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…

साथियों मधुमक्खी पालक एक बहुत बड़ी समस्या से होकर गुजरते हैं इस समस्या से बचने के लिए हमें क्या करना चाहिए और क्या सावधानियां बरतनी चाहिए इसी के बारे में हम बात करेंगे। इस विषय में सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बात है कि हमें अपने मधुमाक्खियों के छत्तों को कभी भी खाली नहीं छोड़ना चाहिए। जिन छत्तों में मधुमक्खियां ना हों उन्हें कॉलोनी से निकाल देना चाहिए। कॉलोनी जितनी कमजोर होगी उतनी ही बीमारियां अधिक होती हैं इस प्रॉब्लम से बचने के लिए कॉलोनी को कमजोर ना होने दें। कॉलोनी की साफ सफाई का ध्यान रखें ताकि बीमारियां काम से कम हों। वैक्स मोथ या मोमी कीड़ा ठंड में नही होता इसलिए जिन छत्तों में प्रॉब्लम आ चुकी हो या उन्हें सुरक्षित करना हो उसे आप कम…

Knowing when to harvest Honey can be extracted when it has been capped over by the bees on the comb. At this stage, the honey will have been ‘matured’ by the bees, sealed up and is ready to eat. Often, when you want to remove the honey, not all will have been sealed. I always use a rule of thumb here if three quarters of the honey is sealed, I am happy to remove it from the hive. This is an important point. If you extract honey that has not been sealed, the water content will inevitably be too high, and the honey will ferment in storage and explode if sealed in a jar or tank. It will also taste foul if this happens. You…

Some may surprised to know why on earth beekeeper would keep bees in a city area. In fact some of best honey comes from city parks and garden and some areas richer in nectar than many areas of the crops countryside. There are main things to think about beekeeping in urban area is neighbours, neighbours and neighbours. If you want bees your neighbours don’t. The neighbours will be scared of bees because many peoples think that honey is produced by nice, bumble bees & so when they see your fast horrid little wasp like things around all over the place, they will not always be pleased or happy about it keep them happy by trying to adhere to the hive placements outlined below and always…