What Should New Beekeepers Do?

Beekeeping is a thorough technical work, raise a good fortune, of course, but raise bad may also lose money, in fact, some people beekeeping from the beginning wrong, but also on the wrong road farther and farther, let’s take a look at beekeeping beginners how to do it!

1. Understand the habits of bees.

Bee is a social insect, there are many very unique habits, only to understand the habits of bees can raise bees, in fact, all management of bee colonies are carried out around habits, such as understanding the characteristics of bees to help control the natural division of bees, such as understanding the social nature of bees in the king, and groups can be handy, so beginners beekeeping before the habits of bees have a certain understanding, only in this way in the future management of bee colonies can be handy.

2. Select the appropriate bee species

Bee species selection determines the success of beekeeping to a large extent. At present, the most common breeding in our country is Italian bee (high production performance) and Chinese bee (strong survival ability). What kind of bee should be selected according to the local natural resources. If there is a concentrated honey source in the local area, it can raise Italian bee, but if the local area belongs to mountainous areas and the honey source is scattered, it is best to raise Chinese bee. It is suggested that beginners start with raising Chinese bee. After all, Chinese bee is more adaptable to the environment than Italian bee.

3. Determine the location of the bee farm

Beekeeping location is an important factor in the success of beekeeping, choose the right beekeeping can make beekeeping twice the result with half the effort, note that here is the bee (Italian bee because of the pursuit of flowers and honey and not much discussion), first of all you have to know that the effective collection radius of the bee is 3 kilometers, secondly, the bee likes quiet and suitable temperature and humidity environment, finally the enemy near the beekeeping farm (wasps, ants) the less the better, see here I believe you have a basic understanding of where to keep bees.

4. Acquiring Basic Bee Colony

Bee colonies can be purchased from other beekeeping farms, or they can collect wild bee colonies themselves. There is no more discussion about purchasing bee colonies here. In fact, there is nothing to discuss. Here, we focus on collecting wild bee colonies. If you don’t know how to find wild bees, the first step is not done well. In fact, finding and collecting wild bee colonies are carried out according to the habits of bees. If the habits of bees are thoroughly studied, you can easily solve the bee colony problem with a few practices.

5. Observe the dynamics of bee colonies

After bee colony is brought back to beekeeping farm, it is necessary to timely carry out box passing operation. Simply speaking, it is necessary to transfer bee colony to beehive. After passing through beehive, honey water or syrup shall be used for feeding in time. Meanwhile, anti-escape tablets shall be installed at the entrance of hive (to prevent queen bee from escaping). After bee colony lays eggs in beehive, bee colony will basically stabilize. After that, attention shall be paid to observe the dynamics of bee colony, such as whether worker bee is normally present, queen bee is normally laying eggs, etc. If abnormal, it shall be handled in time.

6. Strengthen disease prevention and control

Bees and other animals will be affected by pests and diseases, diseases mainly include bee cyst larva disease, paralysis disease, larva rot disease, etc., parasites mainly nest insects, bee mites, etc., natural enemies mainly have wasps, ants, spiders, etc., how to assist bees to prevent pests and diseases is the most important work of beekeeping, in fact, many people’s beekeeping failures are caused by inadequate prevention of pests and diseases, especially for beginners. Colony outbreak disease is almost devastating.

Suggestion: Beginners beekeeping must be basic skills (bee habits) play solid, in fact, almost all management work is carried out according to the habits of bees, and after mastering the habits of bees, many beekeeping techniques can also be solved.