Do you know the introduction and precautions of novice beekeeping?

Although bee breeding is a traditional breeding project in China, it is not a simple matter to raise bees well. It not only requires beekeepers to skillfully use beekeeping technology, but also requires beekeepers to continuously accumulate beekeeping experience, otherwise the result of beekeeping often ends in failure. Let's take a look at the introduction and precautions of novice beekeeping!

First of all, the habits of bees

Beginners should know the living habits of bees before beekeeping. In fact, many beekeeping techniques are based on the habits of bees. Only by finding out the habits of bees can bee colony management be targeted. For example, both Wang Jie and Bingqun use the principle that bees recognize similarities and differences by smell. To put it simply, the more thoroughly you master the habits of bees, the easier it is to succeed in beekeeping.

Second, the classification of bee species

Novices should make clear the classification of bee species before beekeeping. In fact, only bees that conform to their actual situation can succeed. At present, the most common bee species in China are Italian bee and Chinese bee. Among them, Italian bee has high honey production and is suitable for raising in plain areas with large honey sources, while Chinese bee has low honey production, but it is suitable for raising in mountainous areas with complex terrain and scattered honey sources.

Third, the bee colony structure.

Bee colony consists of three kinds of bees: queen bee, drone and worker bee. Among them, the queen bee develops in the queen bee platform, which is mainly responsible for spawning and breeding new bees. Drones develop in the drone room and specialize in mating with the new queen bee, while worker bees develop in the worker room and are responsible for almost all the work in the bee colony. In addition, a healthy bee colony requires all three types of bees, and the number is reasonable.

Fourth, beekeeping tools

Beekeeping tools are designed to improve the efficiency of beekeeping, among which beehives are the most important and influential. Before the introduction of live beehives, traditional beehives were mainly used in China, but after the introduction of live beehives, beekeepers generally used live beehives. Here, it is strongly recommended that you use live beehives to keep bees, because the advantages of live beehives in managing bees are particularly obvious.

Fifth, bee colony breeding.

There are three main ways to feed bees for different purposes. Among them, supplementary feeding is mostly carried out when the honey stored in the nest is insufficient, in order to supplement the food necessary for the survival of bees. Reward feeding is mostly carried out when bees need to breed quickly, with the purpose of stimulating queen bees to lay eggs and encouraging worker bees to breed insects, while soothing feeding is mostly carried out when they pass through boxes or merge, with the aim of quickly stabilizing the order of bees through feeding.

Six, bee management

Bee distribution is the most important way to increase the number of bees. There are two distribution modes of bees: natural and artificial. Natural bee sorting is to collect bees after sorting them out, and artificial bee sorting is to divide bees into multiple bees artificially when bees have the idea of bee sorting. In addition, bees without the idea of bee distribution can be divided manually by using the principle of building queen bee platform.

Seven, introduce the king and the group

Introducing and merging bees is the most common operation in bee colony management. Intermediary queen refers to the queen bee who accidentally loses or needs to be replaced, and merges bees into other bees when the bee colony has no value as a separate bee colony. Although the purpose of introducing and merging bees is completely different, the operating principle is to find ways to confuse the smell of bees or queen bees.

Eight, disease prevention and control

Pest control is the most important link for beekeepers. In fact, many novice beekeepers often fail because of this. What is even more frightening is that when the illness is serious, it can even bring down a large-scale beekeeping farm. Therefore, in the process of bee breeding, it is very necessary to do a good job in disease prevention and control. In addition, beekeepers should take the principle of "prevention before illness, treatment before illness" to prevent diseases.

Nine, matters needing attention

1. Beginners should never aim too high. At the beginning, it is best to control the number of bee colonies within your own ability, and then expand the scale of bee colonies after mastering beekeeping technology.

2. Novice beekeeping must not be built behind closed doors. When you encounter something you don't understand, you should communicate with your peers as much as possible. In fact, in today's developed Internet, many questions are answered online.

3. Novices in beekeeping must not be impetuous. In the initial stage, it is best to use relatively mature technology to manage and develop bee colonies. After accumulated experience to a certain extent, many high-end technologies will naturally follow.