Build a nest of bees in the winter
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Build a nest of bees in the winter
Building nests of bees in the winter: do right.
One of compulsory work in the apiary autumn is a collection bees nest in preparation for the winter.
This event is the formation of artificial insects living space, performed to ensure the beekeeper hive residents comfortable living conditions in the cold season.
From that, how well and timely collection will be held, Life depends on bees and its well-being.
In nature, bees themselves regulate the production of fodder and have the reserves there, where it is convenient, and the size of the nest depends on the level of family.
In the hive insects also tend to follow this instinct. But it is not so simple.
If the person whose activities do not interfere with insects, they themselves would provide sufficient amount of food, placing it in the right place, suitable for use in winter.
How to collect the bees for winter
But the constant manipulation seasonal, such as: sample of honey, expansion and contraction nests, installation and removal of buildings, breeding and honey frames, makes it impossible.
Distribution hive feed stocks is wrong.
This is especially noticeable unevenness after chief medosbora and extracting honey from the hive frames.
For the rest of the time to install the winter cold and the formation of the club, bees do not have time to fix their own.
Keep insects away for the winter in this state can not be, it will not be successful.
Most families until spring will experience a serious shortage of food or die from hunger.
Therefore, the beekeeper must help insects, organizing the formation of nests of bees in the winter by hand.
Main features nests of bees
Before you start collecting hive for winter, need to know the number of features.
Training bees to winter begins immediately after the main medosbora.
First, they are fed syrup to fill seized stocks of honey.
number of meals, proposed bees, and feeding determined individually for each region.
The lower feed stocks is a hive, the greater the need syrup, that family should make it alter in honey.
Feeding should be ended at positive temperatures, so most of the time on the honey bees care for the winter was sealed them.
All other work for building nests of bees held in September, southern regions possible later date – early October.
Further delay is not worth it, So, bees do not have time to bring it in order after perekomplektatsiyi.
Collecting bees in the winter should be after the last brood, when the hive are young bees, and nested frames available.
Drawing nests of bees in the winter
This gives beekeeper opportunity to objectively judge the strength of each bdzholosim'yi and correctly identify, as feed stocks should leave the bees in the winter.
assumed, that strong families well in winter 8-10 within, for weaker colonies should lower their number (6 pcs).
Quite a few families better integrate advance
If bees have prepared a lot of honey and each frame is more than half sealed cells, they leave the nest without changing, only the correct amount, malomedni – replace.
In preparation for hibernation, bdzholosim'ya redistributes existing stocks in a comfortable manner.
The bulk of the feed is on the club side and comb.
Center jack on the bottom part remains empty and reserved bees under the bed, they form with the arrival of cold weather club.
If the space under the bed is not – wintering fails. The extra frames in the hive with honey do not need so, how to feed them from moisture quickly deteriorates and disappears.
If you leave a lot of scope malomednyh – insects, trying to occupy all the space jacks, forming bad winter club or divide it into two, leading to the deaths of family.
Autumn in the hive is little bee – a large space to comb them not habitable.
Because bees nest for the winter should be cut, but you need to know, when done correctly.
The best time is the period after feeding.
While stocks have taken family and their position does not prevent the formation of the club. Not busy bees frame beekeeper can safely remove.
But do not get involved much, excessive compaction bad, So, leading to a breach of the internal microclimate in the club, Bee worry and bad winter.
You must have a number of features and the assembly slots, which is slightly different depending on type hives used in the apiary.
The easiest way to prepare for hibernation family Multiple hives in. The whole process is staged on the lower nest building additional housing or shop with honey frames.
Frames of hives less in height, as a necessary part of the additives placed club.
Build a nest hive beds in winter there is a different way. If there are two cells in the body make a nest in the middle, extra space separating diaphragms.
Four eyes enable to accommodate two families go the same way (with a dull division between a bee) or to arrange a family from any edge of the hive, focusing on eye.
Options socket assembly
There are several ways, How to build a nest of bees in the winter.
In the case of a beehive frame can be placed perpendicular or parallel to it a notch.
The first option is called placing ice drift, second – warm.
When different amounts of feed to exist under different methods of assembly:
- Bilateral collection, when the frame, containing less feed located in the center, and those, where it anymore – closer to the walls of the hive.
- Unilateral collection – the edges are the most honey combs, in the heart of the Middle. The space in between on the one hand takes almost full frame, on the other hand – malomedni.
- In acute shortage of feed frames can be assembled nest, malomedni alternating frames and povnomirni. This aligns the amount of honey stocks in all streets.
- Option called “beard” is, beyond that the best placed in the center, others to Low feed stocks.
- In the parallel arrangement of the hive cells, they put on increasing, Apart from the notch. Closer to it will be beyond, where honey Melo, then all those, where it anymore.
Practice shows bee, what not important way, which is placed in the hive frames.
The main, that they were in 1,5-2 kg feed, no less. Inside the nest should always be space for the club.
Strong colonies can provide a place near the os, weak – determine the warmer part of the internal space in the hive, at some distance from it.
When forming the slot over, hives walls and ceiling are well insulated.
If you plan to, that bees will spend the winter outdoors, to put notch protection, preventing the ingress of rodents.
More insects do not bother, Work in the apiary this considered finished.
