How do you attract Scout Bees to scout?

Scout bee is the worker bee responsible for the investigation task in the bee colony, from the purpose of the investigation there are two kinds of nectar source scout bee and nest site scout bee, of which the hive site scout bee is the most expected to see by the bee trapper, if the nest site scout bee is lured to the bee is basically half of the success, let's take a look at how to attract the scout bee to scout it!

1. Bee trapping tools

There are two kinds of bee trap tools, bee trap and bee trap hole, among which most of the beetrap is made of waste beehives, and the bee trap hole is to dig a pit suitable for bees to build a nest, but whether it is a bee trap or a bee trap hole, some beeswax should be smeared on the inner wall and near the nest door, because beeswax has a natural attraction to bees, and some waste nest spleen can also be lit near the nest door to attract detection bees.

Second, the time to trap bees

Although the time of bee trapping varies according to the different climates in various places, the best time is the local natural bee period and the high migration period, in which the natural bee trapping period can trap the bee colonies that are looking for a new site to build nests when the bees are divided, and the migratory groups that have to abandon their nests and flee due to lack of honey or serious enemies can be trapped.

3. Locations for attracting bees

The location of the bee trap is the key to whether it can be lured to detect bees, we can consider the following four aspects when choosing the location of the bee trap, one is that there must be a wild bee colony in the vicinity, the second is that there must be a rich and relatively continuous nectar source nearby, the third is that the nearby environment must be in line with the nesting habits of bees, and the fourth is that the nearby enemies must be few and conducive to the bee colony to resist natural enemies.

4. Precautions

1. The best thing to attract detection bees is beeswax, although bees and syrup can also attract detection bees, but it is easier to attract nectar detection bees and is easy to be invaded by snakes, insects, rats and ants.

2. Beeswax should be applied to the inner walls of beehives and bee traps, and melted beeswax should be sprayed near the nest door, because beeswax has a natural attraction to scout bees.

3. Scout bees may not be able to lure a colony after they come, because the bee colony will often find several suitable nest sites at the same time, but will only end up building a nest at one of the nest sites.

It is possible to retrofit with a waste beehive, and then beeswax can be used. This will attract Scout Bees.

1. Check repeatedly: If the hive meets the needs of the scout bee, then they will check repeatedly in this place, and if the scout bee is not satisfied, they will fly directly to the next destination to continue the inspection. 2. Enter the beehive:

When the scout bees arrive and are satisfied with the nesting site, they will enter the hive and stay there for a few minutes. 3. Return to the hive: If the scout bee is satisfied with the hive, it will fly back to the hive.

Scout bees are the worker bees responsible for the detection task in the bee colony, and there are two kinds of honey source scout bees and hive site scout bees from the perspective of detection purposes. Scout bees tend to be older worker bees in the colony, which fly slower than other worker bees and show obvious detection intentions.

Basically, the bee will first go around to investigate, and then give feedback to the bees in the colony on the detected honey source, and after the bee receives the feedback from the detector bee, it decides how many bees to collect according to the honey source.

When encountering the natural bee season or migration, the bee colony will send a number of scout bees to the vicinity to check whether it is suitable for nesting, generally about 3 10 bees. Scout bees like a nesting site, will show some intentions through animal behavior, if they like it, they will stay for a long time, and will check it repeatedly, otherwise, if they don't like it, they will stay less and will continue to fly to the next place to continue scouting.

Generally, it will take 3 to 5 hours after the arrival of the scout bee to attract the swarm to allow the swarm to nest in this place.

It may take about 30 minutes or so to get a good result, usually within an hour.

Under normal circumstances, about 30 minutes is fine, but it should be determined according to the actual situation, and there is no fixed time.

1. Before attracting the detection bee, you should understand the activity characteristics of the detection bee in advance, this kind of detection bee is mostly out at about nine o'clock in the morning, everyone can burn some old hives near the beehive after discovering the traces of the detection bee, and then the detection bee will come looking for the smell.

2. There are also certain requirements for the selection of beehives, and it is best to choose those used old boxes, because these old boxes retain the smell of bees, and it is easier for detection bees to enter. If a new hive is used, the entrance of the hive should be smeared with beeswax and a new spleen bud should be placed inside. This will give the Scout a higher chance of being entered.

3. When it is found that the scout bee has entered the beehive, do not rush to collect it, but should release it a few minutes after the scout bee enters the hive, and then go back and forth several times, and the scout bee will bring a large number of bee colonies to the hive.

4. When we place the bee trap bee, it should be placed in a sunny and very obvious place, so as to facilitate the discovery of the detection bee, in addition to the success of the bee trap, the bee trap should be moved away from the bee trap site in time, at least two kilometers away, otherwise there will be a serious bee return phenomenon.

Detection bees are responsible for finding the source of nectar and new nest sites of worker bees, for example, when the natural bee is divided, the detection bees will find a new nest site in advance, if you can lure the detection bees, the trapping bees is almost half of the success, but it is not a simple thing to successfully lure the detection bees, let's take a look at how to lure the detection bees 100%!

1. The best time

Detection bees are divided into two kinds of nectar source detection bees and nest site detection bees, among which the nectar source detection bees are not helpful to the bee trap, only the nest site detection bees can be lured to the bee colony, so when the bees are trapped, it is necessary to figure out when the nest site detection bees are the most, in fact, the season with the most nest site detection bees is the natural bee period, at this time, there are a large number of bee colonies in the outside world that need to find a new site to build a nest, that is to say, the best time to trap the nest site detection bees is the natural bee period.

2. Bee trapping tools

The beehive is the most critical tool to lure the bee, its advantages and disadvantages will be directly related to whether the bee colony can be lured, and it is best to use the old beehive that has raised honey for transformation, the specific method is to melt the beeswax evenly on the inner wall of the old beehive, and then appropriately expand the nest door and also smear some beeswax around the nest door, in addition to the conditions can also be fixed in the box some waste hive spleen, so that the beehive that is quite attractive to the detection bee is made.

3. Locations for attracting bees

The selection of the bee trap site should be considered from the following two aspects, one is that there must be a wild bee colony near the selected bee trap site, if even the wild bee colony does not talk about the bee trap is nonsense, and the other is that the bee trap site must meet the requirements of the bee to choose the nest site, which is actually a test of the mastery of the bee habits, for example, under the nearby nectar source rich in big trees, under the rocks or protruding mountain shelters are particularly suitable for placing bee traps.

Fourth, bee trapping skills

1. Trap bees: At about 10 o'clock in the morning, you can ignite some waste nest spleen near the beehive, so that the nearby reconnaissance bees will come to investigate after smelling the smell of the nest, if the beetrap is suitable for bee colonies to build nests, the reconnaissance bees will return to the nest and lead the bee colony to settle down.

2. Collecting bees: continuous rainy days generally do not attract bee colonies, but sunny days, especially sunny days after a long rain, are easy to lure bee colonies, and after luring bee colonies, the bee colonies should be collected back in the evening, and the bee traps can still be placed in place to continue to trap other bee colonies.

3. Management: After the bees are returned, they should be fed in time to stabilize the bee colony, and at the same time, they should carefully check whether there is a queen bee in the bee colony.

1.Burn beeswax.

2.Sprinkle with bee trap water.

3.Make use of honey.

4.Powder old spleen.

5.Burning beeswax When the weather outside is warm and a hundred flowers are blooming, there will be a lot of bees busy gathering in the wild. If a beekeeper wants to attract a scout bee to the hive or lure the bee by observing the bee's flight path, he can choose to burn the honey-scented beeswax in situ.

Before the bees are divided, there are usually 3-10 of them, and a few of them can be seen indoors in the countryside to patrol back and forth in the corners of the walls, wooden boxes, etc.

In the field, it can be seen in large tree cavities, soil holes and stone cracks, and usually flies to the next destination after a few minutes.