tonics; second, we must focus on improving the quality of honey and do a good job of market management at the same time, so that fake honey cannot gain a foothold in the market, and establish an orderly market order from the perspective of consumers. In this way, we can gradually expand the bee product market and seize the potential market.

With the improvement of people's living standards and the deepening of their understanding of bee products, the demand for bee products will continue to increase in the future. Under this general trend, if beekeepers cannot change their breeding concepts and improve the quality of honey while ensuring production, it will be difficult for them to gain a foothold in the bee product market in the future, and they will inevitably be eliminated! In general, the bee product market has great potential in the future. If my country's beekeeping industry wants to go international, it must seek breakthroughs, improve the quality of honey, and use quality as a "stepping stone" to go international.

2. Is there a future for beekeeping?

my country is a major beekeeping country, honey producing country, honey exporting country, and honey consuming country in the world. my country has a vast territory, abundant honey sources, and a large population. With the improvement of people's living standards, the domestic honey consumption market has great potential. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, my country's honey production has increased year by year for more than 10 years, sales are also very promising, and the price is very high. Bee breeding has a broad market prospect and economic value, and the bee breeding industry is also expanding.

My cousin from Guangxi has been working in the beekeeping industry for more than five years and finally got rich. He earns 80,000 yuan a year from beekeeping. My cousin said: If you want to get a good income, you must form a large-scale breeding and understand the technology and knowledge of beekeeping. Here are some of my cousin's experiences in beekeeping:

1. When raising bees, you need to consider the environment, climate, nectar sources (flower sources) and other conditions.

The first is environmental conditions. The water source near the bee colony should be clean and unpolluted. There should be no factories emitting smoke nearby. The bee farm cannot be set up on the mountain above the mine. Some mines have strong magnetic fields that affect the positioning of bees. High-voltage wires are also not suitable for raising bees. The placement of the bee colony should follow the habits of the bees.

Second, climate conditions. Bees are suitable for living in places that are neither too cold nor too hot. The climate in my country varies greatly from east to west and from north to south, so it is difficult to find such a place. From the perspective of climate conditions, we should choose a place with a short winter and a mild climate throughout the year. The winter should not be too long, preferably not more than one or two months.

The third is the nectar source (flower source) conditions. Whether or not bees can be raised depends on whether there is a nectar source. Bees can only survive in places with abundant nectar sources. In order to eat, store and feed young bees, there must be more than two large nectar sources in a year, as well as abundant small nectar sources.

2. Understand the types of bees

At present, the main bees raised are Chinese honey bees and Western honey bees. Bees in different regions have different habits, and the bee products produced by different bee species are not exactly the same. When choosing a bee species, you need to consider whether the local conditions are suitable for raising a certain bee species and whether the conditions are suitable for chasing flowers and taking honey. If the climate is good and the conditions are suitable for chasing flowers and taking honey, it is better to raise Italian honey bees. If you only want to raise it in a certain place, it is better to raise Chinese honey bees. It is recommended that you have a preliminary investigation before making a choice.

3. Understand breeding techniques and precautions

Any kind of animal and plant breeding requires technology. The technologies that need to be mastered in bee breeding include: feeding technology, queen breeding technology, swarming technology, grouping technology, common bee disease and insect pest control technology, autumn breeding technology, wintering technology, spring breeding technology, summering technology, etc. I will not explain them one by one here. If you master these technologies and continue to explore and learn, you will soon have a more systematic understanding of bee breeding and will not be far from success.

The following are some things to note when raising bees: the bees must be fed during the honey shortage period, otherwise they will starve to death; there should be a limit to swarming, and you cannot be greedy, otherwise the bee colony will become weaker and weaker, and only a few beehives will be left. The colony will suffer from various diseases and pests, and eventually breeding will fail; treatment is also important, you cannot just use drugs randomly and in large quantities when you see some changes in the bees before you figure out the specific reasons, otherwise all the bees will be killed by the treatment for a very simple problem.

In short, beekeeping has great room for development, and I hope you can benefit from the answer.

3. What is the prospect of beekeeping?

First, this happened in the village next to ours. Without much beekeeping technology, they started beekeeping on a large scale and had more than a hundred boxes of Italian bees, thinking that the more they raised, the more money they would make. They also hired a person who had never been in contact with Italian bees and had little beekeeping experience to guard the apiary. They disregarded the beekeeping technology, and before the winter of the first year of beekeeping was over, all the more than a hundred boxes of Italian bees were wiped out.

Second, do not be greedy for a large number of bee colonies when keeping bees. This is what I have experienced myself. The year I started keeping bees, I bought six boxes of Chinese honeybees at the beginning of spring. Basically, each box had four or five honeycombs. At that time, each honeycomb cost 150 yuan, and each beehive cost 100 yuan. In total, I spent nearly 5,000 yuan. Not long after I bought them, the nectar flow period came, which was also the swarming period. The bee colony developed very vigorously, and each box basically had seven or eight honeycombs. I saw many friends swarming on the Internet, with one colony divided into three or four boxes. I was particularly envious, and I was thinking to myself, if I could divide one colony into three, I would have 18 colonies at once. I immediately spent more than a thousand yuan to order more than a dozen colonies online. I was very happy about the beehives. I showed the queen cells to netizens and told them that they could be divided. I was so happy that I learned some techniques from several netizens and started to divide the bees. I divided one box a day. In 6 days, I had divided 6 boxes into 18 boxes. I thought I had made a fortune. But after a few days of happiness, I started to worry. Bees were rising and falling, rushing into the colony, fighting, nest insects, and flying away. After more than a week, there was only one bee colony, and it was still dying. All my confidence was gone. After a long time, I bought some books on beekeeping on the Internet. It took me almost half a year to regain some confidence in beekeeping.

In fact, the main way to make money from beekeeping in rural areas is to sell honey. Because rural development is not bad now, and now the Internet is well developed, beekeeping in rural areas can be promoted through the Internet and one's own social circle. Many people are still very interested in honey produced in rural areas. Most people even come to the countryside to ask you to collect honey and sell it on the spot. As long as you don't forget your original intention and don't add fakes, honey is not difficult to sell. You can also make money from beekeeping in rural areas by selling bee colonies. There are two swarming periods every year. You can separate a part of the bee colony to sell and make a lot of money. You can also go to the mountains to lure bees during the swarming period and make a small profit by selling them.

If you raise bees in rural areas and have a large number of bee colonies, it can also help the villagers get rid of poverty and become rich by raising bees. You can apply for subsidies from the government. The government still strongly supports rural development. How much money you make depends on the local subsidy situation and how you apply for it.

To raise bees, you must first master the technology. When the technology is not mature, you should start with a small number of bees, be down-to-earth, and keep learning. Only then can you raise bees well and make money.