मधुमक्खी पालन में उपयोगी है कपास की फसल   कपास की फसल में पोलन व नेक्टर दोनों की पर्याप्त मात्रा मिलती है कपास की फसल की बुआई मई के महीने में की जाती है। जिन मधुमक्खी पालकों के नजदीक कपास की खेती होती है वहां वे साथी मधुमक्खियों को रख सकते हैं। भारतीय मानचित्र में दिखाया गया है कहाँ कहाँ इसकी फसल उगाई जाती है।     जो साथी भी शहद का उत्त्पादन अधिक मात्रा में लेना चाहें उनके लिए अच्छा चुनाव है परन्तु केमिकल के छिड़काव से मधुमक्खियों को बचा कर रखने की भी आवश्यकता होती है। आजकल सभी प्रकार की फसलों में दवाइयों का छिड़काव किया जाता है जो मधुमक्खियों के लिए खतरनाक है। इससे आपकी मधुमक्खियों के मरने की अधिक संभावना होती है…

Among different insect orders, only 8 have been recognized by insect taxonomists which have some communal life. Out of these 8 orders only two orders viz. Isoptera and Hymenoptera have well developed social organization. Even in Hymenoptera, only two families namely Halictidae and Apidae of superfamily Apoidea contain fully social species. Most of other bees live solitary life. Social behaviour Honey bees are among the fully social insects having overlap of many generations in the same nest. The colony is a well organized social group having division of labour in terms of laying of eggs, nursing, comb building, guarding, food collection and its storage. They have well developed communication system through different types of dances as well as trophallaxis. Biological communication can be defined as…

You should always wear protective equipment when you work your hive. You should light your smoker before getting started. I have often been asked how I keep my smoker going out. Seems some people have smokers go out just about the time they need them. The key is to take time to get the smoker going before rushing off to the bees. There are many types of smoker fuel. I can remember learning how to build a fire as a boy scout. Start small and then add new material slowly to the fire. Don’t dump a lot of smoker fuel onto a newly started fire. You will smoother the fire and it will go out. The goal is to have a good cool flow of…