When is wild honey good to trap?

Wild honey is generally mostly wild Chinese bees (Chinese bees), wild bees are distributed in most parts of our country, if you can catch these bee colonies are undoubtedly the best bee species, but it is not suitable to trap wild bees at any time, let's take a look at when wild honey is good to trap!

1. Natural bee period

Natural bee division is the main way for bee colonies to expand their populations, and the old queen bee leads most of the worker bees to leave the nest and find a new site to build a nest, so the bee period is the best time to trap wild bees, at this time, bee traps can be used to trap those bee colonies, but the bee period is greatly affected by the climate, that is to say, there may be differences in the bee period in different regions.

Second, the damage period of nest insects

Nest insects (wax borer larvae) are the main enemies of bees, not only on the nest spleen to eat wax and will harm bee larvae and pupa, bee colonies are seriously harmed by nest insects have to abandon the nest and fly away and move to a new location to build a nest, so the nest insect damage period is also the best time to trap wild bees, at this time can be used to trap those bee colonies that migrate due to the harm of nest insects.

Third, the lack of honey flight period

Nectar source is the material basis for the normal survival and reproduction of bee colonies, although when the nectar source is abundant, the bee colony will store pollen and nectar (honey), and when the external nectar source is scarce, the bee colony will feed on the stored food, but if there is a long-term lack of nectar source, the bee colony will migrate to other places with abundant nectar sources to rebuild the nest, at this time, beehives can be used to trap those bee colonies that migrate due to lack of honey.

Fourth, the wasp damage period

Vespas (wasps, wasps) are the main natural enemies of bees, when the outside food is abundant, wasps generally do not risk to attack the hive, but when food is scarce, the wasps will attack the hive in groups, if the bee colony is seriously harmed by the wasp and can not resist when it can only abandon the nest and flee, then the beehive can be used to trap those bee colonies that abandon the nest and migrate due to the damage of the wasps.

Summary: Wild bees can be roughly divided into two situations when trapping, one is the sub-bee colony that is divided in the natural bee distribution period, at this time, the bee trap can be used to trap the bee colony, and the other is the bee colony that migrates due to enemy damage or lack of honey, so the bee trap can also be used to trap the migratory bee colony.

Generally speaking, wild bees are medium bees, which are native bee species in China, and they are usually better trapped.

In general, it is carried out at night, and it should be determined according to the specific situation, and the trapping method is different for different environments.

Under normal circumstances, you can choose the natural period, and there will generally be a good main way, that is, in the first half of the year from March to June and May, and the second half of the year is from October to December.

Harvesting wild bees is to track the returning bees according to the nesting habits and rules of wild bees, find the hives of wild bees, and then collect them. Hunting wild bees is more suitable in the north in summer; In the south of the Yangtze River, bees can be active all year round, and it is better to carry out the warm climate in April, May and October, when the honey source is abundant and the bee colony is strong.

Place an empty beehive in a place suitable for them to live, and the probability of going out to find it is relatively high in the peak season of bee separation, and then there are generally professional tools to put the bee colony that has flown out of the nest, of course, the most important thing is that the queen bee must be loaded in, and other bees will run with the queen bee, and the queen bee can be put into the wooden box.

The easiest way to harvest wild bees is to choose an old beehive, apply it with beeswax and place it where you find wild bees, and fill the hive with straw before placing it.

Smoke is also a good way to catch wild bees, you can prepare a snakeskin bag, some wormwood, and then find the bee colony in the cave or tree hole to light the wormwood, until the cave smokes, put the snakeskin bag at the hole, the bees inside will slowly enter the snakeskin bag.

No matter which way to collect wild bees, finding wild bees is an important condition, people look for wild bees have a few tips, first of all, you can follow those bees collecting water to find the hive, in addition to the bee feces to find the hive, and then everyone is looking for wild bees, the external conditions are very important, it should be when the outside weather is clear, and the place to find wild bees should be far away from the bee farm, and the search time should be around ten o'clock in the morning, It's a good time for a large number of wild bees to go out, and it's good for everyone to spot them.

I have two methods, you can try 1, put it in the rainy night to collect bees, the little bees are in the nest on the rainy night, can ensure that as many bees are collected as possible, and even if you cause the small bees to stir, it will not all fly out to sting you, relatively speaking, it is relatively safe 2, with a red light, my home now uses a kind of red light lamp, this kind of light is sold on the Internet, shine in the beehive at night, it will rarely cause bee commotion, so it will be safer for you, and the bees will not fly around.

2. Catching season: Catching wild bees is to track the hive bees according to the nesting habits and rules of wild bees, find the hive of wild bees, and then collect them. Hunting wild bees is more suitable in the north in summer;

In the south of the Yangtze River, bees can be active all year round, and it is better to carry out the warm climate in April, May and October, when the honey source is abundant and the bee colony is strong.

3. Spring: Spring is the season when the honey source is the most concentrated, at this time, the reproduction speed and honey production capacity of the bee colony are the highest, so the honey can generally be obtained in the spring, and the specific time to take the honey should be based on the actual situation of the bee colony, for example, the bee ** rapid development and the external honey source is abundant to take honey in advance, so as not to affect the collection enthusiasm of the bee colony due to too much honey in the hive.

4. Summer: Summer is the hottest season of the year, but the richness of the external honey source in early summer is not inferior to that of spring, and too much honey stored in the hive is also extremely unfavorable to the bee colony in summer, so early summer is actually the season when wild bees take honey the most concentrated, on the one hand, honey can obtain higher honey yield at this time, on the other hand, it is also extremely beneficial to the bee colony to take out the honey in the hive in time.

5. Autumn: Autumn is the season with the best honey quality, the reason is that the outside world not only has a rich source of honey at this time, but also the water content of honey is the lowest, in fact, autumn is also the season when the old bees of the wild honey spine shed are more concentrated in honey, but it is worth noting that the end of autumn is the autumn breeding period of the bee colony, and the success or failure of the autumn multiplication will directly determine whether the bee colony can successfully overwinter, so the autumn honey must leave enough food for the bee colony.

6. Winter: Winter is the coldest season of the year, this season can not take honey according to the temperature to determine the cherry blossom rise, among which the bee colony in the northern region has been clustered and wintered, so in the northern region can not take honey in winter and even in the bee colony when the food is insufficient, it is necessary to feed, and in the warmer areas of the southern winter, the bee colony is still in attendance to collect honey, such as the use of winter nectar source to produce loquat honey, wild osmanthus nectar and other rare honey species.