The bee colony develops to a certain stage, and natural bee division occurs during the season when the honey powder is sufficient and suitable for breeding. When the bees are naturally divided, the queen bee takes away a part of the young and strong worker bees and flees, finds a place where they can build a nest, and will build a nest to breed, and a new bee colony will be created. Natural bee division is the survival characteristic of bees, which is an effective way to expand the living territory and accelerate the reproduction of the population.
When humans start breeding bees, they collect or lure bee colonies, give a hive or bee bucket to settle in, and the bee colony can develop. Some of the beekeepers start by collecting lure colonies. In the process of bee breeding, beekeepers also found that if there is a natural bee colony, the bee colony is placed in a new hive or bee barrel, the bee colony can quickly restore the state of breeding labor, and the natural bee colony is easier to succeed and the management is simpler. Therefore, when some people are beekeeping, if they want to increase the new bee colony, they will wait for the natural bee division to occur.
However, when professional beekeepers want to increase the new bee colony, they mostly carry out manual bee division and will not wait for the appearance of natural bees. Why do some people develop bee colonies in the hope of natural bee division, while others want to carry out artificial bee division? What are the differences and pros and cons of the two? How can beekeepers correctly choose bees?
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Artificial bee division is artificial bee division, which is the beekeeping behavior according to the will of beekeepers, and the purpose is also to increase new bee colonies and accelerate the reproduction of bee colonies. Artificial bee splitting is to use the royal platform or the new queen bee to put a part of the sub-spleen and honey powder spleen in the bee colony into the new bee colony in the case that the bee colony has not yet appeared in the will of the bee, so that the interventionary royal platform or the new queen bee can lead the development of the put bee spleen.
Although artificial bees and natural bees are both separated into partial bees and form new bee colonies, the difference is still large. Natural bee division is the natural behavior of bees, the queen bee leads the young and strong bees to separate, before the bee will eat enough honey powder, to maintain a strong physical strength and labor state. As long as you find a suitable nesting place and have enough honey powder, the bee colony can develop quickly. The artificial bee division is not the will of the bees, the bee spleen is mostly the sub-spleen and the young bees, and the young bees are easy to return to the original hive due to the phenomenon of returning to the bees. This makes the bee colony easy to be in a weak and incompetent state, and must rely on the honey powder supplemented by the beekeeper and careful care to survive. The king platform or queen bee is prone to failure in the unstable state of the bee colony, and the sub-bee colony also fails.
Natural bee splitting is the natural behavior of bees, and the bee colony is stable and easier to develop. Artificial bee division is artificial, the bee colony is relatively weak, the state is not easy to stabilize, and it is more difficult to develop. This is the difference between the two, and it also creates different pros and cons.
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Although natural bee division is easier to succeed than artificial bee division, artificial bee division still has advantages and disadvantages.
When the bee colony is cultivated in large quantities, it is easy to manage and increase the income is what beekeepers want to pursue. Beekeeping is a race against the seasons, catching up with the flowering period to develop bee colonies, which must be planned well and cannot be delayed. When to do what beekeeping is determined according to the climate and honey source conditions, and the natural behavior of bees cannot be allowed to occur. Beekeepers must let the bee colony develop before the arrival of the big honey source, and it is useless to miss the honey source period no matter how strong the bee colony is. And the bees are waiting until the honey source period to accelerate the development, no one manages, the bees do not dare to divide the bees. Bees are working hard for survival and development, while human bees are to produce more honey and make more profits.
Artificial bees do not need to be carried out in the honey source period, and the bees can be divided in advance, and the feeding management allows the bee colony to accelerate reproduction, so that the benefits can be obtained when the honey source period is reached. Artificial bee division can be divided according to the plan, and the bees can be divided in batches, which can be unified management, can adjust the strength of the bee colony, so that the entire bee colony can achieve a uniform state, and can reduce the trouble of stealing bees and natural bee flight. In this way, a large number of bee colonies can be managed, and all the colonies can be profitable.
Although the natural bee division develops quickly and is easy to succeed, when the bee is divided is not something that people can control. Natural bees are more likely to occur when the source of honey powder is sufficient, and the probability of bees splitting is higher during the large honey source period. It is precisely because of the random nature of natural bees that there is no guarantee that the colony will remain strong during the large honey source period. If the bees are divided during the large honey source period, the originally strong bee colony is weakened, and the income will be greatly reduced. Missing the honey source period, waiting until the end of the honey source period when the colony has developed will not bring benefits and may increase the consumption of feeding. Moreover, when the bees are naturally divided, the bee colony first appears in the bee-sharing fever, the labor enthusiasm declines, and the reproduction and collection ability declines, which will greatly reduce the income and reproduction speed of the bee colony. If the natural bees are not properly managed, frequent bee division occurs, or the bee colonies cannot be recovered in time, and the losses brought back are even greater.
Therefore, although it is difficult to succeed in manual bee division, it is conducive to the development and management of all bee colonies. As long as the technology of a beekeeper passes, the benefits of manual bee division are more. Natural bees are easy to succeed, but due to uncontrollable nature, it will affect the benefits and increase the trouble of management.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > natural bees can only be used, not relied on</h1>
People with insufficient beekeeping experience always feel that artificial bee division is troublesome, and the weak development of the group cannot be developed, and when they want to increase the new bee colony, they will look forward to the occurrence of natural bee division. In the eyes of some people, the benefits of natural bees are many, both to increase new bee colonies and to use the natural king platform for kings. But in fact, such a simple and effective method will seriously hinder the improvement of beekeeping technology, and natural bees can only be used, not relied on.
According to the advantages and disadvantages of artificial and natural bee division mentioned above, we understand that if the development of the bee colony is not in the hands of people, it is difficult to make a profit by allowing the will of the bees, and the bee colony will be strong and weak. Without the source of the honey, the bee colony is useless to reproduce. The different strengths of the bee colony will bring a lot of trouble, and the loss caused by the frequent occurrence of natural bees is very large. True beekeepers should take it into their own hands how to divide the bees and how to breed bees. To give way to the divided bee colony, the breeding bees have value.
In fact, as long as the artificial bee division meets the conditions and is properly managed, the bee colony is also easy to succeed and develop quickly. When manually dividing bees, it is necessary to choose a strong bee colony with more sub-spleens, so that the sub-bee swarm has enough bees, and the honey powder is sufficient, as long as the occurrence of stealing bees is prevented, so that the sub-bee swarm can maintain a stable state, the new queen bee is easy to succeed, and the steady stream of young bees will make the bee swarm quickly rejuvenate, and the bee swarm will double its reproduction. As long as the beekeeper has a planned breeding of bees, do not force the bee to divide the weak bee colony, artificial bee division is as easy as natural bee division.
The occurrence of bee-splitting fever will affect the reproduction speed and income of the bee colony, and it is certainly not possible to expect the emergence of natural bees, and true beekeepers cannot allow a large number of natural bees to appear in the colony during the honey source period. When the bee colony has appeared in the phenomenon of natural bee division, there is a natural king platform available, which can be used for artificial bee division and the use of natural king platform for king. This can not only relieve the bee fever, but also increase the number of new bee colonies and queens, which is a lot of things. But if you have been counting on such a split bee and a change of kings, the drawbacks of natural bee sharing will increase greatly, and it is inevitable to affect the income.
Therefore, in this season of blooming flowers, it is most conducive to the breeding of bee colonies, and when it is easy to appear natural beekeeping, beekeepers still have to prevent natural bee division in advance. Don't wait for the natural split bee to change the king and add a new bee colony for the sake of simplicity and convenience. Only when beekeepers know how to rationally divide bees artificially, and take the bee division and change of kings in their own hands, will the bee colony be easy to manage and prosper for the sake of revenue. In this way, there will be real beekeeping technology and stable income.