Key points of bee breeding technology and management throughout the year

According to the natural conditions of different seasons and the reproductive characteristics of bees, adopting corresponding management techniques is the key to promoting the proliferation of bee colonies and obtaining high and stable yields of honey syrup. Let's take a look at the main points of bee breeding technology and management throughout the year.

Spring Management for Bees

Spring is an important period for bee colony recovery and development. In order to promote reproduction and enhance the group potential, the bee farm should be located in a dry and warm place with leeward sunshine in spring, pay attention to adjusting the size of the nest door, and densely cluster the potential so that the honeycombs are commensurate, or adopt methods such as double-cluster cage breeding, etc. Strengthen the heat preservation, so that the queen bee lays eggs early and more. If the temperature is low in spring and the source of natural honey powder is insufficient, incentive feeding should be carried out to stimulate the queen bee to lay eggs. At the same time, the spleen should be adjusted in time, the spleen should be added, the honey cover around the egg circle should be removed, and warm water should be sprayed on the honeycomb as a reward to promote the rapid expansion of the egg circle.

Bee Summer Management

Summer is the most important production season, and many nectar plants bloom and flow nectar in summer. In order to keep the bee colony in a strong group during the honey flow period, and always be in a state of active work, to increase production and eliminate bee separation fever, before the main honey flow period begins, a strong colony with enough young and strong bees should be formed . If it is estimated that the group potential is insufficient, the pupal spleen should be replenished 20 days in advance. In July and August in South China, the climate is hot, honey powder sources are scarce, and diseases and enemies are serious. It is a difficult period for beekeeping, and special attention must be paid to oversummer management. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain a proper group situation, there should be enough honey in the nest, water should be fed frequently, shade and the environment should be quiet and cool, and prevention should be given priority to, the prevention and control of diseases and enemies should be strengthened, and pesticide poisoning should be prevented, so that the bees The group survived the summer safely.

Fall Management of Bees

The nectar source in autumn is still relatively abundant. In addition to continuing to produce, we should focus on breeding in autumn, expanding the population, and preparing for honey storage, etc., so as to lay a good foundation for safe wintering and development in the second year.

Winter Management for Bees

In the warm regions of South China, the temperature in winter is not very low, and there are certain honey powder source conditions, the bee colony can still carry out proper collection and reproduction. However, other areas have cold winters and a longer frost period, so overwintering management is the key. For this reason, the group status should be mastered before winter, and it is ideal to survive the winter with a large number of juvenile and young bees who have passed the feces. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the concentration of the group, prepare enough feed for overwintering, do a good job of packaging and heat preservation, or put them in caves to survive the winter indoors. If conditions permit, the bee farm will be transferred to a suitable place in warmth for overwintering and breeding, and the effect will be better.