Breeding of honey bees
Honey is a very healthy and useful food, which works to treat many diseases. It is widely required in all parts of the world, so honeybee breeding is one of the most successful projects in terms of the capital cycle. It is important to follow the correct method of breeding honey bees in order to ensure the success of this project, there are many things that must be taken into account and we will learn through this topic.
The method of raising honey bees
Buy bees
Usually bees are bought during the spring, between March and April, in the form of nuclei, each containing five tablets covered with bees, including eggs, larvae, pollen, and bee virgins, and placed in travel boxes, and put each box in front of the cell and bees With the transfer of each tablet to the cell, and be careful about the presence of queen bee, and put brood discs in the middle of the cell, while honey tablets, pollen is placed on the sides.
Location of dissolved
The choice of the site of the dissolved is essential to the importance of bee-keeping, and should consider the following when choosing:
- Near the site of the sources of honey: Where required to be the site rich sources of multiple nectar in the circle of no more than five kilometers in diameter, where the less distance the better, and preferably from within this circle one of the main sources of flux such as: trees, citrus, alfalfa, and the place is protected flood, and vibrations, and fires.
- Near pasture sources of pollen: The sources of pollen should be available from the sources of the pollen, especially during the spring season for fertilization. Pollen is very important as a source of the protein used by brood in brood breeding, so the distance of bees to obtain nectar should not exceed 100 meters, Especially cold days where the bees can not travel long distances away from the cell and return during the cold weather, and pollen should be available only one kilometer to accelerate the reproduction of bees.
- After being dissolved from the wind: The location of the dissolved material should be away from the places of high winds and should be prepared in advance by making windbreaks if it is not possible to choose a remote location such as placing walls or erecting wooden planks. Bee colonies should be placed in a way that faces the south and south-eastern side of the sunrise to encourage bees To get up early, go for a search.
Number of cells in the dissolved
The number of cells in the plant or the number of cultivars is determined by the extent to which the sources of nectar and pollen are available, as well as the availability of pollen and the number of other meadows close to the area, where 100 cells can be placed if there is a pasture filled with many types of trees, vegetables and fruits of various kinds It is possible to develop twice as many if the distribution of the dissolved on several areas separated by about five kilometers, so the beekeepers to designate places for grazing in summer and winter for the availability of pollen, and urine, and the cell needs to be checked periodically and regularly by the breeder every eight days .
Water sources
The bees need water to survive like other living organisms. In addition, the brood needs large amounts of water when breeding and at high temperatures. Therefore, the water sources must be close to the dissolved and be in the shape of a basin with wooden pieces on its surface So the bees can stand on it when they drink.
Fusing the dissolved and protecting the cells
The fence must be surrounded by fences and fences using bee-preferred plants and wires to protect cells from being attacked or stolen.
Place the cells
The cells are prepared by cleaning and settling the floor, removing weeds, planting flower beds, and planting trees that provide bees with nectar and pollen.
Cell mode system
It is preferable to prepare a dissecting fluid in order to arrange the cells in a systematic manner, and to ensure that the distances between each cell are equal to about one meter to two meters, and to move the rows apart by a distance of between two and four meters.