Wormwood hung on every home during the Dragon Boat Festival is a must-have artifact for beekeepers.
In the apiary, wormwood is generally used in three situations, the first is to patrol the field, when unpacking the spleen. The beehive is usually closed, leaving only a small nest door for worker bees to enter and exit, which is beneficial to the bee colony to control the temperature. The worker bees will instigate the wings in the beehive to keep the temperature of the beehive at a suitable for queen queen to lay eggs. It is also suitable for the growth of larvae. If the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the beehive is large, the beekeeper will rashly open the box and will be attacked by the bees. Fortunately, the bees have a weakness. They are very afraid of smoke.
So you will find that many beekeepers are smokers. When they are on tour, they often light a cigarette. The effect of wormwood is better than that of smoke. Not only is the smoke large, but it can also disinfect the beehives by the way. Put the dried wormwood in a special chimney and light it, spray it into the beehive, and the bees obediently gave way.
This is even more true when collecting honey. It is impossible to be attacked by bees without a certain means without preying on them. Speaking of a honey spleen, three steps of spraying smoke, shaking the bee, and sweeping the remaining bees, it is not impossible not to spray smoke, but it is more efficient to extract honey if you spray smoke.
Finally, breeding Italian bees have to chase flowers and chase honey. Moving them is a big project. Bees are prone to stress at this time, and they must be quieted with wormwood smoke and stay in the beehive obediently before they can be transported.
