What are the taboos for novice beekeeping?
Beekeeping is a thorough technical activity. Beekeeping by skilled people and beekeeping by unskilled people are two completely different concepts. In fact, besides technology, there are actually many things that need to be paid attention to, especially for beginners. In terms of beekeeping, we should pay more attention. Let's take a look at the taboos of novice beekeeping!
1. Avoid being blindly greedy
Greed for colonies is the most common mistake made by many novice beekeepers. They always think that the more bee colonies, the higher the yield, or if there are not dozens of bees, it seems embarrassing to call beekeepers, but they don’t know the total production of honey and the number of bee colonies. To a certain extent, there is no necessary relationship, and it is not a simple multiplication. In fact, from the perspective of bees themselves, a strong colony is the basis for high yield. No one has ever said that multiple colonies can produce high yields. Some novice colonies reach 4 to 5. The frame bees are divided into groups, and the end result is that the number of groups is too large, and the management is difficult, but there is no benefit at all, which is completely thankless.
2.avoid adding spleen indiscriminately
Adding spleen indiscriminately is a common mistake made by novices, and even some veterans will make it. It seems that the more spleen in the beehive, the stronger the bee colony is. In fact, it is completely wrong. Less spleen and more spleen are not conducive to heat preservation. In summer, less bees and more spleen are not conducive to heat dissipation. Many people may understand that it is not conducive to heat preservation in winter. Why is it not conducive to heat dissipation in summer? The reason is that when the weather is hot in summer, worker bees will fan to cool down. Fewer bees and more spleen will inevitably lead to incomplete cooling. Remember, no matter when you add spleen, you need more bees than spleen or honeycomb.
3. Avoid taking light honey
Taking honey is the harvest season for beekeepers. It was originally a very happy thing, but many novices are not happy after taking honey. It turns out that the bee colony escaped after gathering honey. , but ran after taking honey. The reason is already obvious, that is, there is a problem with taking honey. Do bees run after taking honey? Obviously not, otherwise there are people who keep bees there. The main reason for the bees to escape after taking the honey is that you have taken all the honey and leave no rations for the bee colony.
4.avoid indiscriminate medication
Beekeepers are most afraid of encountering bee diseases, but bee diseases are a problem that beekeepers can never avoid. The outbreak of a highly contagious bee disease can destroy a apiary in a short period of time. Anxious and indiscriminate medication often causes major problems because the medication is not symptomatic, and even healthy groups that are not sick have become sick groups. Beekeepers, especially novice beekeepers, should try their best in their spare time. Learn more about the symptoms and prevention methods of bee diseases. When the bee colony develops a disease, don't rush to take medicine. First, find out what disease the bee is suffering from, and then prescribe the right medicine.
5.avoid indiscriminate feeding
Feeding of bees is the key technology of beekeeping. Whether feeding is correct is inevitably related to the development of bee colonies. Although there are many feeding methods for bees, they can be roughly divided into reward feeding and feeding in terms of the purpose of feeding. There are two types of subsidized feeding. Reward feeding can stimulate the queen bee to lay eggs and encourage worker bees to nurse, while subsidy feeding can provide the necessary material basis for the colony. Many novice beekeepers have no rules and disorder when feeding bees. Feeding one pass, as everyone knows, this will not only fail to promote the development of the bee colony, but may even bring about many negative effects.
6.avoid double queen in the same box
The double king colony is a relatively high-end beekeeping technology. Many novices who do not even understand the basic habits of bees also like to study the double king colony. It seems that if the double king colony is done well, the bees are raised. In fact, many times it is completely unnecessary. A group of bees can reach a strong colony of more than 10 frames. Of course, it does not mean that it is impossible to do a double-king colony, but it is indeed not suitable for novices. In fact, the double-king colony mostly breeds in winter and spring. It is formed at the time of spring breeding, and after spring breeding, it will also be split into two single king groups, one strong and one weak. The strong group is used for production, and the weak group is used for continued breeding.
Summary: Although bee farming requires certain beekeeping skills, no matter what beekeeping technology is based on the habits of bees, it is best for novices to observe and understand the habits of bees, and then manage around the habits of bees The bee colony, after fully grasping the habits of bees, it will not be a big problem.
