Common methods of grouping artificial bees (how to group bees)

Artificial bee sorting is to manually extract some bees, daughter spleen and honey spleen from one or several bee colonies to form

Common methods of grouping artificial bees (how to group bees)

Artificial bee sorting is to manually extract some bees, daughter spleen and honey spleen from one or several bee colonies to form a new bee colony. Artificial bee colony is an important means to increase the number of bee colonies in feeding management and an effective measure to prevent the distribution of natural bees. Artificial grouping usually includes single group aliquot and mixed bee aliquot. No matter what method is adopted, it must be carried out on the premise that the bee colony is strong. If bees are divided into weak groups, they will become weaker and weaker, and the result will be futile and not worth the candle.

Commonly used methods of artificial bee sorting are as follows:

1. Dichotomy is to divide an original population into two groups according to the same number of bees and spleen. The advantage of this method is that both groups of bees are composed of bees of all ages, which will not destroy their normal life rules, and the group potential will increase rapidly in the future; The disadvantage is that the bee colony becomes weak from strong and the productivity decreases. In order not to affect the production, it is generally carried out 45 days before the honey flow period. The specific operation method is: two new groups are placed on both sides of the original group, and the spleen and honey powder spleen are equally divided. One group kept the original queen bee, and the other group lured the new queen bee the next day. After the bees are separated, after a period of time, the bees in the field basically fly into two groups. If there is any deviation, it can be adjusted by moving the positions of the two hives.

2. The partial division method artificially divides a primitive bee colony into two bees with different strengths. The advantages are that it can prevent the original population from producing bee craze and make the original population develop rapidly into a strong population; The disadvantage is that there may be many vulnerable groups in the whole audience, which will affect development. At the same time, if it is not handled properly and the honey source is scarce, small groups are easily attacked by stolen bees. The specific operation method is: the original colony is left at the original site, and it is planned to put 2-3 spleens with young worker bees and honey powder spleen into an empty box and move them to a place far away from the original site. Narrow the nest door to guard against bees, and lure the queen bee to Wang Xiaoqun after half a day.

3. The mixing method is to put several sub-populations of several strong groups with young bees and a small amount of honey powder spleen in the same empty box to form a bee colony without a queen bee, and lure the queen bee or queen bee platform into the bee colony after half a day. Practice has proved that the surplus honey spleen and mature sub-population in the strong colony are sent to the spawning king or mature queen bee platform to form a new bee colony. In any case, the number of bees cultivated after grouping is more than that of the original bee colony without grouping. When using this method, in order to prevent the external bees from returning to the original nest and make their spleen cold, more young bees should be shaken into the newly formed bee colony. The kingless group formed by this method is generally more likely to accept the new king. If all the bees in the whole field have developed into a strong colony, and some bees show signs of natural bee division near and during the honey flow period, this method should be adopted

4. Enhanced mating bee colony method After short-term observation, if the new queen bee who has mated and laid eggs has good oviposition performance, the mating bee colony where the queen bee is located can be gradually strengthened by the young bees in the strong bee colony and the spleen that is leaving the house, so that it can develop into a strong bee colony in a short time and put into production. This method should be carried out without affecting the development of strong groups themselves. The advantages are that it can make full use of the feeding ability of the strong bee colony and the oviposition ability of the new queen bee without affecting the normal development of the strong bee colony, and it can also obtain a certain number of new bee colonies in a short time, thus expanding the production scale.

No matter what method is used to divide bees, the population potential of new colonies is generally weak, and the ability to adjust nest temperature, breed insects, collect and defend is poor, so management should be strengthened. If necessary, supplementary measures such as supplementary feeding, shading and theft prevention should be taken to make the new queen bee give full play to her oviposition performance and accelerate the development of new groups.