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1. What is the best size of lattice box for beekeeping?

The thickness of the square lattice box board is about 2 cm, the center distance is about 3.4 cm, the inner space size is 20.5 cm × 20.5 cm, 24 cm × 24 cm or 27.5 cm × 27.5 cm, the height of each layer is 8-12 cm, and it is better to divide it into about 5-6 layers.

2. How to make a Chinese beehive with appropriate size?

1. FWF type Chinese beehive

The inner dimensions of the bottom box of this Chinese beehive are 336×400×235 (length×width×height) mm, and the inner dimensions of the super box are 336×400×210 (length×width×height) mm; each box can accommodate 12 nesting frames, and the inner dimensions of the nesting frames are 300×175 (width×height) mm. Using this beehive, two groups of Chinese bees can be raised, honey collected and syrup produced in the same super box.

2. GN type beehive

The inner dimensions of the bottom box are 330×400×182 (length×width×height) mm, the inner dimensions of the super box are 330×400×157 (length×width×height) mm; there are 10 nest frames, and the inner dimensions of the nest frames are 290×132 (width×height) mm. This beehive can be used to raise bees, collect honey and produce nectar.

3. Conghua type beehive

It is 402mm long, 10mm wide and 7mm thick. When in use, the bee paths can be spaced 10mm or 7mm apart as needed. The bee path strips are used to seal the upper part of the bee paths between the frames, which is beneficial for heat preservation in cold weather and moisture retention in summer.

4. High-rise beehive

The nest frame is high and narrow, with an inner width of 244mm and a height of 309mm. The upper and lower beams are made of thinner wooden strips; the upper part of the side strips is expanded to 33mm, providing an automatic bee path spacing device.

Although there are many types of Chinese beehives in my country at present, most Chinese bees are still raised in Lange's ten-frame beehives.

Since Lang's hives are Western honey bee hives and are used to raise Chinese honey bees, their volume and honeycomb surface are too large, making it difficult for Chinese honey bees to cover the entire honeycomb surface for insulation. Overwintering and early spring bee colonies often have poor insulation, resulting in high mortality during the winter and slow development of weak bee colonies in early spring.

5. Chinese honey bee ten-frame beehive

The inner circumference is 440 mm long, 370 mm wide, 270 mm high, and 20 mm thick. There are 3.5 round holes at the lower back of the two side walls. A shallow groove with a width of 12 mm and a depth of 3 mm is opened in the center of the inner surface of the front and rear walls for the gate to be inserted.

There are two notches 120 mm long and 20 mm wide at the lower edge of the front wall, and a nest door board 386 mm long, 50 mm high and 15 mm thick is inserted in front of the front wall; there are 10 round hole nest doors on one side of the board and two tongue-shaped movable nest doors, each 60 mm long and 10 mm high, on the other side.

3. What is the standard size of beehive?

Dimensions of various standard beehives

This standard is applicable to the breeding of Chinese honey bees (abbreviated as Chinese bees) throughout the country.

1. Structure and specifications of the ten-frame standard beehive

The ten-frame standard beehive of Chinese bees consists of nest box, shallow super box, auxiliary cover and box cover. The size specifications of each part are as follows:

1.1 Nesting Box

The inner perimeter is 440mm long, 370mm wide, 270mm high, and 20mm thick. There are 3 to 5 round hole nest doors at the lower back of the two walls. A shallow groove with a width of 12mm and a depth of 3mm is left in the center of the inner surface of the front and rear walls for the insertion of the isolation board. There are two gaps with a length of 120mm and a width of 20mm on the lower edge of the front wall. A nest door board with a length of 386mm, a height of 50mm, and a thickness of 15mm is inserted in the front. There are 10 round hole nest doors on one side of the board, and two tongue-shaped nest doors with a length of 60mm and a height of 10mm on the other side. There are two 80mmXllomm iron screens on the upper part of the rear wall, and each has a 100mm wide wooden board that can be moved left and right for opening and closing. A protective strip is added to the upper edge of the outer periphery of the entire box, with a width of 20mm and a height of 25mm.

1.2 Nesting frame

The outer perimeter is 420mm long and 250mm high. The upper beam is 25mm wide, 20mm thick, 456mm long, the frame ear is 28mm long, the side strip is 240mm long, 25mm wide, and 10mm thick. The lower beam is 400mm long, 15mm wide, and 10mm thick. There is no nest foundation groove on the bottom of the upper beam, and the size of the partition is consistent with the outer perimeter of the nest frame.

1.3 Shallow relay box

The inner circumference is 135mm high, 370mm wide, 440mm long, and 20mm thick. The outer circumference of the shallow super box nest frame is 420mm long and 125mm high. The upper beam is 15mm thick, 456mm long, and 25mm wide (local areas can flexibly adopt it according to the group situation).

1.4 Sub-cover

There are two types: plate cover and wire mesh cover, and their sizes are consistent with the outer dimensions of the box. The plate cover consists of two parts, A and B.

1.5 Box cover

The inner circumference is 490mm long, 420mm wide, 85mm high, and 15mm thick. A 40mm long, 20mm wide and thick wooden board is nailed to the four corners of the inside of the box cover. Or a 420mm long, 20mm wide and thick wooden strip is nailed to the front and back. The box cover is floated on the auxiliary cover. Galvanized iron sheets or linoleum are nailed on the top of the box cover. There are two tongue-shaped vents on each side, 100mm long and 20mm high.

2.2 Technical requirements

a. The wood used must be dried to prevent deformation.

b. Standard beehives should be painted white after processing.

c. The wood used can be replaced by paulownia or similar wood.

2.3 Box cover

a. The box cover should be flat and not twisted or distorted.

b. If conditions permit, measure and nail a layer of 0.30mm thick tinplate on the box cover.

c. The four tongue-shaped holes should be symmetrical and the tongue-shaped nest door should be able to rotate flexibly.

d. The sides of the box are mortise-jointed, with a mortise size of 15X15, and the top board and wooden strips are nailed together with 3/2-inch nails.

2.4 Sub-cover

a. The wood should be dried and made flat without warping.

b. De-edging

2.5 Gauze Cover

a. The wood should be dried.

b. The production should be flat and not warp, and the four frames should be nailed together with iron nails.

c. The wire mesh is fixed with 360×10×10 and 450×10×10 wooden strips using iron nails.

2.6 Shallow super box nest frame

a. The nest frame should move smoothly and without obstruction when placed in the super box.

b. The four frames are nailed together.

2.7 Shallow relay box

a. Fix the iron strips of the nest frame with iron nails.

2.9 Nesting Box

a. The groove for placing the partition should be smooth and flat.

b. The groove for placing the screen pull plate should be smooth and flat.

c. Fix the iron strips of the nest frame with iron nails.

d. The wire mesh is fixed with 245×15×10, 80×15×10 wooden strips and iron nails.

e. The tenon size of the nest box is 20×20.

2.10 Nesting boxes and frames

a. The nest frame should move smoothly when placed in the nest box.

b. The four frames are nailed together.

2.11 Nest door panel

a. The valve with two tongue-shaped holes should rotate flexibly.

b. The nest door panel should be flat and free of warping to ensure smooth placement into the nest box.

2.12 Screen pull plate

a.Chamfered edge.

b. The pull board should be able to be pulled freely when placed into the nest box.

2.13 Nest box partition

a.Chamfered edge.

This standard was drafted by the Chinese Bee Standard Box Research Collaboration Group of the Beekeeping Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

The main drafters of this standard are Yang Guanhuang, Duan Jinning, Wu Yongzhong and Xiao Hongliang.

The Institute of Apiculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences is entrusted with the responsibility for interpreting this standard.

4. What is the appropriate size of a beehive made of wood board?

Standard size: 47cm*30cm*26cm (inner diameter)

The thickness of the beehive wood board is recommended to be 1.5-2cm. Thinner than 1.5cm is not conducive to heat preservation in winter. Thicker than 2cm is not conducive to bees going out to collect honey, and increases the time for bees to return home and enter the box. The length of the nest door is 10cm (1/3 of the width). As for the middle, the height of the nest door is 0.7cm. The exhaust port of the beehive is made behind the beehive cover, which is the best. The size can be reasonably set according to your own size.

5. What is the best size for a beehive?

The ten-frame standard beehive is the Italian honey bee standard beehive, also known as the Lang's beehive or the standard beehive. It is the most commonly used beehive at home and abroad. It is composed of a box cover, sub-cover, nest box and super box, box bottom, nest door stop, nest hinge, partitions and explanation boards, queen excluder and other parts.

(1) Lid. Also called the big lid, it is made of a 15-20 mm thick wooden board frame with a 15 mm thick top board nailed to the frame. The frame is 75 mm high. The inner circumference of the lid is 516 mm long and 430 mm wide.

(2) Sub-cover. It is made of several wooden boards, 10 mm thick, with the same length and width as the outer dimensions of the box body, i.e.

487 mm × 424 mm. The surroundings of the auxiliary cover can also be made into a wooden frame, and the iron mesh in the middle replaces the wooden board to make an iron mesh auxiliary cover.

(3) Nest box. The four walls of the box are 22 mm thick, and the inner dimensions are 465 mm long, 380 mm wide and 245 mm high.

(4) Relay box. The four walls are 22 mm thick, and the inner dimensions are 465 mm long, 380 mm wide, and 243 mm high.

(5) Box bottom. The movable box bottom is made of three bottom edges on the left, right and back and several bottom boards; the bottom edge height is 54

The bottom of the box is 590 mm long and 424 mm wide.

(6) Nest door stop. When a movable box bottom is used, the nest door stop is a 22 mm × 22 mm square wood strip. On one side of the square wood strip is a large nest door with a height of 9 mm and a width of 165 mm; on the other side is a small nest door with a height of 8 mm and a width of 50 mm. When a fixed box bottom is used, the nest door stop is a wooden strip with a thickness of 10 mm, a height of 10 mm and a length of 380 mm.

(7) Nest hinge. It is a rectangular frame that supports and fixes the honeycomb. The outer dimensions of the nest frame are 448 mm long and 232 mm high. The inner dimensions are 428 mm long and 202 mm high. The upper beam of the nest frame is 480 mm long, 27 mm wide and 20 mm thick. After installing the two side bars, there is a 16 mm long and 20 mm wide space at both ends.

mm, frame ears 10 mm thick.

(8) Partition board: Made of one or several thin boards, 10 mm thick, with the same length and width as the nest frame.

(9) Gate. This is a board used to separate beehives. It is 480 mm long, the same height as the beehive, and about 10 mm thick.

(l0) Queen Isolator. It is divided into two types: flat queen isolater and frame queen isolater. The outer dimensions of the flat queen isolater are the same as those of the box body, with a frame width of 30 mm and a plate thickness of 12 mm. The outer dimensions of the frame queen isolater are the same as those of the gate plate, with a frame width of 20 mm and a plate thickness of 12 mm.

6. What size beehive is best for raising bees?

For beekeeping, it is generally best to use a box of 25x25x10 cm.

At present, the popular lattice boxes on the market are 25x25x10 in length, width and height per layer, with a total of 5 layers and a total height of 50 cm. However, it is best to determine the size according to the location. For example, it is recommended to have an inner space of 30 cm in length and width in the north of the Yangtze River, and 25 cm in length and width in the south of the Yangtze River. If it is a strong group, the inner space can be increased to 35 cm.

7. What is the best size for a log beehive?

A barrel beehive with a diameter of about 50 cm is best.

This type of barrel beehive is generally used to raise Chinese honey bees or Italian honey bees. These two types of bees are not only small in size, but also produce high honey yields.

Beehives are generally rectangular or circular in shape. These two shapes of beehives are more conducive to manual honey extraction and can also provide the bees with the maximum space for activities.

8. What is the optimal size for Chinese bee barrel hives?

1. Nest box: 440 mm long, 370 mm wide, 270 mm high. 2. Nest frame: 420 mm long, 250 mm high, upper beam 25 mm wide, 20 mm thick, 456 mm long. 3. Shallow super box: about 135 mm high, 370 mm wide, 440 mm long. 4. The size of the sub-cover of the beehive is the same as the outer size of the box. 5. The inner circumference of the box cover: 490 mm, 420 mm wide, 85 mm high.

1. What is the most suitable size for native beehives?

1. Generally speaking, the inner circumference of the nest box is 440 mm in length, 370 mm in width, 270 mm in height, and about 20 mm in thickness. A shallow groove 12 mm wide and 3 mm deep is left in the central part of the inner surface of the front and rear walls, and two notches 120 mm long and 20 mm wide are left on the lower edge of the front wall. The upper edge of the entire outer box is widened by a protective strip of about 20 mm and 25 mm high.

2. Generally speaking, the outer periphery of the nest frame is 420 mm long, 250 mm high, the upper beam is 25 mm wide, 20 mm thick, and 456 mm long. In addition, the frame ear is 28 mm long, the side strip is 240 mm long, 25 mm wide, and 10 mm thick, and the lower beam is 400 mm long, 15 mm wide, and 10 mm thick.

3. Generally speaking, the inner circumference of the shallow super is about 135 mm high, 370 mm wide, 440 mm long, and 20 mm thick. In addition, the outer perimeter of the nest frame is 420 mm long, 125 mm high, and the upper beam is 15 mm thick, 456 mm long, and 25 mm wide. It can be flexibly adopted according to the growth of the Chinese bees.

4. Generally speaking, the size of the beehive sub-cover is the same as the outer size of the hive body, and the materials used are wooden cover and iron mesh cover.

5. Generally speaking, the inner circumference of the beehive lid is about 490 mm long, 420 mm wide, 85 mm high and 15 mm thick. A wooden board 40 mm long, 20 mm wide and thick is nailed to the four corners inside. Galvanized iron sheet or tarpaulin is nailed on the top. There are also two tongue-shaped vents about 100 mm long and 20 mm high on each side.

2. What is the appropriate temperature in the beehive?

1. In some places, the temperature is high, the queen bee will stop laying eggs, and there will be no bee larvae in the bee colony. But in some places, even if the temperature is high, the queen bee can still lay eggs, and there will be larvae in the bee colony. Therefore, the suitable temperature of the beehive needs to be determined according to the actual situation of the bee colony.

2. In a bee colony with larvae, the central temperature of the colony remains basically unchanged, approximately between 34.4℃ and 34.8℃. The temperature where there are young bees generally remains between 32-35℃. In the periphery of the hive where there are no bee larvae, the temperature generally remains above 20℃.

3. When there are no larvae in the bee colony, temperature control is generally not strict. At this time, the temperature of the bee colony will generally change with the external temperature and will generally be maintained between 14-32°C.

9. What is the optimal size of the Guangdong Chinese honeybee lattice box for beekeeping?

The size of beehives used in Guangdong and Guangxi is controlled at 23cm×23cm×10cm;

The size of the Chinese bee lattice box depends on the region. Generally, in tropical regions, such as Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian, the size of the lattice box is controlled at 23cm×23cm×10cm; if it is in temperate regions, such as Hunan and Jiangxi, the size of the lattice box is controlled at 24cm×24cm×10cm; if it is in the north of the Yangtze River, the size of the lattice box is controlled at 25cm×25cm×10cm. Other common lattice box sizes are 20.5cm×20.5cm×7cm and 27.5cm×27.5cm×11cm.