Options feeding bees: indoor and outdoor
Open and closed feeding bees: which is better?
When you feed your bees, you know that this can be done in different ways?
Many people, perhaps, only seen on TV, bees feed.
But, If you choose to work Beekeeper, it should be very well informed about all the details of feeding bees.
Let's discuss two options for feeding: indoor and outdoor.
You will then need to decide, which method is right for you and your bees. so, let's start.
Відкрите годування – це коли ви змішуєте воду з цукром в ємності і ставите в доступне для бджіл місце.
In this case, they can fly up to the syrup and eat at any convenient time.
This can be done slightly different way. Leave 20 liter bucket of water with sugar, but it is better to choose a wide flat container (feeding tray) or any other open container.
Bees can fly up to the syrup and eat as needed.
Organize open breast can be quickly and easily. And it is obvious, because you just pour nutrient mixture in a bowl and go.
You do not need to dig into the hive, to feed the bees. Plus also in, you do not need every time to open hives, to feed their charges.
You just move away from feeding, Fill the container when the syrup, and all other bees do most.
If you are looking for an easy and fast method of feeding, then this option is fine for you. But this method are its drawbacks.
This technique has a very large list of cons. Each time, approaching trough, you risk.
If you open container of food, there can live and other insects: ants, şerşni, axis and even bee hives with strangers.
Open feeding bees
obviously, this method involves a large number of pests (parasites), and it's pretty big flaw.
You do not want to spend money on other people's feeding bees, especially if you have several hives.
For sugar today is not so cheap.
Ще один мінус – те, what, creating an open food source, you incite other insects.
They will live in your feeders, because nothing prevents them.
So, obviously, that the open method of feeding attracts bees from other hives.
And it can be very dangerous for your bees. For other insects can be carriers of various diseases.
It is important to consider, as questionable health of your bees.
These are important nuances, you have to take into account when planning an open feeding.
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Try to carefully weigh all the "pros" and "cons", and think, whether you want to risk the health of their bees.
Closed involves feeding trough, located inside the hive.
Feeders can be installed in various locations hive: from above, at the entrance or in a separate hive.
Anyhow, feeder should also be filled sugar syrup.
Now you need to consider all the possible advantages and disadvantages of this method of feeding, to choose the best option for your hives.
Перша перевага – це можливість бачити безпосередньо, as syrup daily consume your bee.
You'll know exactly, that only your hive eating insects, because pests can not penetrate here.
Closed feeding bees
true, worth noting, if feeder is installed at the entrance, Some risks remain.
For other insects, outside the hive, can also get here.
It also allows you to understand, or enough natural food located near beehives.
If you have to feed the bees throughout the year, it is necessary to ensure that, to plant more flowers nearby.
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Since bees can produce their own additional natural living.
Per-second, you have the opportunity to process each individual hive.
This can be useful, if, example, one of the infested hive beetles.
You can rid the hive parasites using essential oil of wintergreen.
This is a great effective way. You can add oil in winter this plant in feeder, and it will eliminate the possibility of a variety of pests.
However, you should not do it with hives, where there are no such problems.
You can use other type of essential oil, to eliminate other disadvantages of each individual hive.
obviously, which closed feeding allows to give individual attention hive, in need.
The flip side of the closed type of feeding is a high complexity.
Such work requires you much time and additional gear.
Moreover, you have to fill up the feeder each hive instead, simply pour the syrup into a container feeding.
This type of food you require additional costs. After all, you need to buy a bird feeder in each of your hives.
And if your budget is limited beekeeping, This option is not the best for you.
AND, finally, thus increases the service hives. You must fill each feeder separately, which is very time consuming.
But if your schedule allows you to devote sufficient time beekeeping and you do not need to rush through the city, to feed your bees, this method is right for you.
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I can not give you definite advice, what to do in any case.
Each experience unique beekeeper. I can only share their personal knowledge.
On my apiary closed feeding practices just because, so we started to work and have become accustomed to this method.
But today we seriously thought to the transition to the open type feeding.
Feeding bees
And the reason, that today in our large number of run hives.
They are much more, than was initially.
We are not happy that, we have to spend countless hours of maintenance each hive.
It's really quite difficult.
Of course, everything, that above, should be compared directly with your situation.
And if you have fewer hives, then you may well come up closed type feeding.
This will allow you to reduce the amount of food expenditures and help protect your hives from pests.
However, if in your possession a large number of hives, then consuming content and a large amount of time, necessary for their service, may prevent your personal experience beekeeper.
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In this case, you can resort to the open method of feeding, even if there is a risk of attracting bees and other dangerous diseases through them.
And as I said, we are willing to take this risk, feel great as lack of time to support so many hives. And now I would like to hear your opinion.
Share your thoughts on this matter. Are there any other advantages and disadvantages of each way of feeding?
What to consider when choosing the type of feeding? Please, Share your thoughts.
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