CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What skills are needed to raise bees? (What skills are needed to raise bees?)

1. Beekeeping breeding technology?

1. Choose bee species: The adaptability of bee species in different places is different. It is recommended to keep your own species to ensure the purity of the bee species. Feed management: Mainly feed honey, and pollen can also be made into a paste for artificial feeding. Temperature management: Keep warm when the temperature is below 6℃. Prevention and control of diseases and pests: Prevention is the main thing. If diseases occur, they need to be dealt with in time.

2. When raising bees, you need to ensure that there is sufficient sugar feed at all times. The main feed for bees is honey, which is beneficial to prolong the growth cycle of bees and improve their physical fitness. Domestic bees have poor pollen collection ability, and basically the bee colonies are in a state of pollen shortage, which leads to the weak reproductive ability of Chinese bees. Therefore, they need to be fed pollen artificially. The pollen can be made into a paste for feeding, placed not far from the beehive, and let the bees move back to the beehive by themselves.

3. Before the bee colony hibernates, sufficient feed should be prepared. When the temperature is below 6°C, evenly spread the straw on the partitions in the beehive. After the temperature rises and stabilizes, in order to facilitate the growth and reproduction of the bees, all the straw can be removed according to the specific situation.

2. What is the latest technology in beekeeping?

1. Live frame beekeeping

The honeycombs in the movable frame beehive are movable and can be exchanged with other bee colonies; the movable frame beehive can freely control the colony strength according to needs; and the movable frame beehive can cause almost zero harm to the bee colony when extracting honey. Therefore, it is recommended to use flexible and easy-to-manage movable frame beehives for beekeeping as much as possible.

2. Proper bee breeding

Honey bees have two most critical breeding periods: spring and autumn. The purpose of spring breeding is to quickly restore the colony's strength so that it can make the most of the abundant nectar resources in spring, while the purpose of autumn breeding is to encourage the colony to quickly cultivate a large number of overwintering bees of the right age so that the colony can survive the winter smoothly. In fact, both spring and autumn breeding are inseparable from reward feeding. The specific method is to feed the colony a small amount of honey water or syrup every night during the rapid breeding period of honey bees.

3. Breeding Queen Bee

The quality of a bee colony depends to a large extent on the quality of its queen bee. Experienced beekeepers are willing to spend time and energy on breeding queen bees. Currently, the most widely used artificial queen breeding technique is queen transferring. The specific operation is to first use a queen breeding stick to make a base out of beeswax, and then place the base into the bee colony for transformation. After the base is made, use a worm transferring needle to move in 1-2 day old worker bee larvae. Finally, the queen cells with larvae are introduced into the queen breeding colony to be fed by worker bees.

4. Artificial swarming

Swarming is the main way for bees to expand their population size. There are two swarming methods: natural swarming and artificial swarming. Natural swarming is to wait for the bee colony to swarm on its own and then collect the swarms, while artificial swarming can divide the bee colony into two or more according to the beekeeper's wishes. In fact, experienced beekeepers often perform artificial swarming because natural swarming of bee colonies is almost uncontrollable, and if the swarms are not collected in time, they are very likely to be lost.

5. Strictly prevent diseases

Disease prevention and control is the difficulty and key point in bee breeding. Once a disease breaks out, it can easily destroy even a large-scale apiary. The main diseases include foulbrood and sacbrood. The main parasites include bee mites (mainly harm Italian honey bees) and nest moths (mainly harm Chinese honey bees). The main enemies include wasps, spiders, ants, etc. Therefore, beekeepers must actively do a good job in disease prevention, and if the bee colony has already been diseased, it must be dealt with in a timely manner.

3. Tips and methods for raising bees?

1. Before we raise bees, we need to determine the number of bees we want to raise. Do not force raising too many bees. Honey production is actually closely related to the ability of the bees, and it is not completely proportional to the number of bees. We need to raise strong bees. Generally, strong bees are bred in the spring. It is necessary to control the growth of the bees at this time. This is the key.

2. When we raise bees, we need to add combs and expand the nests in a timely manner. This is also quite critical. Of course, we can also control the queen bee's egg-laying, which is also possible. Only in this way can we create bees with stronger abilities and collect more pollen.

3. When we raise bees, we need to provide them with certain amounts of feeding. Don’t think that we can rely on the bees to produce honey on their own. That is definitely not possible. We need to supplement the bees with protein, which can make the bees’ physique better and create more honey.

4. When we raise bees, we also need to control the number of septum combs and not cut them off in large numbers, as this will easily lead to a significant reduction in the subsequent bee output. It is best to choose an appropriate amount, which can increase the output of the bees and thus obtain high returns.

5. When we raise bees, we will definitely encounter some bad weather. In such weather, we must try our best to ensure the living environment of the bees. Never let the bees out on rainy days, as this will easily lead to the death of a large number of bees. This is what we need to know.

6. Careful care is required to ensure that bees can collect pollen normally during the flowering season. If there are too few flowers around, we can also choose to move them to an appropriate location. Don't sit and wait, as that will only make the bees go to far away places to collect pollen, which will not produce high yields.

4. Beekeeping techniques and methods?

Beekeeping requires little investment, has quick results and high returns. The technical points are as follows:

1. Site selection

There should be sufficient main and auxiliary nectar and pollen sources within a radius of 2.5 kilometers around the site, and the main and auxiliary nectar and pollen sources should be properly matched. The site should be located on a south-facing slope near a mountain, with sufficient sunlight, a high mountain as a screen, natural shade above, southerly winds in summer and northerly winds in winter, fertile soil, vigorous growth of nectar plants, long flowering period, sufficient water, and convenient transportation.

(II) Selection of bee colonies

1. Purchase time: The best time to buy in the north is April to May. This is the breeding period for bee colonies, the selection is relatively stable, and the external environment is good, making it easier to raise bees successfully.

2. Selection method: Observe at the nest entrance. If the worker bees are diligent in going in and out and collect more pollen, they are generally lively and good. Open the box and check. If the worker bees are quiet and not panic, it means they are gentle. If the queen bee is large, has thick feet, is tall, has a wide chest, a long and plump abdomen, is covered with dense hair, and lays eggs quickly and flexibly without panic, it means the queen bee is young and strong, with strong egg-laying ability.

3. Arrangement of bee colonies: It depends on the size of the site, the number of bees and the season. There are four arrangements: single-box arrangement, double-box arrangement, staggered arrangement and triple-box arrangement.

(III) Feeding

1. Supplementary feeding: artificial feeding when nectar sources are scarce. The methods are as follows: ① Supplementary feeding with honey. Honey can be diluted with 20% warm water (crystallized honey needs to be boiled with a little water). The diluted honey can be fed to the bees by gavage or poured into a frame feeder. ② Supplementary feeding with syrup. Syrup is made by adding 50% white sugar to water, which is heated and fully dissolved and then cooled to lukewarm. It is best to add 0.1% citric acid to the syrup to facilitate digestion and absorption. Brown sugar should not be used at this time.

2. Reward feeding: artificial feeding during the bee colony breeding period and the bee production period, generally give a small amount of 60% nectar or 50% syrup, once every other day in early spring, and once a day as consumption increases, starting from 40 days before the nectar flow period until a large amount of honey and pollen are collected from the outside. Each frame of bees can be rewarded with 50-100 grams of syrup each time.

3. Feeding pollen: The purpose is to supplement protein feed. In the late winter and early spring, the pollen saved in the previous autumn can be supplemented, and soybean powder can also be used instead. The feeding method is as follows: ① Liquid feeding. Add 10 times the syrup to the pollen, boil it, and put it into the feeder after it cools down. ② Cake feeding. Add the same amount of honey or syrup to the pollen or substitute pollen, stir it evenly, make it into a cake, wrap it with plastic paper, open it at both ends, and place it on the frame beam for the bees to feed. This method is often used when encountering cold currents.

4. Feeding water and salt: Generally, each bee colony needs 200 to 300 ml of water every day. Fill the feeder with water or put a wet towel on the gauze cover for the bees to collect water by themselves. Add 1% salt to the syrup.

4. Management

1. Spring management: ① Promote bees to fly and excrete. Raise the temperature in the center of the nest to 33-35℃, provide sufficient nectar and pollen sources or reward feeding, open the box cover and insulation in time, and let them fly out of the nest to excrete. ② Insulate the hive. After excretion, it enters the breeding period, and artificial heat preservation is required. Compact the hive and make the colony dense. Raise multiple colonies in the same box, and keep the box warm inside and outside. In the north, it lasts until April to May.

2. Management during the honey flow period: ① Adjust and organize the honey collection group in the early stage. ② Maintain strong groups to collect honey. Control the queen bee's egg laying. Use a queen excluder to restrict the queen bee to one area of ​​the hive or the hive. To cut off the brood and collect honey, you can take out the queen bee and 1 to 2 honeycombs from the honey collection group 5 days before the big honey flow period to form another small group. The next day, lure a mature queen cell into the honey collection group, which can greatly increase the honey production. Pay attention to the management of small groups. For those weak groups that cannot collect honey, create conditions to promote the rapid development of the group. Under the premise of appropriate honey collection, we must do a good job of reproduction in order to replenish the group.

3. Management in autumn: ① Cultivate a new queen and replace the old and inferior queen. ② Cultivate overwintering bees of appropriate age. Overwintering bees of appropriate age refer to the young bees that have emerged from the hive before overwintering, have only performed two or three excretion flights, have not done any feeding and collecting work, and have not secreted royal jelly. In order for the overwintering bees to overwinter safely, the birth of young bees born after the nectar flow period must be controlled to maintain the strength of the bee colony. The method of control is to force the queen bee to stop laying eggs at a certain time during the nectar flow period. ③ Timely early termination of spawning. In the later stage of cultivating overwintering bees, first use honey and pollen to press the combs, and pour honey 2 to 3 times, so that the queen bee will stop laying eggs. At the same time, move the bee colony to a cool place, expand the bees slightly by 1 time, and take out the pollen combs from the hive, and remove the insulation, so as to terminate the spawning early.

4. Winter management: ① Adjust the nest door. The height of the nest door should be 6-7 mm and the width should be 60-70 mm. ② Prevent honey crystallization. Strengthen insulation, or stuff some wet cotton balls into the box through the nest door to reduce ventilation. ③ Wintering indoors in the north. The beehive should be brought into the room before the water freezes and the ground is not covered with snow. When entering the room, the beehive should be 20 cm away from the wall and the first layer should be 40 cm away from the ground. The room temperature should be kept at 0-2℃ and the humidity should be kept between 75% and 80%.

5. How to keep bees well?

1. Tools. If you want to raise bees well, you need to prepare tools, beehives and bait. Put some syrup, honey water or the like on the bait. This way, the bees will like it more and often go in automatically.

2. Environment. The environment for bee breeding is also very important. Too high temperature in the beehive in summer will cause the bee colony to escape. Too much humidity may also cause the bee colony to escape. The place you choose must be warm in winter and cool in summer. The terrain should be a little higher. Try not to place it in a noisy environment, as bees often cannot concentrate on collecting honey.

3. Bait. Bee breeding also requires bait. Bees mainly feed on pollen, so there must be a large number of flowers. Beekeepers can supplement the feed artificially.

6. What are the techniques and methods of beekeeping?

1. Choose beehives

A basic condition for raising bees is to choose suitable beehives. You should choose boxes made of solid materials and light texture. Since beehives are generally placed in the open air and bees spend most of their lives outdoors, a good environment must be provided.

2. Transfer bee colonies

First, prepare the live-frame beehive in advance, transfer the purchased bee colony or the wild trapped bees into the beehive, and generally put the honeycomb together, so that the bees can quickly adapt to the new environment and resume normal activities.

3. Subsidized feeding

During the period of honey-gathering, bees are fed supplementary food, usually starting with artificial feeding in the evening, such as pollen, sugar water, honey, etc. In winter, bees collect less honey, so the number of feedings needs to be increased. They can be fed once in the morning and once in the evening with diluted sugar water.

4. Planting plants

In the process of raising bees, a large number of flowers and plants, such as peonies, peonies, rape flowers, etc., can be planted around the site to provide sufficient nectar sources to prevent the bees from flying to distant places and reducing economic benefits.