How can you tell if there is a queen bee?

The queen bee is the most core and indispensable member of the bee colony, if there is no queen bee for a long time, the entire bee colony will gradually go extinct, especially when capturing wild bee colonies, the queen bee is the focus of care, but it is not simple to find the queen bee from the huge number of worker bees, let's take a look at how to judge whether there is a queen bee!

First, there is a colony of king bees

The queen bee is the core member of maintaining the stability of the bee colony, so the queen bee colony tends to be relatively quiet, especially after the queen bee colony can quickly calm down and there will be no large number of worker bees crawling and flying, and there is also a king bee colony after the box does not take long for the worker bees to start waxing and spleen, and then the queen bee will also lay fertilized eggs on the nest spleen built by the worker bees to breed new bees.

2. No king bee colony

The queen pheromone secreted by the queen bee has the effect of stabilizing the order of the worker bees, so it is difficult for the worker bees to calm down when there is no queen bee in the colony, especially after the queen bee colony is rarely clumped in the hive and there are a large number of worker bees crawling and flying around, in addition, there are more and more worker bees flying outside after the queen bee colony passes through the box, and there are fewer and fewer worker bees flying around the outside after the king bee colony passes through the box.

3. Remedy

When the colony does not have a queen bee, the most direct way is to intervene in a new queen bee, as long as the colony can accept the new queen bee, it can quickly restore normal order, if there is no existing queen bee, it can also be given to the colony to intervene in a mature queen table, and when there is no queen bee or queen table, it can also be transferred into the lower egg worm spleen, because when there is no queen bee in the colony, the worker bee can urgently transform the small larvae of the worker bee of the appropriate age into the queen table.

4. Precautions

1. There is a king colony that can form a stable clump and the lower part of the bee cluster often has a cavity formed by invagination, while a non-king swarm is unstable and there is no cavity formed by invagination in the lower part of the bee cluster.

2. After the king colony passes through the box, the worker bees can often quietly form a group in the beehive, while it is difficult for the worker bees to be quiet after the king colony passes through the box, and there are a large number of worker bees crawling and flying around.

3. After the king colony is stabilized, the worker bees can quickly secrete beeswax to build the nest spleen, while the worker bees without the king colony can rarely actively secrete wax to build a new nest spleen like the king colony.

When collecting bees, we pay attention to the fact that the queen bee is actually relatively large, so it is said that it is larger than the average bee, and the larger ones are basically the queen bees.

When the queen bee is not there, there will be no sound from the young bees, no further pollination, and all the bees will not be able to work normally with peace of mind.

First: Observation and judgment: The process of harvesting can be judged by the species of bees, and second:

The nest spleen determines that if there are eggs on the nest spleen, it is determined that the eggs are not laid by the worker bees, indicating that the colony has a queen bee. Third: Feeding judgment If there is a rush to make a king in the bee colony, it means that there is no queen bee in the bee colony.

First: Observation and judgment.

If we are capturing a complete bee colony, we can judge by the type of bee in the process of harvesting, because the queen bee is relatively large, and it can be seen at a glance, which is a simple way for us to determine whether a bee colony has a queen bee at the beginning.

Second: Nest spleen judgment.

We can observe the nest spleen when collecting the bee colony, if there are eggs on the nest spleen, and it is determined that it is not the worker bee laying eggs, it means that the bee colony has a queen bee.

Third: Feeding judgment trembling.

If there are too many bees in the bee colony, we can't find the queen bee, and there is no egg worm spleen in the bee colony, we can make a judgment after the capture, the method is to transfer a larval spleen after the capture, and check it after two days, if the bee colony produces a rush to make the king table, it means that there is no queen bee in the bee colony, if it is not produced, and there are new bee eggs produced, it means that there is a queen bee in the bee colony.

<> if there are new eggs on the spleen of the hive and they are not born by worker bees, it means that there is a queen bee; After harvesting, a larval spleen is transferred, if there is an urgent king platform in the bee colony, it means that there is no queen bee in the bee colony, and if there is no urgent king platform, and there are new bee eggs, it means that there is a queen bee in the bee colony; When collecting a colony, the bee colony is not dispersed for a long time, and there are swirl-shaped ventilation holes, indicating the presence of a queen bee.

1. How to judge whether there is a queen bee when collecting bees

1. The volume of the queen bee is generally larger than that of ordinary worker bees, and you can pay attention to its volume when collecting bees.

2. If there are new eggs on the spleen of the nest and they are not born by worker bees, it means that there is a queen bee.

3. After harvesting, a larval spleen is transferred into it, and after 2-3 days, it is observed that if there is a rush to build a king platform in the bee colony, it means that there is no queen bee in this bee colony; If there is no rush to make a king, and new eggs are produced, it means that there is a queen bee in the colony.

4. When the bee colony is formed, if the bee colony is more than 30 minutes long and the bee colony is not dispersed, it means that there is a queen bee; If there are constantly bees crawling around, it means that there is no queen bee.

5. If there is a vortex ventilation hole formed by invagination on the bee cluster, it means that there is a queen bee.

Second, how to judge the quality of the queen bee

1. Appearance: The queen bee is larger than ordinary worker bees, and generally chooses a queen bee with a strong physique, a strong chest, a slender abdomen but not bloated, a steady movement, and a complete body without mutilation or residual wings.

2. Reproductive ability: the queen bee with fast oviposition and a large number of eggs is of good quality, and the queen bee is generally required to reach about 2,000 seeds during the peak period of egg spawning, and the middle bee is generally required to be more than 1,200 seeds.

4. Ovaries: Under the premise of sufficient food, the newly created spleen can lay eggs in a short time, and the oviposition circle is large, the sub-spleen is dense, and the cap is neat.

5. Bee colony: The queen bee can maintain a strong group, and its bee colony grows quickly and does not easily produce a king.

1. Make good use of the queen bee's photophobia: we take out the bee spleen in turn and face the direction of the sun, and then we look at the movement of the bee colony, the one with the largest and fastest is the queen bee.

2. Observe the big belly: In addition to the photophobia of the queen bee, the queen bee has the largest belly in a bee colony, after all, hundreds of eggs are laid every day, so we can look at the bee spleen obliquely, and it is easy to find the queen bee's big belly.

3. Functional responsibilities: The queen bee is the main breeder in the bee colony, which inhibits the ovarian development of worker bees and attracts worker bees to form feeding circles by secreting pheromones unique to queen bees.

4. In nature, a honey bee colony has thousands to tens of thousands of bees, consisting of a queen bee, a small number of drones and a large number of worker bees.

The queen bee only comes out to mate at noon, and once the mating is completed, it basically does not come out actively, while the bee collection mainly adopts the smoke method, using a smoke blower to drive the bees out, and then using a hive to trap them.

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.

A normal swarm, the worker bees are quiet and work in an orderly manner. The queen bee lays eggs aggressively.

The reason is that some exocrine glands of the queen bee continue to secrete exohormones, and through the worker bees feeding the queen bee and the queen bee crawling on the hive spleen, the exogenous excitation secreted by the queen bee fills the colony, and the worker bees perceive the existence of the queen bee.

If there is an egg in a hive in the colony, it means that the colony has a queen bee, and there is no queen in the colony. A few days after the colony loses its queen, the nest is cut off from eggs. The bee colony has lost its king for a long time, and there will be worker bees laying eggs in the nest (referred to as industrial birth), which are laid on the wall of the nest, counting eggs in one room, which is extremely untidy.

How to identify a queen bee.

What is Queen Bee.

If you want to identify which bee is the queen bee in the bee colony, you must first know what a queen bee is. The queen bee is the mother bee, and in every colony, there is only one bee. The queen bee is larger than the average worker bee, usually about one-third larger.

And the belly of this bee is longer than that of its bees. However, the queen bee's feet are more slender than those of worker bees, and there are no pollen baskets on the last pair of feet.

Duties of the queen bee.

Whether it is nature or farmers, their bee colonies are composed of a large number of bees, and the queen bee is the heaviest component of this bee colony, in addition to the largest number of worker bees in the colony, there are also a few drones in it. The queen bee is important not because it can lead the colony, but because the queen bee can reproduce offspring for the colony, and it can be said that most of the bees in the colony are the offspring of the queen bee.

The value of the existence of the queen bee.

The greatest value of the queen bee in the bee colony is to lay eggs, a queen bee can produce more than 2,000 bee eggs per day, these eggs are much heavier than its body itself, and the worker bees in the colony will often surround it to help it with daily necessities. Even the food is delivered to the queen bee by the worker bees.

The production of the queen bee.

When the queen bee first appeared, it was the same as ordinary worker bees, they would eat royal jelly for the first three days after birth, and if they were lucky enough, the queen bee larvae would enter the royal stage, and then they would have been eating royal jelly for a living, so when it grew up, it was the queen of a swarm.