CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What are the technical requirements for beekeeping in ancient trees?

1. 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.

2. How to lure bees into the bee boxes in the Ancient Tree Beekeeping Class?

1. Use the smell of honey to attract bees into the hive: You can choose some old beehives, smear some honey inside, and then put it in the place where wild bees often move. Observe every evening to see if there are any bees entering. If so, you can move the beehive away. The transfer distance must be more than three kilometers, otherwise the bees will return.

2. Use the remains of the beehive to lure bees into the hive: If you want to lure wild bees into the beehive, you need to find areas where wild bees are active in large numbers in advance. Then, in the evening, light the remains of the beehive near the beehive. The wild bees will then come to the beehive after smelling the fragrance. If the beehive also has the smell of bees living there, they will enter the hive.

3. Use scout bees to lead bees into the hive: There are also scout bees in wild bee colonies. After finding their traces, you can use some honey to lure them into the hive. At this time, do not close the nest door, but let them leave on their own. After repeating this several times, the scout bees will bring a large number of bees. After the bee colony arrives, you need to find the queen bee and cut off its wings, so that a large number of bees will not leave again.

3. Ancient wood beekeeping queen breeding technology?

1. When transferring larvae to raise queen bees, it is necessary to transfer small worker bee larvae that are less than three days old. If the larvae are more than three days old, they can no longer develop into queen bees. From the perspective of quality and operation, it is generally recommended to transfer small one-day-old worker bee larvae.

2. When removing the combs to raise a queen bee, the bee colony must first be artificially made to lose its queen. However, it is best to keep the original queen bee somewhere else for a period of time. The reason is that if the queen bee breeding fails, the original queen bee can be reintroduced into the bee colony.

3. The quality of the queen bee depends on the mother colony and the drones that mate with it. Therefore, a colony with better genetic characteristics should be selected as the mother colony. At the same time, drones should be bred using a colony that can maintain a strong colony and has high productivity.

4. 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.

5. How to breed Chinese bees in ancient trees?

There are two ways to raise Chinese bees: traditional breeding and movable frame breeding. Traditional breeding refers to raising Chinese bees in wooden barrel beehives or round barrel beehives, while movable frame breeding refers to raising Chinese bees in movable frame beehives like Italian bees. Here we recommend trying to choose more convenient movable frame beehives to raise Chinese bees. In addition, unlike Italian bees, Chinese bees are mostly raised at fixed points or in fixed-point, small-scale, mixed breeding areas.

6. Is it necessary to cover towering ancient trees with sand when raising Chinese bees?

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One type of sub-cover is in the form of a sand cover, which is often used with a covering cloth. The sand cover allows air to flow and prevents bees from entering and exiting, while the covering cloth keeps the bees warm. The other type of sub-cover is in the form of a solid wood board, which keeps the bees warm and moisturized. It is rarely used in lattice boxes and is rarely used in other beehives.