Knowledge Of Bee Species：
1. China Bee: The full name of China Bee is Chinese bee. It is not only an excellent bee species unique to my country, but also the bee species with the longest breeding history in my country. The advantage is that it has a strong adaptability to the natural environment of our country, and the disadvantage is the honey-gathering performance Unsatisfactory bees are easy to naturally separate bees and abandon their nests to migrate.
2. Italian bee: The full name of Italian bee is Italian bee. It is not only an ideal species for honey pulp production, but also an ideal bee species for producing pollen and propolis. The ability to adapt to the natural environment of our country is far inferior to that of the Chinese bee.
Living Habits：
1. Sociality: Honey bees are typical social insects. The entire bee colony consists of a queen bee, a small number of drones and a large number of worker bees. The queen bee is mainly responsible for laying eggs to cultivate new bees, the drone is mainly responsible for mating with the new queen bee, and the worker bees Undertake almost all the labor in the group.
2. Nest-building: Bees are typical nest-building insects. In fact, bee colonies cannot do without the hive whether they are feeding larvae or storing food, and the hive is built by worker bees with the beeswax secreted by the wax glands in their abdomen. In addition Honey bees have almost strict requirements on the nesting environment.
3. Sociality: Bees are typical social insects, but except for drones, bee colonies do not communicate with each other, and inside the bee colony, they rely on their unique "group taste" to distinguish similarities and differences. If the group taste is the same, then You can move freely in the hive, but if the group smells different, you will be shot.
4. Food storage: Bees are typical food storage insects. When the nectar source is abundant, the worker bees will collect a large amount of pollen and nectar and store them in the hive (honey is made by bees from nectar). If the external nectar source is scarce or the weather is not suitable for worker bees to collect At that time, the bee colony will live on the stored food.
Beekeeping Site：
1. Abundant nectar sources: The survival and reproduction of bees are inseparable from the support of nectar sources. If there is a shortage of nectar sources nearby, bees will even be able to survive themselves, let alone get honey and pollen through beekeeping. Therefore, the beekeeping site must Choose a place with abundant and relatively continuous nectar sources.
2. Suitable climate: Although bees have a certain ability to adjust the climate, raising bees in a place with a suitable microclimate is more conducive to the development of bee colonies. A place with a suitable microclimate.
3. Quiet environment: Bees can develop stably in a quiet environment. In noisy places, bee colonies cannot quietly breed insects and gather flowers to make honey. If the bee colony is seriously disturbed, it may even abandon the nest and flee. Choose a place that is remote and rarely disturbed by humans or animals.
4. Fewer enemies: honeybees have many natural enemies in nature, such as wasps, spiders, frogs, etc. will kill bees, especially wasps pose the greatest threat to bees, especially in summer and autumn, wasps often attack bee colonies intensively, so beekeeping The venue must choose a place with few enemies.
Beekeeping Tools：
1. Beehive: The function of the beehive is to provide a place for the bee colony to multiply and live. It is mainly divided into two categories: traditional beehives and living frame beehives. Among them, traditional beehives include barrel beehives, lattice beehives, etc., while live frame beehives have Ten-frame beehives, Dadan beehives, twelve-frame square beehives, etc.
2. Nest foundations: Nest foundations are the foundations of bee hives manufactured artificially. There are mainly two kinds of wax foundations and plastic foundations. At present, beekeepers mainly use wax foundations. In addition, bee species are different. The size of the cells is also different. When keeping bees, be sure to choose the nest foundation corresponding to the bee species.
3. Bee hat: The bee hat is a protective tool for beekeepers when managing bee colonies. Its main function is to prevent beekeepers from being stung by bees. At present, beekeepers use the most white nylon yarn. Use nylon yarn with mesh and wear it on your head like a hat when using it.
4. Others: The function of beekeeping tools is to improve the efficiency of beekeeping. For example, the honey extractor can quickly separate the honey from the comb, and the bee brush can clean the bees attached to the comb. In addition to beekeeping tools There are alsobee feeders, honey scrapers, queen excluders,cell protector cages,grafting tool for queen larvaeand so on.
Management Technology：
1. Feeding: Feeding is a key technology that beekeepers must master. Specifically, it can be divided into subsidy feeding and reward feeding. It is used to stimulate the queen bee to lay eggs and encourage the worker bees to feed the larvae.
2. Bee separation: bee separation is the main way to expand the bee population. It can be divided into two types: natural bee separation and artificial bee separation. Natural bee separation means that bee colonies are divided into bees and then collected into bee colonies, while artificial bees are divided into bees. Separation is to manually split the bee colony before the bee colony is naturally separated.
3. Combining groups: Merging groups refers to merging two or more groups into one group. For example, when the bee group is too weak and has no value of forming a group alone, it can be merged into other bee groups. Multiple weak groups can be merged into a relatively strong production group.
4. Queen bee breeding: The queen bee is the core and most indispensable member of the bee colony. In fact, the development speed of the bee colony largely depends on the quality of the queen bee. The purpose of breeding the queen bee is to obtain a large number of high-quality queen bees. Bee farms generally cultivate high-quality queen bees in a targeted manner.
5. Jiewang: Jiewang refers to the re-introduction of a new queen bee for the bee colony. For example, after the bee colony loses its queen, it is necessary to intervene in a new queen bee in time to continue the bee colony. Otherwise, the bee colony may gradually perish due to the absence of a queen bee for a long time. Also also will use Jiewang technology when the old, weak, sick and disabled queen bee.
6. Disease prevention: Bee disease prevention and control has always been the highlight of bee breeding. Once a disease breaks out, the mild one will affect the normal development of the bee colony, and the severe one may even cause a large number of bees to die. Therefore, beekeepers are required to understand the common diseases and insect pests of bees Symptoms and control methods.
