Friends who have farmed bees know that the bees belong to the unique bee species in China, and the degree of domestication is not high, and now it still retains a relatively primitive wild habit, and it is precisely because of this habit of the bees that the honey taste of the bees is more special, and the price in the country has been high, even in the situation of today's honey market, the real honey is still in short supply.
In addition to the special honey collection of bees, another habit of the middle bees is to divide the bees, because they are bee species that survive in the wild, so most of the bees in the middle of the bees are mainly natural bees.
At present, the bee has also carried out large-scale modern breeding, and even after a certain degree of domestication, the habits of the bee in some places have slowly begun to change, but the strong bee division is still a major feature of the bee.
Speaking of the beekeeping nature of the bees, for us beekeepers have to think of two problems, one is the beekeeping period, the other is the bee colony produced in the wangtai, which can be said to be related to the size of the swarm of our breeding bees and the problem of bee flight, so we regularly check the wangtai has become more critical, for many places in our country, generally in April and May is the peak period of bee separation, which actually represents a general habit of the bees, so if we want to control the swarm well, Then regular inspections of the Wangtai during this period become even more important.
Although it is very important to check the royal platform during the bee beekeeping period, we all know that if the box is often checked, this has an impact on both the middle bee and the Italian bee, but if we want to control the bee colony, and we have to check, then how do we control this frequency, how often to check the royal platform is normal? Today, the small editor of the bee tribe will share this problem with you.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > first excludes two kinds of kings</h1>
Since we are talking about the number of inspections of the Wangtai here, we must first find out the type of Wangtai, because different types of Wangtai are produced in different bee colonies for different times and handled in different ways.
Generally speaking, the royal platform is divided into a natural sub-bee platform, a natural alternating royal platform, and a rapidly built royal platform, which are all built by bees independently, but when each royal platform appears, the situation in the bee colony is different.
(1) Natural queen bee platform: This is the object of our discussion today, that is, in the honey bee breeding period, the bees in order to separate the family, multiply and produce the royal platform. The natural royal bee platform is generally only produced during the bee division period, which belongs to a relatively fixed time-generated royal platform, which is a kind of royal platform produced under the control of bees.
(2) Natural alternating royal platform: This royal platform is also produced under the control of bees, but it is not a royal platform produced for breeding, but an unexpected situation in a queen bee colony, when it cannot be used, the king platform built by the worker bees, the most obvious feature is that there will be a "mother and daughter nesting" phenomenon, the purpose is to replace the queen bee that can no longer be used.
(3) Rush to build the wangtai: The emergency king platform is actually from the literal we can find, which is a bit of an emergency feeling. In fact, the emergency king platform is not produced under the control of the worker bee, but when the bee colony encounters danger, generally after the death of the queen bee, the worker bee will use the small larvae in the bee colony to breed a new queen after the death of the queen bee, so the time is not fixed, nor is it the object of our discussion today.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" how often is > the bee-splitting period checked for Wang Tai? </h1>
As mentioned above, the bee division of the bee is strong, so when it comes to the bee division period, the bee colony may not be strong and will also be divided, and the normal bee colony will also carry out natural bee division at this time, so if we want to check the royal stage in the bee colony at this time, there should be two purposes, one is to inhibit the bees from separating, and the other is to allow the bees to separate.
(1) Inhibit bee separation: If we want to inhibit the separation of bees, then the frequency of our inspection can be a little less, because the entire development cycle of the queen bee is 16 days, and when we are in the honey flow period, checking the bee colony once a week or so is also considered routine, so we can use the opportunity to check the bee colony, check the situation of the royal platform, once the royal platform appears, immediately destroy, and take measures to relieve the bee fever to avoid the natural bee splitting of the bees.
(2) Allow bees to separate: If we allow bees to separate, then the frequency of our inspection should be higher, especially after we find that there is a wangtai in the bee colony, before the wangtai is not covered, you can check once or two a day, after the wangtai is covered, it is best to check every day, because after the wangtai is covered, there will soon bees naturally divided into bees, if we want to carry out artificial bee division, we must control this time, and we should also record the time and observe the changes in the wangtai.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > judge the date of Wang Tai from the appearance</h1>
WangTai is the nest of the queen bee larvae, its color is constantly changing, and different colors also represent the development of the queen bee, so we should pay attention to the change of the color of the royal platform, generally three colors as the judgment of the development of the royal platform, should be based on the color change, timely take the necessary measures.
(1) Light white: If the Wangtai is still light white, it means that the time of the Wangtai is 1 to 3 days, and the bees will not separate at this time.
(2) Light yellow: If the color of the wangtai is light yellow, it means that the wangtai has been covered for 4 to 6 days at this time, and at this time, the wangtai may have been separated, for the bee colony with strong bee division, it is possible to separate the family at this stage, so at this time, if we want to avoid the natural division of bees, it is possible to manually divide the bees.
(3) Yellow brown: If the wang tai becomes yellow brown, this is the sign that the queen bee is about to leave the house, and if there is no unexpected situation at this time, such as continuous rain or cold weather, the bees have usually separated.
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