Bee colonies with bee-splitting fever will give birth to a large number of male bees before the king-making platform, under normal circumstances, the attitude of beekeepers to male bee pupae is to divide and then quickly, but the benefit of simply removing male bees is only to temporarily alleviate the mood of the bees, but also increase the workload.
The author of this article shares with you a new idea, in addition to the bee fever can also generate income, that is, when the bee colony reaches the bee colony potential, artificially control the bee colony to produce male bees, and then harvest regularly. The benefits of this are threefold: one is to ease the mood of the bee colony; the other is to increase the additional income; and the third is to add new dishes to the dinner table.
The removal of male bees can alleviate the mood of the bee colony mainly because the developmental period and sexual maturity of the male bee takes longer than the queen, and under normal circumstances, the colony will breed the queen under the basis of a certain male bee. Artificially controlling the male bee situation in the bee colony can also slow down the bee colony process to a certain extent.
Regarding income generation, this is due to the fact that male bee pupae has a wealth of nutrients, mainly 41.5 ~ 63.1% protein, 15.71 ~ 26.14% fat, 3.68 ~ 11.16% carbohydrates, in addition to rich vitamins, mineral elements and enzymes and other active substances, can be said to be high protein nutrition, and male pupae taste good, after a certain treatment, the taste is better, has become a delicacy on the table, accepted by people. Now a pound of fresh male pupae on the Internet has also been sold to a price of 158 yuan, for friends who raise more bee colonies, they can also produce male bee pupae as one of the ways to generate income.
After the spring, the weather will warm up rapidly, and the bee colony that has already begun to flourish will grow faster, followed by the climax of the bee division, and if there is a plan to harvest male pupae, you can start to prepare at this time.
The first is to prepare production tools: male bee spleen (you can buy male hive pieces online, put into the swarm early to let the swarm make a spleen, for the bee swarm can also be directly put into the bee worker bee spleen, also has the same effect), framed royal partition board (or queen bee spawning controller), male bee fork or honey cutting knife, bamboo (plastic) sieve, plastic bags, etc.
Once the tools are ready, you can look at the swarm's swarm posture and start cultivating male bees.
It is generally recommended that the bee reach 10 boxes, the middle bee reaches more than 4 boxes and then joins the male bee spleen, due to the different bee colonies have different ability to control the strong swarm, according to the specific situation of the bee colony, choose the appropriate time to join the male bee spleen. Use a framed kingboard to control the spawning range of the queen bee on the two male spleens. Reward feeding of the colony in the evening has the effect of promoting the queen bee's spawning and can speed up the speed at which the queen bee can fully produce her spleen.
After adding the male bee spleen for 3 to 5 days, check the egg laying status of the queen bee, and confirm that the spleen has been full, the queen separator can be removed to allow the queen bee to lay eggs freely. After that, it is necessary to calculate the development time of male bees, after 8 days of male bee larvae sealing, that is, harvesting from the 20th day from the egg, this time also has the "GBT 30764 ~ 2014 Male Bee Pupa National Standard" can be referenced, because from the egg calculation, the male bee pupae that develop for 19 to 21 days is the easiest to harvest and has a good taste, at this time the male pupa pupae compound eyes are purple red, the chest and abdomen are milky white, the antennae are milky white, and the single eye is purple red, which is suitable for harvesting.
When harvesting, the male bee spleen is uniformly brought up to the room for operation (this is also due to the male bee pupae is easy to deteriorate, indoor harvesting, can be put into the environment of -18 ° C immediately after harvesting frozen preservation, to ensure the freshness of the male bee pupa): first make the spleen surface in a horizontal state, take a small wooden stick to gently knock on the nest frame, so that the male bee pupa is shaken and displaced, the gap between the male and the cap is increased, and then the male pupa is exposed with a sharp honey cutting knife. Flip the nest spleen so that the cut opening is facing down, tap the nest frame, and the male pupa will fall. If there are individual male bee pupae that have not been shocked, they can be gently picked out with forceps, and after harvesting one side, use the same method to harvest the male bee pupae on the other side of the nest spleen.
So, what to do with the male pupae that are harvested? Here we share centralized preservation and consumption methods.
Before treatment, it should be noted that the male bee pupa contains a large number of active substances, of which tyrosine exposure to the air will quickly oxidize the color of the insect body blackened, the quality is greatly damaged, so if there is no freezing condition after harvesting, it must be processed as soon as possible, and the blackened insect body will be picked out before processing to avoid affecting the quality of other male bee pupae.
1, brine preservation: salt: water for the ratio of 1:2 to make 50% brine, the harvested male bee pupae and brine boiled together with 15 to 20 minutes after fishing out, placed in a cool and ventilated place to dry, dried until the pupa is waterless, into the food bag, sealed storage.
In using this method, it should be noted that the brine is not boiled with the male bee pupa to ensure that the male pupa is fully mixed with the brine. The braised male pupae can be stored for 10 to 15 days at room temperature, but it should be eaten as soon as possible, not for a long time.
2, alcohol preservation: choose a high concentration of liquor or 75% edible alcohol is not sealed and stored by the male bee pupae. This preservation method mainly plays a role in disinfection and air isolation effect, according to the sealing situation and alcohol level, the time that can be stored is not necessarily certain, but it is still recommended to eat within 24 hours.
Next is about how the male bee pupae are eaten:
1. Fried male pupae
This is the simplest and most convenient way to do it, just add the male pupae in hot oil, fry until cooked thoroughly, and then fish it out and eat.
2. Steamed male bee pupae
Add a small amount of salt and mix well, steam, cook thoroughly, and then add your favorite seasonings such as peppercorns to eat.
The above two are the most common male bee pupae eating methods, the author also prefers fried male bee pupae, but the overall aesthetics are insufficient, if you have a higher pursuit of the method, you can try the following two methods, is the author's collection of recipes:
3. Sauté pine seeds with bee pupae
Ingredients: 125g of bee pupae, 30g of onion, 15g of green and red pepper, 20g of fried pine seeds
method:
3.1: Cut the onion and green and red pepper into 2 cm square diamond-shaped pieces and set aside.
3.2: Heat salad oil on a net pot until it is 70% hot, then fry the bee pupae over low heat for 1 minute until golden brown.
3.3, leave 5 grams of oil in the pot, when it is 60% hot, add onion, green and red pepper pieces on high heat and stir-fry to bring out the aroma, add bee pupae, salt, chicken essence, monosodium glutamate and stir-fry for half a minute, sprinkle pine seeds out of the pot and plate.
4. Bee pupa flower soup
Ingredients: 50g bee pupae, 150g of fried peanut rice, 2 egg whites, 100g of celery, 15g of green onion and minced ginger
4.1: Heat the oil to 70% of the heat, put the bee pupae into the oil pan and fry for 1 minute until the color is golden.
4.2: Peel and chop the fried peanuts into small pieces, wash and chop the celery cores and set aside.
4.3, add clear soup to the net pot on the heat, add peanut grains, minced green onion and ginger, celery grains, salt, chicken essence, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine to adjust the taste with starch to thin the mustard, pour the egg white evenly before the pot, and finally sprinkle the fried bee pupae.
Article source: Dr. Bee APP