How can beekeeping stop bees from running?

Bees are typical social and social insects. But in beekeeping production, the situation of bees abandoning the nest and escaping often occurs, especially the novice beekeeping is more likely to occur. Let's take a look at how beginners keep bees from running away!
1. The hive has no smell
Bees will abandon the nest and escape when the hive has a bad smell, especially after the newly collected bees have passed the box. The reason is that the colony can't stabilize in the hive when it has a smell that bees hate. The solution is to try to use used hives when passing through the hive. The new hives should be cleaned and dried in a cool place before use, or the inner wall of the hive can be coated with beeswax, which is highly attractive to bees.
2. Feed well
When there is not enough food in the hive, the colony will abandon the nest and flee. This happens most often when honey is scarce, and the solution is to feed the colonies in a timely manner during the season when honey is scarce. At the same time, when taking honey, it is necessary to leave enough food for the colony. Some novices want to take honey out of the nest spleen once. The end result is that the colonies are often forced to abandon their nests because of lack of feed.
3. Be quiet
When the environment is too noisy, the hive will abandon the nest and flee. In fact, the colony can only reproduce normally in a quiet environment. Therefore, the apiary should be built in a quiet environment nearby and rarely disturbed by humans and animals. Some novices seem to feel uncomfortable if they don't open the box for a day to take a look at the swarm, but they don't know that every time they open the box, it is a kind of harm to the swarm. In the long run, the swarm is prone to be too disturbed to abandon the nest and move away.
4. Reduce pests and diseases
When pests and diseases are severe, bees will abandon their nests and flee. For example, when bees are seriously threatened by nest insects and the colony cannot resist, they will often abandon their nests and fly away. The solution is to actively do a good job of bee disease prevention and control, and to assist the bee colony to resist the enemy when the enemy pests such as wasps are serious.
In conclusion, bee escape is often caused by poor management by beekeepers. For example, when honey sources are scarce and there is not enough honey in the hive, bees will move away. Bee colonies abandon their hives when they are seriously disturbed by an enemy such as wasps. In addition, frequent opening of the box to check the colony can also easily cause the colony to flee.
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