How do you divide bees in situ without a queen bee? What should I do if I can t find the queen bee b

Dividing bees is a process of dividing bees into two after reaching a certain scale, generally two queens or a queen bee and a king platform can be carried out, in fact, sometimes there is no queen bee can also be divided into bees, the reason is that there is no queen group can use the small larvae of the bee to "urgently make the king platform", let's take a look at how to divide the bees in situ without the queen bee!

First, the principle of operation

Although the queen bee is an indispensable member of the bee colony, the loss of the queen does not mean that the bee colony will definitely perish, because the kingless bee colony can transform the small larvae of the worker bee into a king, in fact, there is no queen bee in situ The bee is also used to use this characteristic of the bee, in short, the bee colony is divided into two bee colonies, the king group and the kingless group, of which the kingless group uses the characteristics of the bee to "make the king" to breed the king.

Second, the conditions for bee separation

If you want to successfully divide the bees, you must have the following conditions, one is that the colony of the bee colony must be strong enough and there are a large number of caps in the hive, the second is that the weather conditions after the bee division should be suitable for the survival of the bees, the third is that there must be sufficient and easy to collect nectar sources from the outside world after the bee splitting, and the fourth is that there must be enough drones from the outside world to communicate with the new queen bee.

3. Artificial bee separation

Prepare a new beehive and place it next to the original beehive before artificial bee separation, and then quickly transfer the queen bee from the original beehive to the new beehive, and then transfer the cap spleen in the original beehive and the new worker bee that has not yet recognized the nest to the new beehive, so that there are old worker bees and egg worm spleens in the original beehive, and there are queen bees, cap spleens and new worker bees in the new beehive, and finally install the anti-escape piece on the new beehive hive door.

4. Bee colony management

After the artificial bee division, the worker bees in the original beehive will be in a hurry to build the king platform due to the loss of the king, and the new beehive only has the cover spleen and the new worker bee and will not return to the bee, but in fact, the two groups of bees have been affected to varying degrees, so the management of the bee colony must be strengthened after the bee division, and the reward feeding should be carried out appropriately under the premise of ensuring sufficient honey storage, and the situation of the original beehive should be paid close attention to the situation of "urgent king" in the original beehive.

Summary: There is no queen bee in situ bee division is the use of "urgent king platform" to achieve, the operation must let the old worker bees in the original bee colony to make a king platform, and the new bee colony is led by the queen bee to seal the lid spleen and the new worker bee composition, otherwise it is easy to cause the failure of the old worker bee to return to the original bee colony.

You can do this in a natural way, so you can split the bees in place.

Prepare an extra beehive, so that the problem can be solved, and it can be handled manually.

It can be cultivated artificially, so that the problem can be solved, and you need to pay attention to the surrounding temperature, and you need to pay attention to the environment.

Here's how:

If you can't find the queen bee, you can divide the bees in situ, and if you can install the beehive, first move the strong swarm away half a distance from the hive, then put the new hive next to it, and put half of the bee spleen in the strong swarm into the new beehive, if there is no queen bee, you can put the bee spleen without excess spleen in the strong swarm into the new hive.

Then adjust the distance between the 2 beehives so that the flying bees enter the 2 colonies on average, and the next day intervene in the queen beehives without the queen bee or the queen spawning queen.

The reason why the queen bee can't be found:

The inability to find the queen bee may generally be caused by too much bee spleen, and the bee spleen is caused by not adjusting the bee path, usually the bee path is generally kept at about 8-10cm, and it also needs to be adjusted according to the season.

If the colony is too strong and the nest spleen is irregular, the bees are also prone to spleen growth, so it is necessary to cut off the spleen with a honey cutter in time.

It is necessary to cover the king table first, so that it can be better solved, and you must pay attention to the surrounding temperature, and you need to pay attention to the selection of beehives.

Keep 2 queen bee tables and carry out the operation of manual bee separation, and you can do it.

You can install an anti-running piece near the nest door, and you can also change the appearance of the box appropriately. Keep both boxes at the same height.

The old queen bee and most of the worker bees leave the hive and find a new place to build a nest, while the original hive is left to the new queen who is about to leave the house or has already left the house, and the new queen bee who has come out of the house first will also actively destroy the other kings who have not yet come out of the house, but if the colony still has a strong intention to divide the bees, the worker bees will protect the queen and force the new queen bee to divide again, that is to say, the colony can be divided into two or more colonies in a bee distribution cycle.

When bees naturally divide into groups, the first 3 to 5 days before the new queen comes out of the house, the old queen bee will leave with more than half of the worker bees or a few drones.

This is when some of the worker bees and old queens leave the hive and then go to find other places to settle down.