What should I do if the bees merge and then return to the bees? What to do with bees after splitting

Merging bee colonies refers to the merger of two or more groups of bees into a group of bees, for example, bee colonies are often merged into other bee colonies when they have no separate group value, but if the bee colony is not properly operated, there is often a bee return phenomenon, and the bee return not only makes the merging group meaningless and may interfere with the normal order of the bee colony, let's take a look at what to do after the bee merges!

First, the principle of bee return

The principle is that the new worker bees will recognize the nest in advance before leaving the nest to engage in off-nest work, and when they return to the nest, they can accurately find the hive according to the location and signs of memory.

Second, the bee return treatment

After the merger of bees, the bee will not only make the merger lose its meaning, but also interfere with the normal order of the colony and easily cause bee theft, so the beekeeper should deal with it in time when the bee returns, and the easiest way is to merge the worker bees back into the colony again, and then block the hive door and other worker bees to bite open and re-recognize the nest, and the original hive should also be covered up with branches and other things.

3. Bee return prevention

Although there are many ways to prevent bee return when merging bee colonies, there are two main methods that are most commonly used and effective, one is to move the merged bee colony more than 3 kilometers away and stabilize and then move back into other bee colonies, the other is to slowly move the beehives in the opposite direction and finally merge the bee colonies after the two beehive nest doors are close together and do not fight, and only merge the new worker bees that have not recognized the nest can also prevent the bee return.

4. Precautions

1. Returning bees is a normal phenomenon driven by the instinct of worker bees, if the amount of bees is small, it can generally not be treated, but if the amount of bees is large, it should be dealt with in time so as not to weaken the colony.

2. The hive door of the beehive must not be blocked too tightly, otherwise there may be a situation that the worker bees cannot bite open, generally only need to use water-soaked paper towels or thin mud to gently seal the hive.

3. The bees mainly rely on vision to locate the hive at close range, so changing the markers near the original hive is conducive to preventing the return of bees, such as using branches or leaves to cover up the original hive.

After the bees are in a colony, the beekeeper should deal with them in a timely manner. The easiest way to do this is to reintegrate the worker bees into the colony, then block the door of the hive and wait for the worker bees to bite open to re-identify the hive. It can also be covered with something like a twig.

Be careful not to block the door of the beehive too tightly. You just need to gently seal the beehive with a paper towel or thin mud soaked in water. You can also cover the original beehive with branches or leaves.

The reason for returning bees after the merger is due to the separation of the queen bees, and they fly around like headless flies, so it is necessary to let the queen bee unify them and operate together.

1. Take back the colony

Bees generally do not fly away from the bee farm directly after the bee is divided, and will clump together at a certain height of attachments such as tree trunks and eaves near the bee farm for 2 3 hours, so the beekeeper should seize this favorable opportunity to collect bees, and the beekeeper can use a ladder to climb to the bee group when collecting bees, put the bee collection cage on top of the bee group, and then use the bee sweep to drive the bee group to the bee collection cage, and must pay attention to their personal safety and the safety of the queen bee in the bee collection process.

Second, the bee colony is passed through the box

After the bee colony is harvested back, it should be transferred to the new beehive in time to feed, and the bee cage can be directly placed in the beehive when passing through the box, and then a spleen honey spleen and sub-spleen are respectively lifted from the original bee colony and put it in, and after a while, the bee colony will be clumped in the new beehive, and the bee cage can be taken out at this time, after these operations are completed, the beehive is covered and the nest door is opened and the anti-escape piece is installed at the nest door, and finally the new bee colony can be placed in a suitable place.

3. Timely feeding

After the new bee colony is stabilized, it is necessary to carry out timely feeding to promote the recovery of the colony, you can feed honey or syrup, dilute the honey with 20% warm water when feeding honey, and the diluted honey can be fed to the bees by the method of filling the spleen or the inverted human frame feeder, and when feeding the syrup, the white sugar plus 50% water is fully dissolved by heating and then cooled to a slight temperature to feed, and an appropriate amount of bee medicine can be added to the honey or syrup to prevent and control bee diseases when supplementing the feeding.

Fourth, add spleen in a timely manner

When the bee divides the bee, the worker bee will reduce the amount of feeding to the colony and force the queen bee to reduce or even stop laying eggs, after the colony is collected and stabilized, the worker bee will increase the amount of feeding to the queen bee to promote the queen to resume egg laying, in order to ensure that the queen bee has enough space to lay eggs, the nest spleen should be increased in time, but at this time according to the actual situation of the colony, the spleen should be added according to the actual situation of the colony, if the proportion of eggs in the colony is large, the spleen should be postponed, and if the spleen in the colony is more than the bee, the spleen should also be stopped.

Summary: The first thing to do after the bee division is to collect the bee colony, after the capture is back, it is necessary to pass the box to the new beehive in time, and the bee colony can be fed and spleen in time after the bee colony is stabilized.

1. Restore the bee colony: After the bees are divided, they will often form a swarm near the apiary with high attachments such as tree trunks for 2-3 hours. Take advantage of this favorable opportunity to collect bees.

2. Bee colony passing: After the bee colony is collected, it will be transferred to a new beehive immediately for breeding. 3. Timely feeding

To promote colony recovery, honey and syrup can be added. 4. Timely spleen supplementation: In order to ensure that the queen bee has enough space to lay eggs, the spleen must be replenished immediately.

Bees will clump at high attachments such as tree trunks near the bee farm for 2 3 hours after dividing the bees, use this time to recover the colony, and immediately transfer to the new hive after the bee colony is collected, in order to promote the recovery of the colony, honey and syrup can be supplemented.

It is necessary to first take back the bee colony, then put the bee colony in the beehive, and then replenish the feed in time.

Merging bee colonies refers to merging two or more groups of bees into a group of bees, the biggest advantage is that the bee colony can be quickly formed into a strong group, for example, in the honey flow period, you can form a collection group by merging bee colonies, but if the operation is not done properly, it will bring trouble to beekeeping production, let's take a look at whether the bee colony merger will return to bees!

First, the phenomenon of bee return

Returning bees refers to the behavior and phenomenon of worker bees flying back to the original hive, especially when merging bee colonies and collecting wild bee colonies, for example, if the operation is not done properly when merging bee colonies, the worker bees will fly back to the original hive, and if the colony is too close to the transfer distance when collecting wild bee colonies, some worker bees will also fly back to the original hive.

Second, the principle of bee return

Worker bees will recognize the nest before leaving the nest to engage in off-nest operations, simply put, the worker bees can remember the position and adjustment of the hive by recognizing the nest, so that the worker bees can accurately find the direction of the hive when returning to the nest.

3. Harm of returning bees

There are two main aspects of the harm of beekeeping production, one is that the bee will make the merger bee colony meaningless, and the worker bees who return to the original nest are basically a dead end if they are not treated, and the other is that the bee will blur the definition of group taste between the bee colonies, and may even cause bee theft in serious cases, so we must try to avoid bee return when merging bee colonies.

Fourth, bee prevention

1. Before merging the bee colony, move the merged bee colony away from more than two kilometers, and then move back to merge the bee colony after the distant bee colony has been stabilized, and then move back to the merged bee colony, which can greatly reduce the number of bees after this operation, but the disadvantage is that it is time-consuming and laborious and inconvenient for the management of the bee colony.

2. Before merging the bee colony, the merged bee colony will be slowly approached to the merged bee colony, until it is next to each other and the worker bees are not fighting.

3. When merging the bee colony, only the juvenile worker bees that have not recognized the nest can be merged, because the juvenile worker bees who have not recognized the nest have no concept of the hive location, and they will not return to the bees after merging them into other bee colonies, but the disadvantage is that this method is not suitable for the whole group merger.

Of course not, but after the merger, this will not be the case, and it will also strengthen the hive.

After the merger of bees, the bee will not only make the merger lose its meaning, but also interfere with the normal order of the colony and easily cause bee theft, so the beekeeper should deal with it in time when the bee returns, and the easiest way is to merge the worker bees back into the colony again, and then block the hive door and other worker bees to bite open and re-recognize the nest, and the original hive should also be covered up with branches and other things.

Generally, if the bee colony merges, they will not produce back bees, as long as there is a leading wind king to call on everyone to unite and unify, so that no others will be produced.

When the bees are separated, a swarm will form in about 2 to 3 hours. Once the bees are in a swarm, the beekeeper can sit on a ladder and place a trap or trap on the colony, close to the colony, and hold the grass colony with his other hand. Eviction from the bottom up.

The queen bee and the entire colony gather under the trapped chest, which is then taken away. If the trap is unsuccessful, the colony will migrate again. At this time, water or dust can be sprinkled to make the peak group gather nearby.

And it can be obtained after regrouping.

It can be done through the isolation net**, because through the isolation net the bees can't run out of it, so they can be separated.

You can put the bees in other places first, then add some feed to the hive, supplement some nutrients, and finally put the bees back.

This trick is to choose a queen bee in this bee to take the lead, so that they can unite and unite, and there is no return bee.

To adopt the indirect merging method, you can also choose to merge in situ or migrate bees to merge the swarm.

At the time of merging, only some new worker bees that have not yet recognized the nest can be merged together, or the merged bee colony can be moved far away.

The best way to attract bees to the hive is to prepare a hood or bamboo basket and spray some honey to gently drive the bees away from under the bee colony.

Close the door of the bee nest, observe if the queen bee is still in the hive, pay attention to the location of the nearby bee colony, and use honey to feed the bee colony once to stabilize the bee colony.

The function of the bees is that they betray the queen bee, and the queen bee does not lead them well, causing them to fly like headless flies, so let some give them some honey so that they will return to the hive.