During the breeding of bee colonies, in order to quickly expand the number of bee colonies, we generally adopt the method of artificial breeding. For beekeepers: once the efficiency of chasing flowers and nectar is improved, the technology of artificial breeding is very crucial, because the success of breeding is directly related to the quality of their own bee colony during the nectar source period.
Many friends have listened to the words of bees to feedback that the effect of breeding is not ideal, so what are the main reasons for the failure of artificial breeding?
Listening to the words of the bee summarizes the following points:
1. Bee colony foundation.
In order to breed a large number of new kings, you need a colony of king bees with a very good foundation. First of all, the colony must be healthy enough, and secondly, there must be enough robust worker bees to feed the king. Listening to the words of bees, it is generally used to artificially breed bees with a colony of 12 spleen bees, and the method of breeding by relay box is adopted.
Second, the environmental foundation.
There is a certain periodicity of Breeding, and the environmental foundation in this cycle must be good, and it is best not to have rainy and wet and cold weather. That is to say, we must first observe the weather before artificial breeding.
Third, the selection and operation of transplants should be reasonable.
The eggs moved by the artificial queen must be small larvae within three days, and the quality of the queen bee bred by the large eggs is not good. The transplanting operation is very delicate, which is also the main reason for the failure of artificial breeding, and many people always stab the worms when transplanting insects.
Fourth, the number of Yuwang must have a backup.
For example, if we need 20 queen bees, then we better breed 30-40 bees. In this way, some unsuccessful, or poor-quality queen bees can be eliminated directly, and there is no need to worry about no queen bees available. If the quality of the queen bees bred is very good, then you can only eliminate some of them. Of course, we can also sell these excess queen bees.
The above points are some of the reasons for the failure of artificial breeding, if you have more to add, welcome to share.