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How To Manage Beehives That Produce Quality Honey
Normal domesticated pets like dogs, cats and birds do not really need specialised attention, tools or equipment which is a totally different case when you're a keeper of bees. Beekeeping will challenge you to make the time to educate yourself about procedures, techniques, equipment and supplies required for keeping healthy and productive bees.
Insufficient knowledge when it comes to handling bee colonies is what can reveal to you the dangerous side of bees, don't forget that honeybees are usualy harmless insects but they can be very dangerous should they feel provoked or if the safety of the colony is compromised, so safety is of utmost importance in the business of honey beekeeping.
Beginners in beekeeping it's a must that they have have a great quality suit specially made to be bee-sting proof; it is usually consisting of a long sleeved jacket and long pair of pants, a hat that has veil, gloves and boots. It's of atmost importance that a first-aid kit makes up part of your safety equipment, to help you deal with the emergencies that may occur; it should have a pre-loaded syringe of epinephrine hydrochloride & antihistamine tablets. In cases whereby a bee-sting victim has hypersensitivity, it is highly advisable that they must get instant medical attention to avoid any further complications.
Practice and experience is what will improve your beekeeping skill, these insects instinctively know how to take care of themselves but now that you are keeping them to produce honey you should give them assistance here and there. You can help by acquainting yourself with various bee diseases, pests and predators that could hinder them from functioning at their best, and by eliminating these possible impedements, you give your colonies a greater chance of doing really well and producing that good quality honey you want.
Honeybees are great navigators and they dedicate their entire lives collecting nectar to help feed their colonies, but an excellent beekeeper will always provide additional food and water sources by making sugar syrup & water ponds (make sure you place wood floats in the water to stop the bees from drowning) which will be placed not far from the hives. When you do this you save your bees energy as they will not travel too far to collect nectar and this will will result in your hives productivity being increased.
To successfully check your hives, the bees should be smoked up just a little to have them calm during the examination process. Make sure that you do not oversmoke your bees as they may end up drowsy and a lot less productive, in some case bees have perished because of being oversmoked.
Regular hive inspections are something that a good honey beekeeper must perform frequently, it is routine to check the colony for any diseases and mites and to monitor if your hives are exposed to the danger of predators. These are some of the things to look out for during examanination like; Pearly white larvae as they’ll indicate good health, in cases where the larvae looks yellow, brown or black then you’d know that disease is present and to take needed steps to stop further damage.
Check on the Queen’s egg laying pattern, if the queen is laying lots of eggs she won't skip cells of brood when laying eggs. Also check the cell caps to see if there are any cells that are sunken or perforated. Healthy brood can be identified by convex cell caps, while diseased cells can be spotten easily as they'll be perforated and concave.
Proceed to inspect and check for honey and pollen stores, the frames of the colony must be at least filled with caped honey on average a single frame holds about 15 - 18 lbs of honey. This examanination process should be done on all the frames in the hive and any cases of disease being identified antibiotic treatment will be ideal, also as part of standard weekly inspections change the water, feed and replace damaged combs.
Bees keep falling victim to all sort of things, so an excellent honey beekeeper won't just inspect at random, rather he/she keeps a journal for notes and a calendar for all activities, as a plan will show you how to time your examination intervals and colony manipulation so to identify problems early and stop them from eliminating your colonies.
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