CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How is beekeeping technology in spring? (How is beekeeping technology in spring?)

1. What are the bee breeding techniques in spring in western Guangdong?

1. Choose the right time to breed bees.

Choose the best time to breed bees according to your environment, mainly considering two factors:

1. Temperature. The most preferred temperature for bees is around 18°C, at which the bees will reproduce faster.

② Weather: If it is rainy, wet and cold for a long time, the strength of the bee colony should be preserved, and it is not advisable to start spring breeding too early. Forcing it will only backfire.

2. Keep warm at night.

There is a certain temperature difference between day and night in spring. The lower temperature at night will have a certain negative impact on the bee colony, so when breeding bees, it is necessary to do a good job of keeping the bee colony warm at night to urge the bee colony to grow faster.

3. Ensure food supply.

During the bee breeding period, bees rely on pollen to raise offspring. Young bees eat pollen to strengthen their physical fitness and improve the quality of bees, so food supply must be guaranteed during the bee breeding period in spring.

However, one thing that needs to be noted is that when there is a lot of rain and it is inconvenient for bees to go out to excrete, excessive pollen feeding should be avoided to avoid causing a large number of crawling bees.

4. Collect spring honey.

There will be a continuous supply of nectar starting from the rape flowers in spring, such as astragalus, orange tree flowers, etc., which are all good nectar sources in spring. At this time, you should carry out planned nectar collection work according to the weather after the bee colony has been propagated to a certain strength.

2. Three methods of bee reproduction in spring?

1. Method of cutting honey and enlarging the honey circle

Bees habitually consume honey from the corners, so the honey at the corners is always consumed, while the honey in the middle is still capped. Another point is that bees will consume the uncapped honey first, and then consume the capped honey, and bees will not bite open the capped honey to eat unless they have to. Therefore, if beekeepers want to expand the brood circle of the bee colony, they must cut open the capped honey around the brood comb and let the bees consume it, so that the brood circle in the bee colony can be expanded.

2. Spleen shrinking and ovarian enlargement method

The weather in early spring is changeable and the temperature is unstable, so beekeepers should not remove the insulation too early. During the spring breeding season, the honeycombs should be shrunk first so that the bees can focus on raising larvae. This will not only breed healthy and strong bees, but also expand the brood circle. As long as the brood circle is expanded, more bees will be raised naturally. In fact, this kind of reproduction is much more benign and faster than a bee colony with more honeycombs and fewer broods.

3. Toning the spleen and expanding the circle method

The queen bee lays eggs in a regular pattern. She will lay eggs from the center of the hive outwards. Therefore, in early spring, the brood circle of the honeycomb facing the center will be relatively large. Therefore, beekeepers should check the condition of the honeycomb in the colony in time after a period of breeding. Then turn the honeycomb surface so that the brood combs originally facing the center point face outwards, and the brood combs originally facing outwards face the center point. After turning the honeycomb surface, the queen bee will lay eggs in a spherical shape, with the brood circle stretched out as a whole. After this operation, the subsequent development of the bee colony will be faster.

To breed bee colonies in early spring, it is necessary not only to reward and feed the bee colonies, but also to know how to expand the brood circle. The larger the brood circle area, the more bees can be bred. And concentrated care of larvae can better ensure the healthy growth of larvae. Only by breeding healthy and excellent bee offspring can the bee colony be guaranteed to continue to develop strongly. This is the real way to breed in spring!

3. Explanation of double-box beekeeping technology?

1. Spring Double King Breeding Method

In spring, there are many nectar sources, so two queens can be allowed to breed in the same beehive. Specifically, the following two methods can be used: one is to breed two queens in a double-group sandwich. Two weak or medium-sized colonies are raised together in a beehive, separated by a gate in the middle, and enter and exit from the nest door separately, so as to facilitate mutual warmth and accelerate breeding. The second is to use a honeycomb frame with a frame beam and worker bee holes for breeding. Use high-quality plastic nest foundation, and place the opening of the frame beam in the middle of the two colonies. Close it during the adaptation period, and then turn on the active switch after adapting to the colony smell, so that the worker bees on both sides can communicate with each other and build honeycombs on both sides. The third is to breed by cutting the stings of the two queens first. That is, cut off the stings of the two queens, and then put them in the same beehive to breed and lay eggs, and develop into young bees.

Double-king breeding can improve the larval rate. By controlling two queens on both sides of the nest box or clipping and stinging two queens in the same nest, such as through the principle of switchable queen excluder, it can effectively solve the problem of worker bees communicating or not communicating at any time according to the needs of the bee colony. This mode effectively solves the problem of uneven feed and unequal bee quantity on both sides during spring breeding. The queen is separated from the honeycomb, and the honeycomb can also be used to build honeycombs on both sides to solve the problems of unstable temperature in the nest and easy temperature loss during late spring cold. Bee colonies of varying strengths in the apiary can achieve balanced rapid reproduction through double-king breeding. By making full use of the egg-laying queen to lay more eggs, the excess leisure bees are merged into the weak colony, and the egg-laying honeycombs are adjusted to solve the problem of slow reproduction and poor feeding ability of the weak colony. Before the arrival of the big nectar source, a large number of bees of appropriate age for collection are cultivated to achieve a strong colony with strong bees and high yield.

2. Multiple King Breeding Method

At present, some bee farms in China have a relatively mature model for Italian bees to achieve multi-queen breeding. Some beekeepers have also introduced multi-queen breeding in Chinese bee breeding, using 12-frame multi-boxes to raise Chinese bees. By introducing three queens, as long as the hostility of the queen bee is effectively resolved, the problem of pheromone dilution of individual queen bees is solved, and the swarming fever of worker bees is solved, etc., I believe that this technology will become more and more mature and win precious time for the reproduction of bees.

3. Overall subsidy for group breeding

In spring, when the bee colony develops to 9-10 frames and 6-8 frames of brood combs, the capped combs from the supplementary colony are used to supplement the breeding colony. Take out one frame of capped combs from each supplementary colony and put it into an empty beehive. Cover the box lid and reduce the nest door. After about 2 hours, most of the flying bees have flown back to the colony. Add two frames of capped combs with larvae to both sides of the breeding colony or one side of the super. The next day, move the two capped combs into the honey combs and bring them closer to the other brood combs. After 6-8 days, use two frames of capped combs without bees from two supplementary colonies to supplement the breeding colony.

After two subsidies, the breeding colony received 2,000-2,500 bees and 4 frames of capped honeycombs, which grew rapidly and became strong. When egg queen cells are found in the breeding colony, the queen bee can be placed on a brood comb without a queen cell using a safety lure and placed in another new beehive. One frame of honeycombs with honeycombs and one frame without honeycombs are taken from the subsidy colony and added to the new beehive, and 1 to 2 honeycombs are added. Move to the new site, keep it warm, reduce the nest door, and feed it with diluted honey. Release the queen bee after 3 days and gradually expand the hive.

4. Reproduction method before relocation and release of bees

Before changing the bee site in summer and autumn, prepare the egg-laying queen bee and determine the time for the queen to leave the hive. After the transfer, put 2-3 honeycombs with bees in the empty beehive and lure in an egg-laying queen or virgin queen for swarming.

4. Management of Chinese bee breeding technology in early spring?

, strengthen insulation

In many places in my country, the temperature fluctuates greatly in early spring, and alternation between warm and cold weather often occurs. Therefore, it is still necessary to do a good job of keeping the bee colony warm. If the insulation work is not done well in early spring, the bees will eat a lot of honey to produce heat and increase their activity in order to maintain the temperature required for the development of the larvae, causing the overwintering bees to be overtired and die prematurely. This not only causes excessive consumption of feed, but also causes the spring decline of the bee colony, and in severe cases, the larvae and pupae will be frozen to death.

2. Bee colony inspection

In early spring, a large number of overwintering bees die every day, so the condition of the bee colony should be checked every day (every 2 to 3 days when the temperature is low), and the beehive hygiene should be maintained. When checking, the condition of the queen bee should be checked first. The queenless bee colony should be remedied in time. Secondly, the dead bees, wax scraps, etc. in the beehive should be cleaned up. Finally, the food storage of the bee colony should be checked. The bee colony with insufficient food storage should be fed in time.

3. Disease Prevention and Control

Early spring is the best time for disease prevention and control in bee colonies. At this time, queen bees in most areas have not yet started laying eggs, and the bee colonies are in a natural weaning period, which is extremely beneficial for the prevention and control of sac brood disease, bee mites, and nest insects. Therefore, beekeepers should make good use of this period to prevent and control these diseases and pests. At the same time, Chinese bees have the habit of liking new combs and disliking old combs, so the old combs in the bee colony should be replaced with new ones, and the replaced old combs should be burned or melted into wax in a centralized manner.

4. Supplementary feeding

There are not many nectar plants outside in early spring. In order to quickly reproduce the bee colony, auxiliary feeding is required every night. Sugar water or honey water can be put into the feeder at the bottom of the box. More can be fed for the first time, generally 350 to 400 ml per colony. After that, it depends on the number of bees and the size of the egg-laying circle. It is appropriate to have a small amount of horn honey on the comb, but the feeding amount should not be too much and should be gradually reduced or even stopped as the external nectar source increases.

5. Timely Spring Propagation

Spring breeding is the focus of beekeeping in spring. The time of spring breeding of Chinese honeybees varies with seasons, temperature, terrain, etc. It usually starts 23 days before the flowering of the first local pollen source plant. Before spring breeding, all old empty combs should be removed and then new combs should be added. However, it is necessary to ensure that the number of bees and combs is proportional or there are more bees than combs. Later, new combs should be gradually added as the bee colony develops. At the same time, the bee colony should be fed well. If conditions permit, double-king spring breeding can be adopted.

6. Replace Lao Wang

Spring is the best time to replace the old queen bee. As the queen bee ages, her reproductive capacity will decrease year by year, and her "control" over the bee colony will become weaker and weaker, which is very detrimental to the development of the bee colony. The new queen bee's reproductive capacity and "control" over the bee colony are better than the old queen bee. Therefore, the old queen bee can be replaced after the spring breeding of the bee colony. This can stabilize the colony's strength and enhance the colony's collecting ability.

7. Swarm Management

Chinese bees have the habit of swarming. When the external temperature is suitable and the nectar source is abundant, the bee colony will swarm naturally. Bee farms that want to develop the number of bee colonies should pay attention to the swarming time to avoid flight escape. Bee farms with conditions can carry out artificial swarming. Bee farms that want to increase honey production should pay attention to controlling swarming (swarming will reduce the colony strength and affect the colony's collecting ability). Methods include destroying the queen cell, expanding the space, replacing the queen bee, etc.

Summary: Spring is an important period for Chinese bee breeding. Generally speaking, the management work during this period is mainly to strengthen insulation, prevent and control diseases, and carry out timely spring breeding and swarming management. Beekeepers must always remember that beekeeping is a science, and only scientific beekeeping can obtain a high yield and harvest.

5. What are the techniques for breeding honey bees in spring?

When the temperature stabilizes at around 10 degrees in spring, you can open the hive for a comprehensive inspection of the bee colony. Remove old honeycombs and impurities at the bottom of the hive. Properly increase the distance between the honeycombs. Feed the bees that do not have enough honey in time. Increase the feeding amount after the queen bee starts laying eggs to encourage worker bees to collect. In addition to the above, we must also strengthen insect and disease prevention.