When the spring flowers are full of honey powder and the bee colony is developing vigorously, beekeepers have to worry about the problem of beekeeping. Under what circumstances does a bee colony want to divide the bees? This is a problem that beekeepers should be concerned about, only in time to find the possibility of bee colonies have the possibility of bee division, early prevention, in order to avoid the occurrence of natural bee flight. Experienced beekeepers can judge whether there will be natural bee splitting according to the state of the bee colony, such as the occurrence of beekeeping fever in the bee colony, the appearance of the natural royal platform, and the decline in the amount of eggs laid by the queen bee. But these need to be carefully examined to understand clearly, some people have proposed the simplest and most direct method, that the male bees in the bee colony are to be naturally divided.
So is the appearance of male bees in the swarm really meant to have a natural split? Not necessarily. We understand the value and significance of male bees in bee colonies.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > males are part of the bee colony and breed males in the breeding season. </h1>
The colony is made up of a queen bee, thousands of worker bees and a small number of male bees, with three types of bees forming a special social insect lifestyle. Male bees are true male bees that are of great significance to the reproductive development of bee colonies and are essential. It can be said that a normal bee colony is to have the presence of male bees, if there is no male bees, it is because the honey of the bee colony is insufficient to feed the male bees.
Male bees are large and eat a lot, and they consume much more honey powder in their lifetime than worker bees, and it is estimated that the consumption of honey powder is three times that of worker bees. Moreover, the male bees do not have any labor ability and live for up to three or four months. Such a long-lived male bee, it is not easy for the bee colony to feed. A colony only needs a queen bee, only needs to change about two queens a year, and some even use a queen for one or two years. Male bees must, but only less, this is the bee colony also understands the truth. Therefore, when the source of honey powder is depleted, when the male bees do not need to cross the tail, the bee colony will stop breeding male bees and kill the male bees. When honey is insufficient, there are no male bees in the bee colony! There are more male bees with more powder, and there are no male bees withered powder, which is a common law.
Whether the colony is strong or weak, there is a possibility of changing kings during the breeding period. The male bee matures for about a month longer than the queen bee, and the male bee leaves the house and then begins to breed the queen to catch up with the tail. Therefore, as long as the honey powder is sufficient and there is enough nurturing ability, the bee colony will breed male bees, regardless of whether they are ready to divide the bees naturally. Those strong bee colonies will breed a large number of male bees during the honey powder source period, and will not be ready to divide the bees naturally. If honey is plentiful, male bees may also be present in the swarm in autumn and winter. From this point of view, the presence of male bees is a sign that the colony has sufficient ability to nurture and honey.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > male bees do not have their own colonies, and the male bees bred are not used for the tail of their own colonies. </h1>
Worker bees are loyal to their queen bees and work only for their own colonies. But male bees do not have their own colonies, and the colonies that nurture male bees are only doing their duty. After each male bee goes out of the room for test flight, it will go out to play all day when it can fly freely, and when tired, it can enter any swarm of bees. Colonies with desire to change kings, bees with plenty of honey, will accept foreign males during the breeding period. The colony of bees that nurture the male bees will be quickly left behind by the male bees, and wherever they are happy, they will go wherever they are full, until the end of the war is completed or they are expelled. Male bees have no boundaries, grain is home, when they are born, they are treasures, and when they are not used, they are grass. This is a portrayal of the male bee's life.
Male bees bred by bees are not for their own colony to cross the tail, but also to avoid inbreeding. The male bee born of a queen bee and the queen are inbreeding, which will make inferior genes appear and reduce the quality of the queen bee. The queen flies three or five kilometers away, and tries to cross the tail with other males who are far away, so as to avoid inbreeding and let the next generation have more excellent genes. When breeding male bees, worker bees are also reluctant to befriend the virgin queen of their own colonies. Therefore, as long as the male bees that are bred grow up, they can fly as far as they can. Breeding male bees is only an obligation, only for the needs of the entire population. Bee colonies with nurturing ability cultivate high-quality male bees, which can be exchanged for use in order to make the queen of bees of excellent quality and conducive to the development of the entire population.
Therefore, the discovery of a small number of male bees in the bee colony is a normal phenomenon during the breeding period, and it is not really necessary to divide the bees. If the number of male bees bred is large, it means that the bee colony is in a period of vigorous development, and it may be necessary to breed royal bees in the near future.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > bee colony suddenly appears a large number of male bees, pay attention to the change of king bees. </h1>
Male bees do not eat and work, and the swarm will not allow the presence of male bees too much. Worker bees will be moderate when breeding male bees, and for foreign male bees, if there are too many male bees, they will refuse. Normal bee colonies, the proportion of male bees is generally a few percent, will increase or decrease according to the source of honey powder. Too many male bees are cultivated or too many male bees have come, that is, the bee colony has the desire to change the king, is not satisfied with the queen bee, and is ready to divide the bees naturally.
Too much breeding of male bees, we can judge by the male bee sub-spleen. The male bee is larger, and the male bee spleen is also larger than the worker bee spleen, and the sub-spleen that looks higher is the male bee spleen. In general, the male bee spleen only exists in a small amount in the corner of the nest spleen, if there are more pieces, it is too much breeding of male bees. If the swarm does not breed male bees, but suddenly finds that the swarm has many male bees, it proves that it is an alien male bee. This indicates that the worker bee is already dissatisfied with the queen bee, ready to change the king, and warmly welcomes the arrival of the male bee. At this time, the bee colony may have begun to cultivate the royal platform, and there has been a bee fever.
Of course, there are too many male bees, and there are other reasons for them, such as too many male hive rooms with unqualified nest spleen. Other colonies have expelled male bees, and male bees with nowhere to go are rushing to come. The swarm is too weak to stop the arrival of the male bees... The specific reasons need to be carefully screened by beekeepers.
So got it? The appearance of male bees in the breeding colony is normal, and there is no need to worry about the appearance of several large, blackened male bees. Want to distinguish if there is bee splitting fever, do you want to divide the bees? Or is it still up to the queen bee to see if the amount of eggs produced by the queen is decreasing? Is there a natural throne in the swarm? Is the labor motivation of worker bees reduced? Male bees can only be used as a reference, according to the above, careful screening to understand.