What should be done with a bee colony that has lost its queen for a long time?

With the continuous development of social economy, in our real life, I believe that many friends are very curious about beekeeping, but curiosity is curiosity, many friends in the process of beekeeping, should encounter such a situation is that the bee colony that has lost the queen bee for a long time, what should be done to better allow themselves to obtain greater benefits, in fact, in the face of this kind of bee colony that has lost the queen bee for a long time, we can directly intervene in the new king.

For this kind of bee colony that has lost the queen bee for a long time, we can directly intervene in the new queen bee, the main way is to move the original beehive to a place a few meters away, at this time, due to different bee colonies, the degree of attachment to different beehives is not the same, so at this time the bee colony left in the original beehive, it belongs to the spawning bee colony, at this time we directly close the door of the entire beehive, and directly let these bee colonies starve for a night, Then put in a new queen bee the next day, and you can achieve great results.

Of course, in addition to this method, we can also directly merge these bee colonies into other bee colonies, because this kind of bee colony that has lost the queen bee for a long time can be merged into other bee colonies, because there is no queen bee itself, so these bees will not resist, so we can solve this problem well through these methods, can help us obtain greater benefits, of course, there are ways not only including these two aspects, there are many ways to solve this problem, It can make the bee in the process of producing dense more smoothly.

All in all, we can find that the treatment of bees is actually very simple, but in the process of processing, we must pay attention to some problems, for bee breeding, itself is a very complex technology, so we must learn relevant knowledge, only in this way can we better deal with these bee colonies, can we better help us get better honey.

You can add a new queen bee to this colony, and then you can adjust the spleen of this queen bee, and you can also have these bees join other colonies.

Intervene in the new king, transfer the spleen, and merge into the other group, but it is best to intervene in a queen bee that is starting to give birth, and at the same time, you must protect the queen bee when introducing the queen bee, so as not to bite or stab the queen bee to death.

First of all, it must be burned with fire, and then it can be cleaned up. When using fire, you must pay attention to safety and take protective measures.

Here's how to tell if a colony has lost its king:

1. Abnormal attendance of worker bees:

Abnormal attendance of worker bees is an important manifestation of the loss of the queen of the colony. The "queen pheromone" secreted by the queen bee has a stimulating effect on the collection behavior of worker bees, so the worker bees should carefully check the colony when they are abnormal, and if there is a loss of queen, a new queen or mature queen should be intervened in time, but the impact of the loss of the queen of a strong group on the collection behavior of worker bees may not be obvious.

2. There are no guard bees at the nest gate:

If it is found that there is no guard bee at the hive gate, carefully check the bee colony in time, and if there is a loss of the king, it is necessary to intervene in time to the new king or mature king, but the impact of the strong group losing the king on the hive protection behavior of the worker bee may not be obvious.

3. There is no egg worm spleen in the nest:

There is no egg worm spleen in the nest is the intuitive manifestation of the loss of the queen of the bee colony, and the queen bee continues to lay eggs in order to breed new bees under the normal situation of late selling, so when there are suddenly no new eggs in the nest, pay attention to check the bee colony, but the queen bee will also naturally stop stopping production in the special season, and the queen bee will stop laying eggs and clumping for overwintering during the general wintering, and the queen bee may also stop laying eggs in the summer hot weather.

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 constantly secrete exohormones, and through the worker bees feeding the queen bee and the queen bee crawling on the hive spleen, the exohormones secreted by the queen bee fill the colony, and the worker bees perceive the presence of the queen bee. Once a colony loses its queen, the exohormones secreted by the queen bee quickly disappear from the colony.

After a few tens of minutes, the colony will be restless, and the worker bees will look for the queen bee in the nest and at the door of the nest, and the normal work order in the nest will be disrupted. About 12 hours after the bee colony loses its king, there will be an urgent king-making platform in the nest.

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 production), these eggs are laid on the wall of the nest, counting eggs in one room, and the middle plum is extremely untidy. In the process of inspecting a bee colony, if one of the above phenomena is found, it can be suspected that the colony may have lost its king.

Worker bees will lay eggs in 3-7 days after the queen of the bee colony, and the time of the Italian bee colony is slightly delayed by two days and 5-7 days, the eggs laid by the worker bees are characterized by multiple eggs in a nest, and the eggs laid by the worker bees are all drones, and the drones only eat and do not collect honey.

The queen bee is the most core and indispensable member of the bee colony, once the queen is not dealt with in time, the entire bee colony may perish, so judging whether the queen is lost is a skill that every beekeeper must master.

First, the worker bees are in disorder

The "queen pheromone" secreted by the queen bee plays a vital role in maintaining the order of the bee colony, and the collection bees, nursery bees and guard bees can perform their respective duties when there is a queen bee in the bee colony, such as the collection bee will actively go out of the nest to collect nectar and pollen, and the guard bee will guard the safety of the hive at the gate of the nest.

2. Abnormal attendance of worker bees

The "queen bee pheromone" secreted by the queen bee can motivate the worker bees to go out of the nest to collect food, and when there is a queen bee in the colony, the worker bees are active in attendance and most of them will bring nectar or pollen back to the nest, once the queen is lost, the collection behavior of the worker bees will also be seriously affected, for example, the number of worker bees attending is significantly reduced and very few worker bees bring nectar or pollen back to the nest, and some weak groups may not even see the worker bees go out of the nest to collect nectar and pollen.

3. Worker bees are restless

The "queen pheromone" secreted by the queen bee has a high attraction to the worker bees and can stabilize the mood of the worker bees, when there is a queen bee in the bee colony, the worker bees are particularly quiet and perform their duties, once the queen worker bees will be unusually restless, such as the worker bees crawling near the nest door or flying around the outside of the box, etc., at this time, the worker bees may also make a beeping sound when the lid of the hive is opened, but these reactions of the worker bees may not be obvious when the strong swarm loses the king.

Fourth, some worker bees lay eggs

The "queen pheromone" secreted by the queen bee can inhibit the development of the ovary of the worker bee, when there is a queen bee in the colony, there are generally only eggs laid by the queen on the spleen of the queen bee (the queen lays eggs very regularly and there is only one egg in a hive), once the queen is lost and can not be rushed to make the queen table, some worker bees will begin to lay eggs due to the development of the ovaries, but the eggs laid by the worker bees are very chaotic and irregular, sometimes there may be several eggs in a hive.

Fifth, there are only elderly worker bees

The main role of the queen bee in the bee colony is to lay fertilized eggs to breed new worker bees, the queen bee in the colony when the worker bees of all ages are basically balanced, once the queen bee colony will not be able to replenish the new worker bees and with the extension of the queen time, only the elderly worker bees are left in the end, these old worker bees are particularly dark and shiny because of the loss of abdominal fluff, so the breeding season bee colony only the elderly worker bees are mostly lost king.

In summary, the queen bee is the core and most indispensable member of the bee colony, and once the queen is lost, the worker bees will show obvious queen loss emotions, which is mainly manifested in the order of the worker bees becoming extremely chaotic in the early stage, and the later stage is manifested as the worker bees laying eggs and only the elderly worker bees are left.

There are some of the following manifestations, the first is that the worker bees are disordered, and the queen pheromones secreted by the queen bee play a vital role in maintaining the order of the bee colony, and once the queen bee is lost, the whole colony will become very chaotic; The second is the abnormal attendance of the worker bees, the queen pheromones secreted by the queen bee can motivate the worker bees to go out of the nest to collect food, and when there is a queen bee in the colony, the worker bees are active in attendance and most of them will bring nectar or pollen back to the nest, once the queen is lost, the collection behavior of the worker bees will also be seriously affected; The third is that the worker bee will lay eggs, the queen pheromone can inhibit the ovarian development of the worker bee, and some worker bees will develop their ovaries and lay eggs when they lose the queen and cannot make the king in a hurry, but the worker bees can only lay unfertilized eggs and can only hatch into drones at most, and eventually the bee colony will gradually go to extinction.

The queen bee can control the order of the colony through the "queen pheromone" secreted by herself. A few hours after the colony loses its queen, the worker bees feel like they have lost their queen, showing turmoil, panic, and nervousness. The long-term loss of the queen bee in a bee colony causes the ovaries of some worker bees to develop and lay eggs.

These unfertilized eggs can develop into drones and are generally found within 3 to 5 days of losing their queen.

If a colony loses its queen for too long, worker bees may lay eggs. At this time, if not treated in time, the unfertilized eggs can only develop into drones, which is very likely to lead to the extinction of the colony.

The queen bee is the core member of the bee colony, under normal circumstances, there is only one queen bee in the bee colony, and the queen of the bee colony can be re-intervened in a new queen bee colony, or it can be directly merged into other queen bee colonies, otherwise the bee colony is likely to go extinct, let's take a look at how long the bee colony can last at most!

First, the role of queen bee

The queen bee is a well-developed female bee with a well-developed reproductive system, and the queen bee has two main roles for the bee colony, one is to lay eggs and cultivate drones, in fact, except for a few drones in the colony, they are the descendants of the queen bee, and the other is to secrete queen pheromones to maintain the order of the colony, for example, queen pheromones can inhibit the ovarian development of worker bees, and if there is no queen bee in the colony for a long time, it will soon die.

Second, urgently build the king's platform

In fact, both worker bees and queen bees are developed from fertilized eggs, if the worker bees have been eating royal jelly from the larval stage, they can also develop into queen bees, and after losing the queen, the worker bees can urgently transform the small larvae of the worker bees into the queen stage, and the new queen bee can continue the colony after the new queen emerges and mates with the drones.

3. Worker bees lay eggs

When the bee colony loses its king and cannot urgently build the king, some worker bees will develop ovaries and lay eggs, but the egg laying of worker bees will not help to save the colony, because the eggs laid by worker bees can only develop into small-sized drones at most, and eventually the bee colony will still die out due to the demise of the worker bees, but the specific extinction time varies depending on factors such as group potential and climate, as short as two or three months, and as long as half a year.

4. Remedies

1. Intervention of the new king: After the bee colony loses the queen, it can be re-intervened in a new king, but the time of the king should not be too early and not too late, because the time of the king is too early, the worker bee is easy to reject the new queen, and the time of the queen is too late and the worker bee is very likely to lay eggs.

2. Intervention in Wangtai: After the bee colony loses its queen, it can intervene in a mature Wangtai, and wait for the new queen bee in Wangtai to continue the colony after it feathers and mates with the drones, but after intervening in Wangtai, it is necessary to observe the state of the worker bees, and if the worker bees destroy the Wangtai, they must re-intervene in the Wangtai.

3. Transferred into the sub-spleen: after the colony loses its queen, it can be adjusted into the egg worm spleen to urgently build the king platform, in fact, the worker bee and the queen bee are fertilized eggs to develop, if the bee colony loses the queen and there are small larvae of the worker bee that can be transformed, the worker bee can also urgently transform the small larvae of the worker bee into the king platform.

It can last for about two months to three months, and the colony can intervene in a new queen bee for the colony after disappointment, so that the colony can develop for a longer time.

The loss of the king may not necessarily perish, because after the loss of the queen of the group, the king will re-establish a new king, and some worker bees will develop ovaries and lay eggs.

If there is no queen bee, it can generally live for a month and a half in summer, and it can live for three months in winter, and it is necessary to intervene in the king or queen bee, if there are not more than ten days later, the worker bee will give birth, and the worker bee will generally have 1000 eggs that can be used, and there will be an urgent king platform, and the bee will be saved as soon as the king is made, and the opportunity is one, if it is not successful, it will be cost.

The three members of the bee are the queen bee (there is only one), the drone (in a certain proportion), and the worker bee (in the tens of millions).

Their respective functions:

Queen bee: is a well-developed female bee, and the sturdy queen bee is responsible for laying eggs for life after successful mating, and controls the entire colony.

Drones: are well-developed male bees that do not participate in labor, and sturdy drones die after successful mating with a robust new queen. They do not recognize their nests, and their numbers are regulated by the queen bee and produced by the worker bees.

Worker bees: are unhealthy bees, they are under the command of the queen bee, looking for honey and powder sources, collecting honey and powder, responsible for the food storage and supply of the entire bee colony, defending against enemy invasion, etc., and are also responsible for feeding the next generation, ensuring the health and health of the entire bee colony, reproducing offspring and developing strongly.

If there is no queen bee in a colony, there will be two things:

First, the bee colony suddenly loses its queen, there is no queen bee in the bee colony, in the case that the beekeeper does not find out and does not intervene in time to intervene in the queen or queen bee or merge into the queen colony, the bee colony will build its own queen to feed the bees after knowing that it has lost the queen, and the new queen bee has a replacement queen after successful mating, and the bee colony will continue to develop.

2. In the case that there is no queen bee in the bee colony during the season when the mites are artificially cut off and the queen is changed, and the beekeeper does not find it and replenish or deal with it in time. Although the colony knows that it has lost its king, if the worker bees in the colony are unable to find the eggs of the right age to nurse a new queen to replace them due to artificial breakage, the colony will stop developing. After a long time, when the nectar source and powder source are sufficient, the worker bees will lay eggs, but because the worker bees are not well developed, the eggs laid by the bees are all drones, and the whole colony will die out quickly because there is no substitute king and can not develop normally.