• Honey bee and butterfly do not destroy the flower while sucking nectar give reason

    Reason of Bee & Butter fly don’t destroy the flower The honey bee and butterfly visiting the flowers to collect their food. They love to collect the pollen and nectar from flowers. They goes and collect the nectar as a source of carbohydrates and protein. They gently visit the flowers and never destroy the flowers. Some bee keepers think that the bee can destroy the flowers and this will effect the crop but its just only a myth. Pollination will help to grow crops It was noticed that the bees and butterfly pollinate the flowers. They suck the nectar only through the needles in the mouth they have. They always going not only a single flower but many times they visiting the flowers other bee…

  • Bee Keeping in Northeast America

    The severe winters Short summers, and hilly or mountainous nature of the Northeast produce a variety of plants, but none which serves as a major source of nectar. However, alfalfa is becoming an important source of nectar in certain areas as new and better varieties are developed. Nectar from white clover, basswood, black locust, birds foot trefoil, various berries, and wild flowers contribute to producing a mixture of honey, much of which is sold locally to residents acquainted with the type produced, and some of the highest prices for honey are obtained here. Commercial beekeepers Operation of commercial bee keepers in the Northeast. Average honey production per colony is only 13.3 kg (29 lb), but occasionally locations where alfalfa is grown produce much higher averages….

  • Beekeeping Systems

    There are different beekeeping systems used and these include (a) Honey hunting and bee-killing The long relationship between humans and honey bees started with honey hunting in the wild. Honey hunting continues in some communities to date. It involves killing the bees in the wild colony so as to obtain combs containing honey and brood (larvae and pupae). This primitive method involves use of open fire to kill the bees, eventually destroying not only the colony but also the environment as bushes are set on fire in the process of harvesting honey. Advantages 1) Minimal work and knowledge is required  2) There is no investment or expenditure involved Disadvantages   1) Nests and bees are destroyed  2) Bees may become aggressive  3) Remaining bees may abscond …

  • How many bees visit can pollinate a single sunflower head?

    The Pollination Pollination The honeybees provide pollination services, thereby playing a vital role in food production and overall agricultural productivity. Over 75% of all the crops in sub Saharan Africa benefit from pollination. Bees are considered the most efficient pollinators because they have hairy bodies which easily pick up pollen grains as they move about in flowers. During a single day one bee may visit several hundred flowers. So bees are important to farmers. More bees means better pollination and high yields. In other countries pollination by bees is hired and fetches additional money to the beekeeper.  Hard Working  Most of flowers crops and food are required the pollination for fruiting. That’s the process moving small cells to transfer the transfer between to make grains….

  • The collection of Bee Hive Products

    Bee Hive Products  1.) Honey 2.) Pollen 3.) Royal Jelly 4.) Propolis 5.) Bee venom 6.) Beeswax  1.) Honey production                     Honey is the sweet, viscous juice usually collected in the largest quantities from the beehive. It is found in cells of the honeybee comb. Mature (ripe) honey is usually found in sealed combs and can be kept indefinitely; unsealed honey is not mature (unripe) and therefore ferments shortly after it is harvested. Honey is used as food, medicine (constipation, duodenal ulcers, liver problems, burns, etc) and as ingredients in medicine (added in cough syrups), food (confectionery industry), making beverages and cosmetic creams. 2.) Pollen collection                        Pollen is the principle food of bees and is collected from the anthers of flowers on the legs…

  • Brood Diseases in the Bee Hives

    Bee diseases American Foul Brood Sacbrood Nosema Chalkbrood Paralysis  Brood diseases affect the developing brood. A beekeeper must always check the brood for abnormalities. Larvae should be fat, shiny and white and the sealed brood should be even. Chalkbrood A fungus infecting and killing larvae that then dries and shrinks to a chalk like mummy. The house bees expose and then remove these mummies. Only occasionally does the disease affect so many larvae that the mummies are seen. It weakens but does not usually kill the colony .Remove the infected combs, control the disease and keep stresses on the colony (insecticides, pests, etc.) to a minimum. Unite the colony with a stronger one. This disease is found in Uganda. European Foul Brood This bacterium affects…

  • How to protect honey bees in the boxes from other insects?

    How to protect bee’s by insects and other predators Wax Moth (greater and lesser) This moth looks like the moth that eats grain and destroys woolen clothes. It lays eggs in the hive and the larvae looks like a worm or maggot. Both the larvae and adult feed on the combs. The greater moth’s larvae feed on the brown combs and destroy the wax. It burrows through the combs and leaves a white web or mesh in a long line in the comb. The lesser moth tends to attack processed wax so always use clean wax on starter strips! Scrape away any eggs, wax moth faces or pupa. Kill any larvae or adult wax moths. Seal any holes and cracks in the top bars and…

  • What prize of honey in the market?

    Honey Bee Keeping is well know as a honey harvesting business with profit. It is also called as hidden Gold in the nature. Honey is the best sweetener in the world we can use it as a sugar. Honey is pure and no harm to eat regular. Honey has good quality nutrients in it and also very tasty. Children and old peoples like to eat the honey in many ways. Nutrients value  Honey is rich nutrients values it’s healthy to eat. Raw honey is the best form to use it. Even though there are any other forms are available in the market. Processed honey, Comb honey, its depend on quality of the honey. Processed honey is not much nutrients in it the micro nutrients are…

  • How to start beekeeping business and cost of capital required?

    The cost for bee keeping is not a fix thing. In the bee keeping some cost will be fixed and some are variable costs it’s  depend on many things. The rates are not fixed for the bee,s some times it will be less or more. If the season going to start soon there will be high rates by the beepers because they know the honey harvesting time is near and we have to harvest honey if we sell the bee,s then we must be the high return. If you want to start bee keeping India then it may cost up to 4000Rs. To 5000Rs. approximately per bee colony. If you purchased a bee box it’s one time investment. If you want to purchase a colony…

  • How many square feet of land is needed for doing bee farming?

    When we think about to start the Bee Farming we must think once in a mind that How many square feet of land is needed for doing bee farming? There are too many things to know this about the space. Its not need to be own land to place your apiary. You can place anywhere the space is empty in the location. Bee’s travels up to 2.5km around their location to get the food. If you placed the apiary in a area its not compulsory to take them in restricted area. They fly and going outside anywhere. Own land is not necessary to bee farming if you have your own land its good but it is not compulsory to be your own land. Instead of…