Can the queen excluder be used to support the double queen group?
Double queen colony means that there are two queen bees in a colony at the same time. The biggest advantage is that the colony reproduces very fast, especially in the early period. To cultivate overwintering bees, let's take a look at whether the king board can raise a double king group!
One. Design principle
The queen excluder is a special tool for beekeeping. The design principle is that the queen bee’s breast is slightly thicker than the worker bee’s breast. The grid gap of the king board is designed to be between the thickness of the queen’s breast and the thickness of the worker’s breast, so that the worker bees can pass freely. Because the thickness of the queen bee exceeds the width of the gap between the queen plate, the queen bee cannot pass through the king plate, thus limiting the queen bee to a certain area of the beehive.
Two, the role of the discussion
The queen excluder can support the double queen group. The most important function of the queen excluder is to restrict the passage of queen bees, but it does not affect the activities of worker bees. In beekeeping production, the queen excluder is often used. For example, when forming a double queen colony, the queen excluder is used to separate the two queens on the two sides of the beehive. The purpose is to ensure that the two queens do not meet in the hive, otherwise the two queens will fight until one queen dies.
Three. Classification
1. Usage: Due to the different usage methods, there are two main types of partition boards: plane partition boards and frame partition boards. Among them, the flat partition boards are generally installed between the nest box and the successor box, while the frame partition boards (vertical partition boards) Type partition board) can be used in nest boxes like nest frames.
2. Bee species: There are mainly two types of bee separators due to different suitable bee species: medium bee separators and Italian bee separators. Among them, the width of the middle bee separators is slightly smaller for the middle bees, while the Italian bee separators have a slightly smaller grid width. The width of the queen excluder grille is slightly larger, and the two king boards cannot be used interchangeably.
Four, the formation method
1. Nest box double queen group: nest box double king group refers to the formation of double king group in the nest box. The colonies of queen bees of the same age are placed on both sides of the nest box, and when the colony smells are completely mixed up, the partitions are replaced with vertical queen partitions.
2. Double king group following box: The double king group of following box refers to using the following box to form a double king group. The specific method is to first form a double king group in the nest box, and then add a follower box to the nest box and open a new one. A nest door, the nest box and the successor box are separated by a plane partition board, and finally all one group of bees can be lifted into the successor box.
Five. Applicable scenarios
1. Controlling spawning: The queen bee board is designed according to the different breasts of the queen bee and worker bees. After adding the queen bee board to the beehive, the queen bee's range of activities will be limited, so as to control the queen bee's egg laying. Worker bee activity is not affected.
2. Build a double queen colony: Under normal circumstances, there is only one queen bee in a colony. If two queen bees appear in the colony at the same time, they will kill each other until they die. At this time, the colony can be divided into two parts by the king board. , so that a colony has two queens.
3. Production of nest honey: Bees have the habit of "storing honey upward and breeding insects downward". During the honey-flowing period, a successor box can be added to the nest box, and the nest box and the successor box can be separated by a king board to make the bee colony. Storing honey in a successor box produces high-quality nest honey.
