Feeding techniques of strong colony of Chinese bees

Chinese bee is a native bee species in China, which has the characteristics of cold and heat resistance, low feed consumption and sporadic honey powder sources, and is especially suitable for raising in the vast mountainous areas of China. The following is what I carefully arranged for you. Let's have a look.

Double-king colony or two-stage box breeding is adopted.

The population potential of Chinese bees is relatively small, and it is difficult for a single queen bee population to maintain a large population. Changing the traditional single-box and single-group breeding method of Chinese bees, referred to as double-king box breeding, is one of the basic guarantees for the strong group breeding of Chinese bees. At present, it is relatively easy to adopt the measures of double king group feeding or box feeding. The two-king colony of Chinese bees can be raised in 10 box or 12 box about 80mm wider than 10 box. The method is to divide the box into two rooms with a gate, each room has a 1 group, and the nest door is located in front of the box, or 1 is located in front of the box, and 1 is located on the side of the box. When all the nest doors are located in front of the box, the door can be replaced by a frame partition to eliminate the phenomenon of bee colony concentration. During the honey flow period, according to the actual situation, two frame partitions can be used to limit the two groups of queen bees to lay eggs in the horizontal range of 1 ~ 2. The center of the box can be used to store honey, or 1 queen bees can be kept in the king cage, and the remaining 1 queen bees/frame partitions can be limited to 1. Chinese bees can be raised in double Jude Wong boxes with ten standard boxes, or in FWF Chinese beehives. Chinese bees in 10 standard box were continuously raised. The method is to divide the box into two rooms with doors, and each room has 1 group, and the nest door is opened in front of the box respectively. At ordinary times, the two kings are raised in flat boxes, and the shallow boxes are stacked to get honey during the honey flow period. Breeding adopts FWF middle beehive and double Jude Wong beehive. The method is to divide the box into two rooms with a gate or frame partition, and each room has a 1 group. The nest door is set in the front of the box, or 65,438+0 is set in the front of the box, and 65,438+0 is set in the transverse direction of the box. This kind of beehive has a width of 300mm and a height of 175mm, which is only 1/2 of the Lange frame size. Each box contains 12 beehives. When the bottom box is full, it is necessary to expand the hive with a relay box, adjust the sub-spleen to the relay box, and adjust the nest spleen up and down as needed. During the honey flowing period, honey can be taken from the relay box, or two framed partitions can be used at the same time to limit two groups of queen bees to lay eggs in the frame range of 1 ~ 2 on the side of the bottom box, and the center of the bottom box is also used for storing honey, or 1 queen bees can be locked in a king cage, and the other 1 queen bees can be limited to 65438+ on the side of the bottom box.

Keep enough feed in the group.

Feed, including honey or syrup and pollen, is the material basis for bees to survive. Only when there is enough honey powder can bees maintain strong colony potential. Bees in China are extremely sensitive to feed. Once the external honey powder is lacking, there is no storage in the bee colony, and the egg production of the queen bee drops sharply or even stops production. This situation is more prominent when there is a shortage of powder. "Only honey can make bees" profoundly reveals the importance of honey powder to bee colonies. Therefore, in the breeding of the strong bee colony, it is necessary not only to keep enough honey in the bee colony all the year round, but also to pay special attention to replenish enough pollen when the pollen in the bee colony is insufficient during the breeding period. Our practice is to use low-grade bee pollen such as feed powder or pollen screened in bee pollen processing to make flower powder cake when bees are short of powder, and put it on the beam to feed. The feeding amount at a time is generally the degree that the bee colony can finish eating in 2 ~ 3 days.

In addition to the above-mentioned adoption of high-quality queen bees, the adoption of feeding methods that are conducive to maintaining the strong colony of Chinese bees and maintaining adequate feed, maintaining the strong reproductive ability of bee colonies is also one of the key measures to maintain the strong colony of Chinese bees. In order to maintain the fecundity of bees, we should pay attention to the following problems:

1. Reward feeding During the breeding period, using a sugar prize with a concentration of about 30% ~ 50% and continuous and lasting reward feeding to the bee colony every evening can effectively motivate the bee colony to cultivate bees.

2. Bees with new nests prefer new spleens to old spleens and adopt new nests. On the one hand, the nest room of the nest spleen is large, and the cultivated worker bees are big and strong, on the other hand, the harm of nest worms can be effectively reduced. "If Chinese bees want to flourish, they should be replaced with new ones in 1 year" profoundly embodies the importance of adopting new nests and spleen to raise Chinese bees. Therefore, in the breeding of the strong bee colony, it is necessary to create new spleen and adopt new nest spleen in time, and eliminate the old nest spleen, so as to provide a good hive ecological environment for the bee colony and maintain a vigorous breeding state.

3. timely nest expansion should be based on the bee colony, honey powder source and weather conditions, and the empty spleen or nest base should be replenished in time to expand the nest. When expanding the hive, the bee colony that can build the spleen should use the basic framework as much as possible, so that the bee colony can build the spleen and expand the nest. Generally, after the newly created spleen is full of eggs, it can be inserted into the pedestal to build the spleen and expand the nest. Pay attention to keep the bee colony dense when expanding the nest. Generally, the ratio of bee to spleen after inserting empty spleen or foundation frame is 1: 0.8 ~ 1, and the relative density in early spring is more conducive to keeping the bees warm.

2. Strengthen the heat preservation of bees. Double-box breeding can keep bees warm, but in addition, the weather is cold and the temperature is unstable during the early spring breeding period. In order to prevent bees from being killed or injured by cold air, other measures should be taken to keep bees warm during this period. The simple method is to fill bundles of straw outside the partition in the box to the height of 1/2 in the box.

⒌ Preventing and alleviating bee splitting fever is one of the important reasons why it is difficult for bees in China to raise in strong groups. In the breeding of strong colony of Chinese bees, in addition to adopting high-quality queen bees and expanding beehives in time to increase the number of offspring, the following effective routine measures can be taken:

(1) Adopt a new king, combine with changing kings, and replace Lao Wang with Queen's Platform or new king in different periods.

⑵ After the middle period of bee colony reproduction, attention should be paid to relieving congestion in the box. For bees raised in the box, the spleen should be carried to the box in time. For the double queen bees raised in the box without box, the flat partition and empty box can be added to the bottom box to increase the hive space, so that the redundant worker bees can condense and dissipate heat in the added space.

⑶ In the middle and late period of colony breeding, the queen bee platform was thoroughly inspected every 3-5 days, with a total of 1 time. In addition, when using FWF China hives to feed bees in China, we can produce royal jelly to relieve the fever of bee separation.

Feeding and management techniques of strong colony of Chinese bees

After the minimum temperature period from the slight cold to the vernal equinox in March, the bee colony is in the process of changing from a low reproductive point to a gradual recovery and a high reproductive peak. During this period, there are sporadic nectar plants in full bloom outside, which is conducive to the reproduction of bees. However, there is often a cold current during this period, and it is rainy and rainy in the later period, and the temperature is low. This climatic condition has a negative effect on the reproduction of bees. During this period, the advantages of feeding in two groups in the same box are also the most obvious. The focus of bee colony management in this period is to organize bees, keep warm, promote reproduction and prevent diseases.

From June+10, 5438 to the vernal equinox: After collecting winter honey, on sunny days, two groups of bees should be kept in boxes, and both groups of bees should keep the ratio of bee spleen or have more bees than spleen. And conduct a comprehensive inspection of the bee colony. Pay attention to the condition of the queen bee when checking. If the queen bee is lost or the queen bee has a disabled colony, it is necessary to introduce a new king in time, a new king. In order to do a good job of keeping bees warm, dry straw or old newspapers can be filled outside the partition, and the upper part of the nest and spleen can be covered with plastic sheets. After a period of time, the filled insulation should be often taken out to dry due to moisture absorption. The gaps in the honeycomb cover should be repaired in time to prevent rain and water leakage. Bees lacking honey reserves should be rescued and fed with thick syrup.

It rains in the spring of February: reward feeding and replenish the spleen in time. During this period, there were sporadic nectar plants blooming in mountainous areas. Bees raised in two groups in the same box enter the breeding period earlier than ordinary bees. Appropriate reward feeding should be given to the bee colony as soon as possible, and attention should be paid to supplementing the spleen in time so that the queen bee can have enough nests to lay eggs.

March to vernal equinox: cultivate strong groups, control bee fever and prevent diseases. After the bee colony grows, the educated queen bee replaces the queen bee and consciously cultivates a strong bee colony. The spleen of an old child can be transferred from one group in the same box and added to another group to enhance the group potential of the other group. With the increasing potential of bee colony, two groups of bees can be placed side by side in the middle and turned to both sides of the hive. In order to prevent bee craze, we can separate the weak groups and then form a new double group with other weak groups to keep bees in the same frame. It can also be combined with changing kings, and then the strong groups are grouped into two groups of bees to be raised in the same box, which can not only alleviate the fever of bee distribution, but also promote bee reproduction. In this way, for bees with strong tissue potential, it is beneficial to collect and produce bees with more than four spleens when the honey flow period comes. During this period, low temperature and rainy weather often occur, and bees are prone to get sick. Therefore, we should pay attention to the prevention of diseases.