RU2462032C1 - Method of breeding of honey-bee colonies - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agriculture. For breeding honey-bee colonies the hives and frames are prepared and disinfected. Before the formation of a new bee colony at least two frames with empty comb are placed for 2-5 minutes on top of the frames of the mother hive and provide the bees with the opportunity to stay in the comb of these frames. Then in the hive, located next to the royal hive, at least one frame with open brood and seeding from the mother hive is installed, and the frames with bees settled there when putting on the mother hive is installed on both sides of the frame with open brood and seeding, the nest is limited with walls.

EFFECT: invention facilitates the work of the beekeeper, increases the number of bee colonies with no inhibition of their development.

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Description

The invention relates to agriculture, in particular to the technology of artificial propagation of bee colonies.

The method of reproduction of bee colonies by catching a swarm and its settlement in a new hive is widely known.

The disadvantages of this method include the difficulties associated with the capture of the swarm, the manufacture of traps, their suspension on the trees located on the most likely summer path of the swarm.

A better method for the formation of bee colonies is known, see RF patent No. 2222191 - a prototype in which a new hive is installed next to a mother hive, pro-active frames with sushi and open brood and sowing frames are placed in a new hive and partitions are installed. The proposed method allows to reduce labor costs and time during the formation of bee colonies, prevent swarming, provide additional sanitation.

The disadvantages of this method include the weak development of bee colonies, located both in the same place and in a new one. The division of families in half makes it impossible to obtain from a single hive several full bee colonies per season. In addition, a bezelless family does not develop until the uterus comes out and the working bees wear out in the care of a large number of broods. The uterine family will suspend its development due to a shortage of working bees and the uterus will not sow honeycombs with brood. These factors inhibit the development of both families and the beekeeper will receive an unsatisfactory result.

The objective of the present invention is to eliminate the disadvantages of the prototype and create a more efficient technology for the formation of bee colonies.

The task is achieved by combining the well-known signs, including the preparation of the hive and frames, their disinfection and placement, and new signs, namely, that before forming a new bee colony, at least two frames with sushi are laid on top for 2-5 minutes the frames of the uterine hive and provide the bees with the opportunity to accommodate in the combs of these frames, after which at least one frame with an open brood and seeding from the uterine hive and Amki with land with bees populated in them when laying on the mother hive and establish frames with land on both sides of the open brood and seeding frame and limit the nest with partitions.

The novelty of the proposed method is a preliminary preparation before the formation of a new bee colony, in which at least two frames with sushi are placed on top of the frames of the mother hive for 2-5 minutes and provide the bees with the opportunity to be housed in the combs of these frames, after which they can be found in the hive near with a uterine hive, install at least one open brood and sowing frame from the uterine hive and a sushi frame with bees populated in them when laying on the uterine hive and install sushi frames on both sides of the frame with open brood and seeding and limit the nest with partitions.

So, when laying frames with sushi on the surface of the frames of the uterine hive, the bees get used to - adaptation to the new frames that appeared in the hive, i.e. the bees, having discovered the unusual location of the honeycombs, independently enter into them without coercion and begin work to correct the situation. However, the time for correction, during which the frames are on the surface of the frames of the fallopian hive (2-5 minutes), is not enough.

When the bees are transferred to the hive, which is next to the uterine, on the frame with land and on the frame with seeding and brood, the bees grow their uterus and begin active work.

According to the patent information search, the proposed method is new, the features are substantial, non-obvious, industrially feasible and aimed at achieving the objectives of the invention.

Figure 1 schematically, with the cover removed, shows the location of the frames with sushi on the surface of the frames of the fallopian hive: a) one frame; b) two frames.

Figure 2 - the location of the frames in the new hive.

The proposed method is carried out using beehives indicated in figures 1, 2, each of which consists of a building 1 with a summer 2, a nut 3 and frames 4 mounted with brood and seeding, frames with sushi 5 and partitions 6.

Before starting the creation of a new bee colony, a new hive and frames with sushi are prepared, which include cleaning the hive, disinfection, etc. After preparing the hive, frames with sushi 5 empty without bees are placed on top of the uterine hive frame 4 and covered with a cover. Bees, finding a new framework in the hive, begin to settle in their rebuilt honeycombs. After two to five minutes, at least one open brood and sowing frame 4 is removed from the brood hive and placed in a new hive in the center of building 1, opposite the letka 2. Then, in a new hive, on either side of the open brood frame 4 and sowing establish a framework with sushi 5 with bees settled in them in the mother hive. Or in the case of installing two open brood frames and sowing, sushi frames are set on both sides of the open brood and sowing frames. On the sides of the created nests install partitions 6, limiting its volume. Part of the bees involved in the work with sowing and brood continues to work, without leaving the brood and seeding. Part of the flying bees returns to the mother hive. However, the remaining number of bees is enough to provide care for brood and hatch of a new uterus.

Since there are not a large number of young brood in a bezelless family, the bees transferred to the new hive bring sufficient feed to the hive, ensure thieves are repulsed, which was possible due to the fact that the bees and brood are created in the beehive without partitions, t There is no extra space.

When brood comes out, the uterus comes out at this point. By this time, the bees in the hive, caring for the brood, had dragged enough food for the development of the bee colony into the framework and kept themselves unworn and not damaged by thieves' attacks. The released uterus begins active sowing of the frames with brood, because the bees located in the hive will be able to leave a large amount of brood. As the family grows, we increase the space in the hive by setting frames with land and moving the partitions to the sides.

A specific example of the method

Before starting the creation of a new bee colony, a new hive and frames with sushi 5 were prepared, which were cleaned of contaminants and disinfected, prepared and disinfected two partitions 6. Then two empty frames without bees with sushi 5 were laid on top of the hive frames, and covered with a cover. Three minutes later, raising the position, they saw about 1800-1900 individuals settled in the honeycomb of bees. Next, two frames with open brood and seeding 4 were removed from the mother hive and set them in a new hive in the center of building 1 opposite the let 2. Then, on both sides of the frames with open brood and seeding 4, frames with land 5 with bees settled in them were set. On the sides of the created nests installed wooden partitions 6, limiting its volume. Some of the bees involved in the work with sowing and brood continued to work without abandoning brood and seeding. About a third of the flying bees returned to the mother hive. The remaining bees continued to work and provided care for the brood and hatch of a new uterus. By the end of the summer season, the new bee family has grown to 8 small streets with a total number of 20-25 thousand bees in one hive and a full-fledged new uterus. At the same time, the bees provided themselves with a winter supply of honey and gave 20-30 kg of marketable honey.

Experimental work on breeding bees was carried out on strong families with 12 developed streets. At the same time, three new families were formed from one uterine bee family. All bee colonies successfully developed during the summer of 2010. Of the three strong bee colonies, by the end of summer they received 9 new full-fledged bee colonies.

Currently, the authors have developed technological documentation and decided to publish the work in the journal "Beekeeping" after the completion of the substantive examination.

Claims (1)

A method for breeding bee colonies, including preparing the hive and frames, disinfecting and arranging them, characterized in that before forming the new bee colonies, at least two frames with land for 2-5 minutes are laid on top of the frames of the mother hive and provide the bees with the opportunity to accommodate honeycombs of these frames, after which at least one frame with an open brood and seeding from the mother hive and a frame with sushi with bees populated in them when laying on the mother hive are installed in the hive near the uterine hive, and establish frames with sushi on both sides of the frames with open brood and seeding, and limit the nest to partitions.

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